Funded by the European Commission with a grant of €11 million over a period of three years, the RDI Programme is managed by a Project Implementation Office set-up by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The RDI Programme overall objective is to contribute to enhancing Egypt’s economic growth and international competitiveness through improving its research, development and innovation performance.  The Programme operates through three main components:

• The EU-Egyptian Innovation Fund
• The Research Development and Innovation Network
• Policies for Monitoring and Evaluating R&D Projects, Programmes and Institutions

The RDI Programme succeeded in strengthening the link between Research and Development (R&D) sector and the Industry through its EU-Egypt Innovation Fund which financed 51 projects to date. The programme also succeeded in establishing a wide Network within public and private universities and research institutes aiming to embark on fruitful scientific cooperation with European partners.