The Fund’s priorities in the area of air pollution include initiatives that aim at reducing emissions of pollution from stationary sources and improving air quality especially in crowded residential and industrial areas.

In this area, the Fund encourages projects that aim at reducing air pollution resulting from industrial processes, controlling lead pollution, relocating small workshops engaged in polluting activities to new industrial areas, increasing the area of green spaces, and using renewable energy sources.

The attached table includes an example of the projects which can apply for funding in this area. 
 

The Fund’s environmental priorities in this area include initiatives that aim at the protection of water resources, especially the River Nile, the marine environment, and coastal marine waters from pollution resulting from industrial and tourism activities as well as from the discharge of untreated domestic wastewater into these water bodies. In this domain, the Fund particularly encourages projects that aim at:

• Reduction of water consumption in industry and other sectors.

• Prevention and abatement of pollution resulting from domestic and industrial wastewater. This category also includes projects aiming at preventing pollution, cleaner methodologies, waste reduction, conservation of resources (water, energy, chemicals…etc), sound environmental management, environmental awareness and improve sanitation systems in rural and remote areas. 

The attached table includes an example of the projects which can apply for funding in this area.
 

The Fund’s priorities includes initiative that aim at protecting the environment and public health from pollution caused by all types of wastes including municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, industrial waste, and hazardous and non-hazardous health-care waste.
 
In this domain, the Fund encourages projects that aim at reducing the amount of waste generated, sorting and segregating waste at the source for recycling and reuse, as well as environmentally safe transfer, treatment and disposal of solid waste. The Fund also encourages private sector investment initiatives in this area and the importance of establishing cost recovery systems for effective solid waste management.

The attached table includes an example of the projects which can apply for funding in this area.
 

Examples of the projects applying for funding