Dr.
Elham Mahmoud, Professor of Marine Environment at the Environment Division of
the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, said that she was
selected as an Egyptian expert to prepare a strategy for "managing
resources for the blue economy in the countries of North Africa and the
Maghreb" with financial and technical support from the African Union under
the supervision of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
"Sida", and it is scheduled to be launched early next year.