Who We Are
A Private Egyptian Firm Engaged in Environmental,
Management & Microfinance Consulting Services and
in Sustainable Development Investments
1981
Founded as a limited
partnership
1994
Established EQI/UK
1995
Established EQI/USA
1996
Expanded to incorporate
investment in sustainable
development by establishing
a sister company
1998
Acquired Community
Finance Incorporated
Our Mission
Promote Sustainable Economic Development & Safeguard
the Region’s Natural & Cultural Heritage
What We Do
Policy and Governance
Management Advisory Services
Enterprise Development
Environmental and Natural Resource Management
Agricultural and Resource Management
Media and Communications
Direct Investments
Policy and Governance
Identify and build upon global-local linkages and interactions to
provide support to local and national governments in the following
areas
Participatory local governance
Analysis and development of
appropriate policies
Democratic strengthening
Organization of local, national and
regional policy consultations
Poverty reduction
Municipal finance
Decentralization
Environmental management
Gender mainstreaming
Heritage protection
Through
Organization of regional and
international exchange of experience
Identification and dissemination of
best practices
Resolution of conflicts in policy
design and implementation
Management Advisory Services
A- Organisational and Human Resource Development
Organizational structures
Management training
Staff and labour requirements
B- Management Information Systems
Covers all aspects related to hardware and software selection, adaptation and
installation.
Information Systems
Software production
Training
C- Financial Advisory Services Team
Budgeting
Financial planning and modelling
Feasibility studies
Accounting systems design
Strategic and risk analysis
Training
Enterprise Development
EQI promotes small and emerging enterprises, whether in trade,
manufacturing, services or agriculture, by providing them with
technical assistance and facilitating their access to credit.
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Areas of Expertise
Organizational Development
Credit Scheme Design - Individual and group lending schemes
Training in Credit Delivery
Systems Development
Monitoring & Evaluation
Business Development Services
Direct Investments
The Siwa Sustainable Development Initiative
Siwa Solid Waste Management
Siwa Women’s Initiative
Siwa Desert Ecolodges: Adrere Amellal & Shali Lodge
Enterprise Development Fund
Consulting Projects & Investment Initiatives
Name
Client
Sector
Date
USAID
Microfinance
2000- 2004
UNCHS/
UNDP
Environment
2000- 2002
Program Support Unit
CIDA
Management
2000- 2005
Establishment of the Social Fund for
Development in Egypt
World
Bank/
UNDP
Management
1991
Central Bank Treasury Bill Auction
System
Price
Waterhouse
Management
1991
Agricultural Policy Reform Project
USAID
Environment
2000- 2004
Small & Emerging Business
Development Organizations
Urban Management Programme
International Client Coverage - International Development Organizations,
Multilateral Banks & Academic Institutions
United States Agency for
International Development
United Nations Development
Programme
European Commission
Danish International Development Agency
Netherlands Embassy
Development
Cooperation
Ford Foundation
German Agency for
Technical Cooperation
United Nations Center for Human
Settlements
American University in
Cairo
World Bank
World Health Organization
Swedish International
Development Agency
European
Investment Bank
Swiss Agency for Development &
Cooperation
Canadian International
Development Agency
International Finance
Corporation
International Labor Organization
International Development Research
Center
African Development Bank
German Agency for Technical
Cooperation
Finnish International Development Agency
Japanese International
Cooperation Agency
International Monetary
Fund
Regional Clients Coverage
•Tunis Municipality
Tunisia
•Ministry of Interior
•Ministry of Equipment and
Housing
Jordan
•Municipality of Amman
•Ministry of Municipal &
Rural Affairs & Environment
Bahrain
•Ministry of Labor &
Social Affairs
Morocco
•Municipality of Rabat
•Ministère de l’Aménagement du
Territoire, de l’Environnement de
l’Urbanisme et de l’Habitat
Yemen
Saudi
Arabia
•Ministry of Finance and
Natural Economy
•Ministry of Insurance &
Social Affairs
National Clients Coverage
Governmental Agencies
Ministries of:
Public Works & Water Resources
Tourism
Economy
Housing & Public Utilities
Social Affairs
Agriculture & Land Reclamation
Environment
Egyptian Environmental Affairs
Agency
Supreme Council of Antiquities
Tourism Development Authority
Social Fund for Development
Governorates of Cairo, Giza,
Qalubeya, Alexandria, Matruh,
Damietta, Sharkeya,
Dakahleya, & Kafr El Sheikh,
Fayoum, Minia, Beni Sueif,
Assiut, Port-Said, the Red Sea
Awards
World Summit for Sustainable Development, 2002
Adrère Amellal has been awarded the best eco-lodge to contribute to all three legs of
sustainability: economy, environment and society
Habitat II, Istanbul, 1995
One of the world’s forty “Best Practices” for the Small- and Micro-Enterprise Development
Project
Nominated for the 1988 Agha Khan Award for Architecture for its Community Improvement
Program at the Moqattam Zabbaleen Settlement
Earth Summit, Rio di Janeiro, 1992
for the Zabbaleen Environmental & Development Program: recognized for “demonstrating with
inspiration how global issues can be addressed by concrete local action
Thank You