The meeting was also attended by: Major General Nasser Fawzy, Director of the National Center for State Land Use; Major General Adel El-Beheiry, Assistant Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority; Major General Hazem El-Deeb, Deputy Governor of Beheira; Major General Mohamed Shawky, Secretary General of Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate; Dr. Sherif Mohammadi, Head of the National Water Research Center; Dr. Ali Abu Senna, Head of the Environmental Affairs Agency; Engineer Mohamed Ghattas, Head of the Coastal Protection Authority; representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Transport, Environment, Local Development, Housing, Tourism, and Antiquities; representatives from the relevant coastal governorates: Port Said, Beheira, the Red Sea, South Sinai, Marsa Matruh, Alexandria, and Suez; representatives from the Coastal Protection Authority; a representative from the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones; and a representative from the Center for State Land Use.
Sweilem pointed out that all parties participating in the Beach
Licensing Technical Secretariat, which comprises representatives from several
ministries, relevant authorities, and coastal governorates, share the
responsibility for expediting the procedures and studies related to applications
submitted by citizens and investors seeking to license businesses in the
coastal area. He stressed that all state authorities must complete all
documents and studies submitted by investors or applicants before submitting
them to the Coastal Protection Authority, ensuring the procedures are completed
as quickly as possible.
He emphasized his commitment to holding regular meetings of the Beach
Licensing Supreme Committee to quickly make the necessary decisions regarding
beach licensing applications. This is to facilitate and support investors and
license applicants, advance development, support the national economy, and
provide job opportunities for youth, while taking into account all
environmental dimensions. He emphasized the need for investors to take the
necessary measures to present proposed projects to the Beach Licensing Supreme
Committee before commencing any work in the field, to ensure these projects do
not negatively impact the coastal area.
During the committee meeting, 26 topics were discussed, 25 were
approved, and one was postponed for further study. Among the topics approved
are four national projects: the Taba Seaport construction project in South
Sinai Governorate; a project to protect the 24-inch gas pipeline in the Nidoco
6 and Nidoco 11 areas, affiliated with the Ministry of Petroleum in Kafr
El-Sheikh Governorate; and two projects to protect low-lying coastal areas west
of Edku Port in Beheira Governorate and in the Matoubas area in Kafr El-Sheikh
Governorate, implemented by the Coastal Protection Authority.
It is worth noting that the Supreme Committee for Coastal Licensing is responsible for reviewing the approval of all licenses within the exclusion zone along Egypt's coastline, discussing studies related to work carried out on the Egyptian coastline regarding the definition of the sanctuary and the balance of the shoreline, and ensuring that all facilities established within the exclusion zone comply with the standards approved by the Supreme Committee for Licensing.