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Aeny', the national cadastre. Some of these projects 
will be conducted in co-operation with foreign 
companies 
e¢ The modernization of the various supporting services 
for the management of finance, personnel, stores, 
sales, resources, project planning and management, 
secretarial work, etc. is a complementary part to these 
development to support strategic planning and 
organizational management. 
e ESA is aiming to be the focal point for the 
development of the National Geo-spatial Information 
Infrastructure in Egypt. 
3.3. The impact on the approach for capacity building and 
the training of staff 
As a result of the considerable increase in technological and 
technical capabilities at ESA, the quantity of work that can be 
processed has increased. This increase in output needs to be 
met by a similar improvement in quality and output of the 
specialized line managers and supervisors required to manage 
the modernized production processes. While good progress has 
been made in transferring the technology and improving 
productivity, ESA is seriously behind in the area of technical 
management and supervision. Many mid-managers, who are 
expected to play an important role in ESA modernization 
program, need an adequate training in the management and 
optimization of technical operations and quality, as well as on 
the effective use of information technology. 
The development of the capabilities of managers and 
supervisors is now recognized as the most important problem in 
ESA, in order to achieve sustainability of the modernization 
program and to ensure the effective use of the investments 
made. The ESA Management has made its solution his first 
priority. The Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources, 
under which ESA exists, and with which a very large segment 
of the Netherlands’ bilateral development co-operation 
program is being executed, has provided its full support for the 
priorities of ESA. 
4. THE TMS/ESA PROJECT FOR CAPACITY 
BUILDING IN ESA 
4.1. Executive summary 
The TMS/ESA Project is a ‘Training Program for the 
Development of Managers and Supervisors for the National 
Cadastre and Topographie Mapping’ in ESA. The TMS/ESA 
Project aims to institutional support and capacity building in 
ESA to improve performance and the quality of services in the 
various sectors in ESA, particularly in relation to implementing 
an ‘economic-oriented’ policy. Several training programmes in 
managing technical operations, projects and resources, are 
provided by the project in Egypt and the Netherlands, for the 
staff members of ESA from all management levels. Case 
studies and pilot projects are included to apply the taught 
concepts in the various sectors in ESA. The project will also 
provide institutional and technical supports to the training 
facilities in ESA in order to insure the sustainability of the 
training programs, which are introduced by the project. 
Approximately 850 managers and supervisors at ESA require 
training. By training this number of staff, the sustainability of the 
designed training system is assured by building a strong team that 
will be able to pass on their skills and knowledge to a much wider 
group of managers within ESA. 
Over the total five-year combined project period, general 
management training would have been provided in Egypt for 200 
managers and supervisors. Technical operations management 
training will be conducted for up to 120 first- and second-level 
managers and supervisors from lower and middle management 
cadres, using a series of specially developed technical management 
training modules. 
Further, ESA’s training program Development Office (TPDO) will 
be strengthened. Training managers and trainers will be developed 
and courses designed, implemented and refined before being handed 
over. Training facilities will be refurbished and improved, and 
training equipment provided. On-the-job support from experienced 
Dutch and Egyptian trainers will be initially provided during the 
project. The support program is specially designed to ensure that 
ESA is able to continue and sustain the training program in the 
future. 
An Association consisting of ITC (International Institute for Geo- 
information Science and Earth Observations leading partner) and 
MSM (Maastricht School of Management) will implement the 
proposed project. These two academic institutes are supported by 
two European professional organizations, the Dutch Cadastre and 
the German Survey and Mapping Agency, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 
NRW. Further, local teaching staff from Egyptian institutes RITI 
(Regional Information Technology Institute), CACE-AUC 
(American University of Cairo) and Cairo University will participate 
in the project. 
The TMS/ESA Project will be executed in 5 years (1999 — 2004), 
and funded mainly by the Netherlands Government in the 
framework of the cooperation protocol between Egypt and the 
Netherlands; the allocated budget is 2.5 million Euros. The ITC and 
ESA also offer a considerable financial contribution to the various 
activities in the project; ITC offers an amount of 200,000 Euro (in 
form of training fellowships in ITC courses and teaching material) 
and ESA contributed by an amount of 600,000 Euro (in the form of 
raining resources). The total project budget is about 3.3 million 
Euros. 
4.2. General objectives of the project 
The general objectives of the project may be summarized as: 
e To provide institutional support and a sustainable training 
program to upgrade operations and general management skills 
of ESA first-line managers and supervisors, and to upgrade the 
knowledge of top and mid management; 
e Improve and strengthen the training department at ESA and 
create a pool of capable trainers to sustain courses developed 
under the project; 
e (Create and run specialized training programs in Egypt in 
general management as well as technical management; 
e Provide courses in technical management training in the 
Netherlands for middle managers; 
e Run seminars for senior management staff in Cairo and in the 
Netherlands; 
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