Just Transition Green Bridge - Strengthening Civil Society Actors: CSOs Mapping Report for Egypt

The long-term goal of the Just Transition Green Bridge project is to empower Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to be able to meaningfully participate in public policy dialogue on the environment and climate change in the MENA region. The three-year project is funded by the European Union (EU) and operates in four countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Morocco. The project is implemented by a network of partnering organizations: The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) in Lebanon and Tunisia, The Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis (MIPA) in Morocco, and Alternative Policy Solution (APS)- AUC Egypt.

The project aims to influence policy conversations in and about the region through active engagement of CSOs working on the environment and climate change. It will ensure that efforts to tackle climate change and environmental degradation include input from impacted communities and will work to address long-standing inequalities. Ultimately,

it will support the emergence of accountable and democratic governance structures. The project also seeks to create spaces of encounter and constructive dialogue between members of civil society of the South of the Mediterranean and those of the EU.

The project’s activities during the first year are geared towards building a better understanding of the current situation and the future direction of just transition as relevant to the three main themes of the project, namely energy just transition, food sovereignty, and just access to water. To this end, the partner organizations carried out mapping research of CSOs working on these themes in each of the four countries.