Institutional and Organizational Analysis of 

NCS   Red Sea Rangers 

Introduction 

The governments of Egypt and United States of America, acting through the US Agency for 

International Development (USAID), have launched the Egyptian Environmental Policy 

Program (EEPP) as of 1999, aiming at supporting policy, regulatory, and institutional 

reforms to promote environmental quality and to protect natural resources. Within the 

framework of EEPP, technical assistance provided to Egyptian Environmental Affairs 

Agency (EEAA) by the Program Support Unit (PSU), as part of enhancing management and 

conservation of Red Sea coral reefs, islands, and linked ecosystems of important, the PSU 

has assigned the consultant to help fulfilling parts of the EEPP Tranche 2 work plan for 

Policy Measure 2.1, specifically tasks 1.1, 3.1 and 3.4.  The major objective of the assignment 

is to implement institutional and organizational analysis of NCS and Red Sea Protectorate 

(rangers).        

The methodology of implementing the assignment is to generate information through: 

Document Review 

The consultant reviewed all documents made available.  The aim is to form an opinion to 

what extent the Red Sea rangers are able to fulfill their scope of work and objectives. 

Interviews 

The consultant during the course of preparing this report has interviewed representatives 

of the NCS, PSU, local administrations, participating NGOs, private sector and agencies 

working in the Red Sea area. The evaluating team also interviewed key persons and staff of 

the Red Sea Protectorate. This enabled evaluators to take a first hand, in depth look at the 

factors influencing the key organizational entities and stakeholders. Reports on key 

meetings are presented as annexes to this document. 

Field Visits 

To formulate a complete picture of activities, the review team arranged field visits to Red 

Sea Protectorates' offices, where the consultant met with the major stakeholders.  

The analysis, as a main facet of an institutional and organizational review, has identified 

positive findings after thorough review, as well as a number of constraints and 

recommendations for improvement. Overall, the review finds that the red sea rangers are 

functioning well, especially in coordination with certain stakeholders. Constraints include, 

but not limited to, lack of adequate support staff for the rangers, but this can be improved 

readily and can enhance the rangers' output. Also, making rangers permanent EEAA staff 

would enhance their performance. Additionally, communication and coordination between 

the Protectorate rangers and other agencies, stakeholders and authorities has been 

accomplished well, better with some agencies than others. To remedy the relationships that 

need improvement, one recommendation of this report is to launch awareness raising 

efforts to educate other agencies about the environmental aspects faced by the 

Protectorates, as well as establishing a coordination mechanism between NCS and other 

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