Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI)

The Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI) will support the effort s of the Government of Egypt (GoE) to decentralize selected public sector functions to lower levels of government.

EDI provides technical assistance and cooperates with the Ministry of State for Local Development (MoLD) as the Ministry formulates and coordinates a national effort for decentralization.

EDI is working toward the goal of Egyptian decentralization at both the national and local levels of government seeking to achieve a number of concrete objectives including: (i) Increased Egyptian financial resources available to local government for responding to community priorities; (ii) Enhanced participatory mechanisms to plan, allocate, and monitor the use of resources; and (iii) Strengthened administrative capacity and legal framework for local government to effectively and transparently manage resources.