Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said
Egypt's Ministry of Planning and Economic Development launched Wednesday its second consecutive “Citizen Plan”, covering FY2020/2021, which aims to activate community participation and involve citizens in planning and follow-up.
Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said said Egypt's Vision 2030 aims primarily to improve the quality of life and standards of living of the Egyptian citizen, adding that the plan for FY2020/2021 is based on public investment in infrastructure, and social and economic development.
El-Said added that the plan aims to ensure that returns on investment reach all citizens across Egypt, including youth, women, and people with special needs, explaining that low-income citizens are the first to reap the fruits of this investment, so that it provides decent and sustainable job opportunities, embodying the true meaning of social development, along with improving the competitiveness of the Egyptian economy and enhancing Egyptian leadership.
El-Said continued that “Citizen Plan” focuses on the localisation of sustainable development goals, and the continuation of the participatory approach adopted by the ministry with all development partners.
Assistant Minister of Planning and Economic Development Gamil Helmy, tasked to follow up on implementation of the sustainable development plan, said that "Citizen Plan" is a document directed primarily to citizens, in a way that ensures their participation in planning and follow-up processes.
It also includes the most prominent features of the sustainable development plan for the FY2020/2021, at a national level, and the most important economic indicators for each governorate represented in GDP, the real growth rate, the unemployment rate, and number of workers, according to Helmy.
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