EBRD President pays first visit to Egypt EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso visited Egypt in person for the first time since taking office for high-level meetings with the authorities and the business community. She met the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of International Cooperation and EBRD Governor, Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker, among other key political figures. Supporting Egypt’s transition to a green economy, Ms Renaud-Basso signed agreements targeting development of sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy in the country. Supporting Egypt’s largest private solar plant Kom Ombo During the President’s visit the EBRD – in cooperation with the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Arab Bank signed a US$ 114 million financing package with ACWA Power for the construction
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Leaving no one behind in the city: ensuring just transitions for public transport workers
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There is a general consensus that cities and public transport will play a central role in the recovery from Covid-19. Some have called this the “urban opportunity”. From investments in sustainable mobility, to enhancing the role of public transport and the electrification of transport, these discussions have often centered on the potential for the transport sector to provide green jobs, lower emissions, to create access and reshape society along more equitable lines in the post-Covid world. The International Labour Organization (ILO) recently published a report highlighting the massive potential for jobs and for lowering emissions if we focus on investments which double down on public transport and electrification.