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Highlights of Egypt's Research Collaborations with IIASA (2008-2015)

Explore the summary of Egypt's collaboration with IIASA, including leading Egyptian personalities associated with IIASA, research partnerships, selected highlights of research collaborations, capacity building initiatives, and further information.

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Highlights of Egypt's Research Collaborations with IIASA (2008-2015)

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  1. Egypt and IIASA Highlights (2008-2015) May 2015

  2. CONTENTS • Summary • National Member Organization • Some Leading Egyptian Personalities Associated with IIASA • Research Partners • Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights • Capacity Building • Further Information

  3. SUMMARY (2008-2015)

  4. NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION • Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) • Professor Mahmoud Mohamed Sakr, President of ASRT is the IIASA Council Member for Egypt. • MrsAbeer Mohamed Attia, Senior Translator and Scientific Relations Specialist at ASRT is the NMO Secretary for Egypt.

  5. SOME LEADING PERSONALITIES IN EGYPT AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA OmneiaHelmy MagedMoustafa Al-Sherbiny Yomn el Hamaki Mostafa K Tolba Galal Osman Adel Khalil

  6. RESEARCH PARTNERS 12 institutions in Egypt: • Ain Shams University • Alexandria University • Assiut University • Cairo Demographic Center • Cairo University • Centre for Environment & Development for the Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE), Cairo • Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) • Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs • Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) • Egyptian Information and Decision Support Center • Ministry of International Cooperation • Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), Cairo

  7. RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS Selected Highlights: • Projecting changing population in Egypt • Challenges and opportunities of renewable energy in Egypt • Water needs: Ecosystem, food production & other human needs • Improving our understanding of the spread of disease

  8. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN EGYPT To update with Finland

  9. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN EGYPTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  10. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN EGYPTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  11. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN EGYPT To update with Finland

  12. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN EGYPTSTALLED DEVELOPMENT

  13. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN EGYPTSTALLED DEVELOPMENT

  14. INVESTING IN EDUCATION ACHIEVES MULTIPLE GOALS Economic growth 10.1126/science.1151753 Adaptation to climate change 10.1126/science.1257975

  15. MAJOR RISKS FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE NORTH AFRICAN REGION Komendantova et al.,Energy Policy, 2012

  16. LEVELIZED COSTS OF ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR IN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA +51% De-risking: -32% Levelized costs of electricity (LCOE) for CSP electricity generation in the North African region (mean) and Europe (in USD/kWh): the Status quo (first and second column) and for alternative financing cost Schinko and Komendantova, Energy Policy, in review

  17. WATER NEEDS: ECOSYSTEM, FOOD PRODUCTION & OTHER HUMAN NEEDS Pastor AV, Ludwig F, Biemans H, Hoff H, Kabat P (2014). Accounting for environmental flow requirements in global water assessments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(12):5041-5059

  18. IMPROVING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPREAD OF DISEASE 6. Kassem HA, Siri JG, Kamal HA & Wilson ML (2012). Environmental factors underlying spatial patterns of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) associated with leishmaniasis in southern Sinai, Egypt. ActaTropica, 123(1):8-15

  19. CAPACITY BUILDING • 3 doctoral students from Egypt have won places on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program since 2008.

  20. OTHER CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES Southern-African Young Scientist Summer Program: (SA-YSSP) . Postdoctoral Fellowships .

  21. FURTHER INFORMATION IIASA www.iiasa.ac.at Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) www.asrt.sci.eg

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