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ange worldwide. It accounts for large parts of Egypt’s economic activity and source of employment. Therefore, any loss of prime agricultural land due to coastal erosion and flooding will have a direct adverse impact on the livelihoods of millions of people leading to hardship throughout the entire Egyptian economy. The main causes / factors for shoreline erosion alongside the Nile Delta are the: - decline in the supply of fluvial sediments to the coast (as a consequence of dam construction of dams upstream of the Nile River), and - rise of the sea level (currently still minor factor). The German Government intends to make funds available via KfWfor the procurement of consultancy services to support the Egyptian Shore Protection Authority as the Project Executing Agency in the preparation of a Feasibility Study to combat the loss of prime agricultural land due to coastal erosion and flooding. The study serves as preparation for an envisaged investment project. The area of the envisaged Project is a 15 km coastal section east of the Kitchener Drain on the eastern flank of the Nile in the Al-Burullus district of Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. The target group of the envisaged Project is the population in the communities living in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate close to the Project area. The following measures are intended for the envisa