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Tahrir Complex: The symbol of the Egyptian bureaucracy will become a popular tourist destination
- Ahmed Shasha
- BBC – Cairo
For decades, the Tahrir campus in central Cairo has been a symbol of Egypt’s bureaucracy. His image is associated with complex government practices in the minds of the Egyptians.
But today, it is preparing to enter a new phase in its history, which stretches from the late monarchy in the country.
A few days ago, the Egyptian government announced plans to renovate the building and transform it into a hotel offering business, commercial and administrative services, while retaining its identity as a landmark in the center of the Egyptian capital. The restructuring process was handed over to the US-Emirati Real Estate Consortium with an investment of 3.5 3.5 billion (over $ 84 million).
History of the campus
The Liberation Complex was opened in 1951 during the reign of King Farouk
The Liberation Complex was opened in its present form during the reign of King Farouk in 1951. The building was built on an area of 28,000 square meters, 14 storeys high, with a ship-like structure consisting of more than 1,300 rooms.
In 2016, the Egyptian government announced plans to vacate the building, which oversees Tahrir Square, which houses 41 government agencies and is reviewed daily by about 100,000 citizens from inside and outside Cairo. The announcement was made with the aim of reducing traffic congestion in the area. The services provided inside it were transferred to several government departments.
Rows of spectators
Saber Zucker, a lawyer who lives in the Egyptian Delta governorate of Beheira, recalls frequent visits to the Tahrir campus to extract documents for his clients. In all of those visits of more than twenty, the campus was “always crowded, while rows of auditors stretched out in front of its gates.”
Zucker tells the BBC that one of his clients’ last travel certificates went to campus to obtain a certificate proving that person’s mobility. I will come the next day to get the certificate.
This bureaucracy was exemplified in the film “Terror and Kabbalah” by Egyptian cinema, which could not find a better producer than the Tahrir complex to film the scenes of the film.
The story of the film revolves around an Egyptian citizen, played by the famous actor Adel Imam, who goes to the Tahrir campus to extract documents to transfer his son from his school to another school, where he faces administrative obstacles. An employee who spends a lot of work time in prayer, and an employee chops vegetables inside his office.
Symbol of historic Cairo
But the memories of the Liberation Complex do not stop with those who intend to complete their transactions, many knowing it as an integral part of Cairo’s heritage and a symbol of its architectural symbols.
The film was released, Facebook
Muhammad Shawqat, a bank employee, used to sit with his friends in the hotel opposite the Tahrir campus when he was in high school.
He told the BBC: “We will gather from all over Greater Cairo, meet in front of the campus, and then go to the hotel to have the building in the background of our session. It was a beautiful feeling when you were at heart. Egypt and its history.”
Over the past decade, the complex has acquired another symbol that emerges from its location, as it became part of the memorial to the massive demonstrations that Egypt witnessed during the January 25th Revolution of January 2011, which took over Tahrir Square. Its center. This was repeated with demonstrations on the thirtieth of June 2013.
But this big logo was joined by security tensions in the region. Mohammad Shawqat, for example, mentions that he was unable to take a photo with his friends in front of the premises after a mother warned him not to do so by security forces who had intensified their presence at the scene.
The complex gained a new identity after massive protests in the country beginning in 2011.
Exaggeration
While the Tahrir campus is awaiting completion after two years of improvement, the downtown Cairo area has seen extensive development and modernization over the years, including the removal of heavy advertising and the decoration of real estate facades with cosmetic lighting. In its new form, with an obelisk and four statues of Baronic sheep in the middle, it was unveiled last April in conjunction with a royal mummy procession.
And the Egyptian Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Hala al-Sayyid, said in a press release after the announcement of the contract to upgrade the premises that the building was not being exploited optimally in its light because it was in a very symbolic location. The plan to convert the premises into a hotel came with the aim of maximizing its effectiveness.After examining the traffic density in the area and the hotel capacity of the building.
Unused assets
The Egyptian planning minister said the plan to turn the complex into a hotel came with the aim of maximizing its effectiveness.
Historic buildings and unused Egyptian property are subject to the jurisdiction of the Egyptian Sovereign Fund, which was established about three years ago, and is now valued at tens of billions of dollars.
The state’s assets and assets of potential investment value, including the old Interior Ministry building in the center of the country and the Cosmopolitan Village on October 6, west of Greater Cairo, are being transferred to the fund to decide how to get the revenue. From this.
In the fall of 2020, President Abdel Fattah announced the decision to remove the status of the common good from many of the facilities owned by the L-CC state and transfer their ownership to Egypt’s sovereign fund, including the land and building of the liberation. Complex.
The Tahrir complex is the first asset of Egypt’s sovereign fund, with officials deciding to invest in it, which economists see as a start to the real estate boom, which will be renewed by the expected administrative measures. Executive capital.
Amar Attlee, an economist and assistant professor at the American University in Cairo, believes that “the management of unused government assets should have dimensions beyond the use of finance and investment.”
Attlee explains to the BBC that the administration “must serve a long-term growth vision that will stimulate the growth of the export, service and employment generating sectors.”
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5 Top Priorities to Combat Climate Change in Africa
African civil society has identified five key priorities for combating climate change: adaptation, losses and damages, food and land use systems, and forest conservation and restoration.
This was announced by UNANDA Third World Executive Secretary Chekov Sir during an event held on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Conference “COP28” in Dubai.
The “Anda Third World” organization represents a group of African non-governmental organizations, and these organizations met within the framework of a common platform, which was launched during the “COP”, an alliance of the African Development Bank Group and civil society. Climate and Energy.
African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina said: “The continent must benefit from its natural wealth. African economies should not be measured by their GDP, while Africa’s wealth should be assessed by its natural capital.”
“The continent’s vast mineral resources, forests and renewable energy must play a part in the balance,” he added, pointing out that the Congo Basin is the world’s largest carbon reserve, but is not taken into account in the overall assessment. Domestic production of countries in the region.
The coalition supports calls by African leaders to transfer special drawing rights on climate finance to Africa, including the African Development Bank.
The coalition calls on the international community, governments and development partners to comprehensively implement best practices, innovations and technologies and engage farmers and local communities, especially women and youth, in an approach that integrates science and traditional knowledge without harming biodiversity. or compromising community resilience.
He called on parties to ensure that adaptation and resilience are at the heart of African economies vulnerable to climate change.
The Bank’s Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Beth Dunford, confirmed during a discussion with civil society that the alliance is “very important” for Africa, noting that the Bank allocates 64% of its funding to adapt to climate change. continent, and it has now opened a window for climate action aimed at providing specific resources and technical assistance to least developed countries on the continent.
For his part, Alliance President Augustine Njamanshi praised the relationship between development finance institutions, civil society and the private sector in combating climate change in Africa.
“Doubling adaptation financing will not be enough for the continent because governments have already spent a lot of money,” he said, adding that civil society and the private sector, especially banks, must work together for the continent’s benefit.
In turn, Ecotrades Fund Executive Director Pauline Nantungo Kalunda said, “Civil society and the private sector’s collaborative work has enabled 15,000 smallholder farmers to plant trees to increase carbon storage,” calling for the removal of barriers. Prevent communities from accessing climate finance.
Mithika Mwenda, President of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance, a strong network of over 1,000 African climate organizations, emphasized the catalytic role of civil society and praised the partnership with the Bank.
“Government, the private sector and civil society are forming a ‘parallel’ in the fight against climate change in this coastal country,” said Roger Barrow, Burkina Faso’s environment minister.
• The African Development Bank allocates 64% of its financing to climate change on the continent.
5 Priorities:
– adaptation.
– Losses.
– Damages.
– Food and land use systems.
– Conservation and restoration of forests.
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The UAE has long-term strategies for environmental sustainability
According to a study conducted by the Regional Center for Strategic Analyzes in Abu Dhabi, sustainability strategies and tackling climate change are at the top of the national action agenda in the UAE. The UAE’s contributions and initiatives during COP 28 gained greater regional and international momentum, support for achieving a better harmonized formula for environmental protection and sustainability, and international pledges to allocate hundreds of billions of dollars to finance climate and sustainable projects.
Interregional said the UAE is making progress in strengthening its environmental leadership by investing tens of billions of dollars and providing legislation, regulatory frameworks, initiatives and policies to address climate change. Participation in dozens of contracts and initiatives around the world.
In this context, Interregional released the “UAE Environmental Achievement Index 2023” to monitor and track the performance of the country’s environmental initiatives in the field of environment and climate, measuring and monitoring 32 sub-indicators since its inception. “UAE Vision 2021” in 2010 to 2022. He also gave predictions till the year 2030.
The Environmental Performance Index is the arithmetic mean of four sub-indicators, namely: climate change, biodiversity, maintenance of a healthy and clean environment and environmental awareness and behaviour, as per the guidelines for developing composite indicators issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The center emphasized that the UAE’s approach to climate change has become a priority for government action, in an effort to be “zero climate neutral” and invest in green resources. In this aspect. He explained that there are many motives and reasons behind the UAE’s high priority of addressing the phenomenon of climate change. This comes in the backdrop of the state’s keenness to achieve its strategic plans on climate change. Among the key concepts that have made climate change a government priority are the catastrophic effects worldwide, in particular: droughts and floods, inundation of cities, waves of displacement, damage to agriculture and infrastructure, and degradation. Global food security crises.
The UAE has adopted a comprehensive approach to addressing the climate change crisis, seeking to achieve environmental sustainability through an integrated legislative and regulatory framework, in coordination and cooperation with the international community in this regard. Approach: Localize clean energy, adopt peaceful nuclear energy and support climate legislation and knowledge frameworks, and coordinate with the international and regional community to support international efforts to address climate change. To achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the UAE has won the trust of the international community to host COP28 from here.
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Chagr Kobash discusses strengthening bilateral relations with the head of the Moroccan Council of Councillors
Dubai: “The Gulf”
The Speaker of the Federal National Council, Zachr Kobash, met with the Speaker of the House of Councilors, Al-Nam Mayara, in the sister kingdom of Morocco, during his participation in the International Parliamentary Assembly at the twenty-eighth session of the conference. States Parties to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP28) taking place at Dubai Expo City.
Ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation, improving communication and coordination on various issues of common interest, importance of visits and exchange of experiences, enhancing parliamentary coordination and consultation were discussed. It serves the interests of the two brotherly countries and peoples as per the vision of future opportunities in various fields between the two countries.
The Chairman of the Council of Advisors, Al-Nam Mayara, and the accompanying delegation were welcomed by Sakr Kobash, who appreciated their participation in the International Parliamentary Assembly within the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change. The Federal National Council brings together all parliamentarians and focuses on practical solutions to achieve sustainable results. Our initiatives and conference outcomes link to the main conference, highlighting the important role parliamentarians can play in global issues.
Kobash pointed out that the UAE is keen to fight climate change in the region and globally and is the first Gulf country to sign the Paris Agreement. Climate neutrality by 2050 and it now owns three of the largest solar power plants in the region.
Al-Nam Mayara, for his part, emphasized the depth of deep-rooted and established historical brotherly ties that unite the Kingdom of Morocco and the Emirates as a sister country and their cooperation in many fields.
Mayara praised the success of the organization of the Federal National Council and the hosting of the COP28 conference and the efforts announced by the UAE in support of climate change issues and its efforts in the fields of sustainable development, innovation, artificial intelligence, space. and the empowerment of women and youth.
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