Australian Embassy

Egypt

Embassy address: 11th Floor, World Trade Center, 1191 Corniche El-Nil, Boulak, Cairo, Tel +20 2 2770 6600, Fax +20 2 2770 6650

If you are an Australian citizen requiring urgent consular assistance:

1. Contact the chancery switchboard on +202 2770 6600 (this number will provide you with the option to be transferred through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's 24 hour Consular Operations Centre if an Embassy operator cannot answer).

2. Contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's 24 hour Consular Operations centre direct on +61 1300 555 135 or +61 2 6261 3305.

3. Visit us at: Level 11 World Trade Centre, Corniche El Nil Street, Boulac, Cairo.

Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Australian Embassy in Cairo. This website is designed to provide you with information about Australia and Egypt, and the services the Embassy is able to offer.

The Australian Embassy in Cairo is responsible for covering Australia's relations with not only Egypt, but also Sudan, Syria and Eritrea, where we do not maintain Embassies.

There is an extensive array of information online about Australia and the Australian Government and this site may be used as a tool to direct you to these sites.

For those seeking information about Egypt and travel to Egypt, a good place to start is with the website of the Egyptian Embassy in Canberra.

Please feel free to contact us if you require more information or assistance. The Embassy's e-mail address is: cairo.austremb@dfat.gov.au

Ralph King

Ambassador

News

Australian funding for small-scale development projects in Egypt and Sudan

The Australian Embassy is pleased to announce that four projects, two in Egypt and two in Sudan, will receive funding this year under the Australia Africa Community Grants Scheme (AACGS).

The Gazira Cultural Association will help develop technical and small business skills in four farming villages in Sudan; the Egyptian Association for Developing and Disseminating Legal Awareness will run training and support programs on women’s rights in Cairo, Qalubeyia and Sharkeyia , Egypt; Partners in Development Services will run capacity building for women parliamentarians in Khartoum, Sudan; and the Embassy will support the Modern Education Center for Sudanese, in Cairo, Egypt, to provide students with breakfasts and support teacher salaries.

HE Dr Ralph King, Australian Ambassador to Egypt and Sudan, said, ‘the Embassy is proud to assist these four organisations in delivering vital community services.’

The Australian Embassy administers three grants schemes across its countries of accreditation (Egypt, Sudan, Syria and Eritrea). For more information about Australian small grants funding, please see our Development Cooperation webpage.

Visit by the Australian Ambassador to the Modern Education Center for Sudanese

On 3 April, HE Dr Ralph King, Australian Ambassador to Egypt, visited the Modern Education Center for Sudanese, a primary school for 300 Sudanese children living in Egypt. Many of the MECS students are refugees, whose families have fled conflict in Sudan.

The Australian Embassy has supported the MECS for two years, and Australian funding goes towards providing school breakfasts for students, purchasing text books and assisting to cover teacher salaries.

During his visit, Dr King met Principal Gatkuoth, teachers and students of the school, who performed songs in English and Arabic.

The Australian Embassy provides funding to a number of small-scale development projects across Egypt and Sudan. For more information about Australian small grants funding, please see our Development Cooperation webpage.

The Direct Aid Program (DAP) 2011-2012 is now closed

Applications for the 2012-2013 program will be welcome from July 2012 onwards.

The DAP is a small-grants scheme which aims to alleviate humanitarian hardship. It is aimed primarily at supporting small-scale infrastructure projects, sustainable development projects and activities that are participatory in nature. DAP projects must be located in Egypt, North Sudan, Eritrea and Syria.

For more information or a copy of the DAP application form, please email nadine.fadlallah@dfat.gov.au.

The Human Rights Grants Scheme (HRGS) 2011-2012

Successful projects for the 2011–12 round of the Human Rights Grants Scheme were announced on 10 December 2011.

Australia will provide $3.7 million to fund 41 projects across the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, including a project in Egypt supporting the international advocacy and outreach capabilities of Arab civil society and human rights advocates.

The HRGS provides grant funding to non-government organisations and human rights institutions based or operating in developing countries to promote and protect human rights in direct and tangible ways.

For more information on the HRGS, please visit the AusAID website http://www.ausaid.gov.au/business/other_opps/humanrights_scheme.cfm

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