Right to health, right to clean drinking water, right to safe sanitation, and other economic and social rights are a duty and obligation to the state, not granted by the government to Egyptian citizens. These rights are granted by international conventions and agreements of human rights, which stated eligibility of local resident in access to clean drinking water, safe sanitation, free education, adequate housing, and enjoy adequate standard of living and other economic and social rights. However, a researcher in economic and social rights situations in Egypt, finds that those rights are absent from human rights system in Egypt. Because of work and effort for years made by Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights in the field of local development and support of decentralization, it seeks to implement activities and projects related to supporting economic and social rights by focusing on drinking water and sanitation. In light of its attention in this field, Maat held first training program entitled "Employment of Rights- based Approach to improve drinking water and sanitation conditions " in project " Improving economic and social rights " Empowerment ". Training workshop was implemented by Maat in cooperation with French Institute with the participation of a number of leaders and volunteers of community-based organizations located in Atfih and Ayat provinces and held on 19th to 20th June 2011. Training program seeks to capacity-building for various NGOs in employment Rights- based Approach to improve drinking water and sanitation conditions. Mr. Ayman Okeil, a lawyer and human rights activist opened the training program, confirmed in his opening speech the importance of economic and social rights and documenting cases of violation of those rights. Okeil stressed continuing work of Maat in implementation of activities and projects related to improving economic and social rights pointing out the importance of communication with international mechanisms relating to economic and social rights. The trainer was Mr. Adel Lotfi, community development consultant. The training program over the two days addressed issues related to rights, their obligations, their usability to measure, definition of the International Bill of Human Rights and reaffirmed the obligations of States, definition criteria of rights availability and commitments and standards implementation on the right to water and sanitation. The workshop addressed the training component related to the right to water, sanitation and measuring availability of the right to local communities. The second part of the training addressed roles and responsibilities of local People's councils and apply rights-based approach on councils' roles and concept of local participatory planning in addition practical exercises for trainees in order to form and prepare good teamwork.