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Arab Republic of Egypt
Egyptian Italian Environmental Cooperation Project (EIECP3)
Preparation of the Nomination File for Qatrani Natural World Heritage Site
Cairo with frequent travel to Qaroun Protected Area in Fayoum,
12 Months
June 2017
Project Goals and Background
EIECP III is a three-year project implemented as the third phase of the Italian Egyptian
Environmental Cooperation Program (EIECP), which first phase started in the late 90s, while its
second phase came to an end in 2010. The current third phase of EIECP aims at further developing
Egypt's protected areas (PAs) system, mainly with the view of establishing income-generating
mechanism and, thus, facilitate the process for mobilizing resources toward the financial
sustainability of the Egypt's PAs system and, in this way, its conservation and sustainable
development endeavours. EIECP III will also tackle other PAs management needs of the Nature
Conservation Sector (NCS) of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency EEAA), such as that of
information gathering/generation management and analysis.
Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) schemes will be developed and
implemented to promote sustainable development in a number of project Intervention Areas
(IAs), identified as those spatial domains where the services provided by the ecosystem
safeguarded by the PAs focused by EIECP II are used. In this way, local communities are engaged
in the management of PAs with the view of enhancing the efficacy in preserving natural
ecosystems and cultural heritages. The sustainable use of Egypt's PAs natural resources can
hardly generate adequate income for local communities if not built around tourism, which is a
significant engine of growth for both the national economy and the development of local
communities. For this reason, EIECP III will also tackle the promotion of responsible and
sustainable eco-tourism activities and, in so doing, will also pursue the integration of all other
potential local economic activities, such as agriculture, ranging and fishing in the CBNRM schemes
in and around PAs. The said CBNRM schemes will thus be critically analysed to highlight PAs
management best practices and, on this basis, prepare guidelines and methodological tools for
their replication in other contexts.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The expert will lead a team to accomplish the following tasks in order to prepare the
nomination file:
 Revise the relevant background documents/ reports of the Qatrani proposed WHS site;
 Define the natural outstanding universal value of the proposed site based on one or
more of the below UNESCO criteria:
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be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth’s history, including the record of
life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of land forms, or significant
geomorphic or physiographic features; or
be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes
in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems
and communities of plants and animals; or
contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic
importance; or
contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of
biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal
value from the point of view of science or conservation;
and also fulfil the seven conditions of integrity listed in the Operational Guidelines.
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Conduct field research in order to prepare a file defining the following:
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what the site consists of and how it is documented;
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why it has potential outstanding universal value;
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the state of conservation and the factors affecting the site; and
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how the site is to be protected, conserved, managed, presented and
monitored in relation to its potential outstanding universal value.
Deliverables
Check for the latest version of the official format for nominations at the World Heritage website
(whc.unesco.org)
Based on the above desk and field research the final nomination file needs to include the
following:
o Universal comparative analysis with similar sites
o the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value, including criteria, authenticity and
o integrity;
o define relevant attributes;
o define appropriate boundaries;
o prepare the description;
o prepare the history; and
o complete the remaining parts of the nomination format.
The nomination file needs to:
o clearly define the proposed boundaries of the property;
o describe the property;
o outline its history;
o demonstrate its significance and why it is thought to demonstrate potential Outstanding
o Universal Value;
o show how it can satisfy one or more criteria;
o explain its state of conservation and how it is documented and monitored;
o set out how in the long term its potential Outstanding Universal Value will be sustained
o through legal protection and management of attributes that convey its value, and who
will
o be involved in that process; and
o how its value will be presented or interpreted to visitors and others.
Requirement Qualifications
Education and Experience:
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Post Graduate degree in Geology and Paleontology, or environmental Studies;
Proven experience in contributing to preparing WHS reports/files;
A minimum of five year’s working experience in the related fields is preferred
Language
Fluency in English, excellent drafting and report writing .
Interested candidates please submit your CV along with technical and financial proposal to the
following address no later than 15 of May 2017:
[email protected]; [email protected]