Establishment & Historical Background
Ministerial Decree No. (272) dated August 12, 2018 was issued by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and President of the Supreme Council of Universities, merging the Center for Hazard Mitigation (established by Ministerial Decree No. 758 on June 18, 1990) and the Center for Environmental Research and Studies (established by Ministerial Decree No. 989 on August 19, 1997) under the unified title: "Center of Hazard Mitigation and Environmental Studies and Research (CHMESR)" as a special-character self-financing unit at the Faculty of Science, Cairo University, reporting directly to the Board Chairman and the Dean of the Faculty of Science.
Institutional Identity and Legal Character:
The Center of Hazard Mitigation and Environmental Studies and Research (CHMESR) is a premier non-profit educational, research, and technical consulting powerhouse affiliated with Cairo University. The Center operates as an accredited national expert house providing specialized engineering, geophysical, and environmental consulting services to government ministries, industrial conglomerates, petroleum corporations, and international development agencies across Egypt and the MENA region.
Key Strategic Items of the Center's Future Action Plan:
- Conducting comprehensive environmental impact assessments and periodic environmental auditing for industrial and development projects to preserve natural ecosystems and support national economic growth.
- Performing advanced chemical and physical testing of water, air, and soil samples conforming to the latest international standard ISO/IEC 17025.
- Operating and upgrading the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Network and the National Environmental Noise Monitoring Network in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Environment.
- Contributing to Egypt's national mega-infrastructure projects (New Administrative Capital, New Delta, Toshka agricultural reclamation, and port logistics expansions).
- Providing specialized geotechnical and geophysical investigations for detecting subsurface caverns, faults, sinkholes, and mitigating flash flood and rockfall hazards.
- Delivering accredited specialized training programs to qualify technical staff in occupational health and safety (OHSA/ISO 45001) and integrated environmental management.
- Strengthening international research partnerships with the European Union, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
- Providing consulting services for corporate greenhouse gas accounting, carbon footprint reduction, and ESG sustainability disclosure reporting.
