Alexandria Water reviews sustainable development projects in cooperation with the German Agency for International Cooperation GIZ...

Mr. Eng. Ahmed Gaber, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the Alexandria Drinking Water Company, received a delegation from the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), including Dr. Manfred Schuh, Dr. Peter Stoll, Engineer Sherif Morsi, Engineer Amr Salem, and Engineer Abdel Rahman Shaaban, to discuss Results of cooperation projects with the German Agency and future plans, which are carried out under the supervision of Dr. Maha Khallaf, Director of the Nile Delta Water Management Program (NDWMP), sponsored by the Holding Company for Potable Water and Wastewater.

During his speech, Engineer Ahmed Jaber reviewed the programs being worked on with GIZ and the fruitful results they achieved during the last period. He praised the effective role of GIZ experts in cooperating with the company to prepare the company’s five-year plan 2023-2028, which includes proposals for investment projects that are included within the investment plan of the Ministry. Housing, which guarantees the company institutional development, optimal operation to produce water conforming to specifications, financial independence, and customer satisfaction.

Regarding the field of energy conservation, His Excellency explained that (5) engineers were qualified to obtain the certificate of certified energy managers, and the Mansheya station (2) was also qualified and approved to obtain the ISO energy certificate “ISO 50001”, becoming the first station to obtain this certificate at the company level. Holding Company for Drinking Water and Wastewater. The company’s energy rationalization program has been implemented since 2014.

Then His Excellency moved on to the latest and most important program implemented, which is the Leadership Program, which is concerned with developing leadership skills and qualifying decision-makers, which has led to a clear improvement in the leadership and innovation skills of the company’s leaders.

He added that the integrity support program has been implemented in the company since 2016, where a risk analysis of about 26 processes was carried out in cooperation with the company’s various sectors to reach measures that support integrity, most notably electronic linking between the commercial and engineering branches, submitting to the recruitment process electronically, and reducing purchasing by direct order, in addition to developing human capabilities. .

Dr. Manfred praised the performance and achievements of the Alexandria Drinking Water Company in these areas, and then proposed future plans were presented to discuss ways of cooperation between the two parties.

It is worth noting that the cooperation between the Alexandria Drinking Water Company and the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ) dates back to 1989, as the German agency aims to provide services in the field of international development cooperation for sustainable development and international educational work.