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businessmen associations, environment protection associations, women organizations as well 2
as representatives of the Youth sector and all civil organizations in Egypt.. The Ministry, in
collaboration with the University of Yale and the University of Columbia, studied Egypt’s
status in the 2010 Environmental Performance Index and analysed relevant indicators to
improve its environmental status in the coming years. In this context, Egypt ranked 85 out
th
133 countries in 2006, 71 out of 149 countries in 2008, and finally 68 out of 163 countries
st
th
in 2010. Abu Dhabi, UAE

Principle 3: Scientific Approach
The State of the Environment Report has been prepared in compliance with the internationally
recognized global standards. The scientific approach has been applied in writing the report
which included all arenas (sources, adverse impacts, environmental indicators, efforts exerted
to mitigate adverse impacts, vision and future plans), in addition to global future directives in
environmental protection.

Principle 4
The necessity of linking Egypt's international obligations, which were ratified under international
environmental conventions that have an impact on the status of the global environment
to efforts exerted at the national level to address national environmental issues. Local
environmental issues cannot be separated from the global ones since we live in one planet.

3.4 The role of participation in the IEA process

An IEA requires blending knowledge and perspectives from many different points of view. It also aims
to influence audiences with different interests and information needs. In order to maximize impact, it is
essential to have the participation of a wide range of actors, either as contributors to the assessment,
as audiences, or as both, throughout the process (Figure 3).

IEA can and often does provide a forum for continuous dialogue, although the number of actual
participants involved in the assessment and reporting often needs to be kept at manageable levels.
Participation is important not only because it helps to identify key environmental issues from the
different stakeholders’ perspectives, but also because it can offer options for addressing those issues. If
participation is open and transparent, it is more likely that interests of different stakeholders, including
interests of poor, vulnerable groups and women will be recognized and better reflected in the
formulation of policy responses.

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