Seventh Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grants Programme in Egypt To build socio-ecological resilience in Greater Cairo, Fayoum, Delta, and Upper Egypt landscapes through community-based activities for global environmental benefits and sustainable development. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-priority:99;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;  mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}    The project will generate socioeconomic benefits for an estimated cumulative total of 10,000 direct project beneficiaries, of whom 5,000 are female. Women play a particularly important role in the project landscapes, considering their tasks and responsibilities for management of agroecological systems in rural areas and marketing agricultural products and services. Socioeconomic benefits include:  · Sustainable livelihood benefits generated as a result of application of regenerative agricultural practices, insertion into sustainable agrobiodiversity chains, and diversified farming systems.  · Improved access to RE-EE technology.  · Increased socio-economic resilience of local communities through implementation of participatory landscape management.   · Protection of traditional knowledge.  · Increased social capital through expanded association of local people, and inclusive participation of local communities in conservation and restoration of local ecosystems.    Adopting the integrated, socio-ecological resilience landscape approach on the project will help ensure the socioeconomic benefits are coupled with achievement of global environmental benefits. Facilitated through multi-stakeholder, participatory processes, collective action initiated at the community level will lead to conservation of biodiversity resources at scale. And protection and restoration of critical ecosystems at landscape dimensions will provide increased resilience to the impacts of climate change, providing a buffer against extreme weather events, floods, and droughts.     The project is relevant with respect to several of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), most notably SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 14 (Life below Water), SDG 15 (Life on Land) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals), as outlined below in Table 2 of the Project Document.    Table 2 of the Project Document: Project contributions towards Sustainable Development Goals