SUSTAINABILITY OF UNDP PROJECTS IN EGYPT:A CASE STUDY IN SIWA OASIS (SIWA ENVIRONMENTAL AMELIORATION PROJECT)

The main objective of this research paper was to evaluate the effectof one of the international projects in Egypt, in order to know the benefit ofsuch projects and to discover the reasons of their success or failure severalcriteria from different point of views.Siwa Environmental Amelioration Project (SEAP) was chosen as one of thefamous projects in Siwa Oasis. It worked there for two phases for 6 years inorder to set sustainable development in the oasis.The results showed that a lot of local obstacles faced the project and didn’thelp SEAP in achieving its goals. Besides, the other local NGO partner
(SCDEC) was not qualified enough to take over the projects after SEAP left.Even with the success of organic agriculture production as an innovation, theproblem of marketing killed already the idea, and small farmers couldn’t cope
with it, and it ended by cancelling the activity