Janet Heckman, the EBRD’s new boss for the SEMED region, will hold her first formal press conference this week. Meanwhile, the bank is preparing a study that will provide technical guidance and assistance to the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) on its project to link the canal with Cairo, according to SCZone chief Ahmed Darwish. This comes as a new study from the bank shows that crop and livestock waste in Egypt, mostly centered in Beheira, Sharkia, Dakahlia, and Kafr El Sheikh, “could unlock an energy potential of more than 750 MW, which is equivalent to 7 percent of [Egypt’s renewable energy] target,” according to Biomass Magazine.

The Council of State is expected to complete its review of the executive regulations to the Civil Service Act within days, Central Authority for Organization and Administration head Mohamed Gamil tells Youm7.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri will be heading a business delegation of 40 companies visiting Cairo on Wednesday.