Egypt's Vision 2030
Egypt Vision 2030 is a national agenda launched in February 2016 that reflects the state’s long-term strategic plan to achieve sustainable development principles and objectives in all areas. The vision will be adopted by the various Egyptian state agencies. Egypt Vision 2030 is based on the principles of 'comprehensive sustainable development' and 'balanced regional development'. Egypt Vision 2030 reflects the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social, and environmental dimensions.
Believing that the strategies are living documents, Egypt decided to update its sustainable development agenda at the beginning of 2018 with the participation of all stakeholders from development partners to keep pace with changes in the local, regional and global context. The second version of Egypt Vision 2030 was keen to make the vision an inspiring vision that explains how the Egyptian contribution will serve the UN agenda, and how it will serve that global context.
The updated vision focuses on addressing and overlap of all issues from the perspective of the three dimensions of sustainable development: environmental, economic and social dimensions. It is a comprehensive and coherent vision consisting of sectoral strategies for various government agencies.
Egypt Vision 2030 focuses on improving the quality of life of the Egyptian citizens and improving their standard of living in various aspects of life by ensuring the consolidation of the principles of justice, social inclusion and the participation of all citizens in political and social life, in conjunction with high, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, enhancing investment in human beings, and building their creativity by promoting increased knowledge, innovation and scientific research in all areas.
Egypt Vision 2030 gives significance for addressing the impacts of climate change through an integrated and sustainable ecosystem that enhances resilience and ability to face natural hazards. The vision also focuses on the governance of state institutions and society through administrative reform, consolidating transparency, support for monitoring and evaluation systems and empowerment of local administrations. All these objectives come within the framework of ensuring Egyptian peace and security and strengthening Egyptian leadership regionally and internationally.
Objective 1: Improving the quality of life and standard of living of the Egyptian citizens
Improving the quality of life and standard of living of Egyptian citizens by reducing poverty in all forms, eliminating hunger, providing an integrated system of social protection, providing education and ensuring its quality and the quality of health services, providing basic services, improving infrastructure, improving the civilized outlook of Egypt, controlling population growth, enriching cultural life and developing digital infrastructure.
Objective 2: Justice, Social Inclusion and Engagement
The national agenda seeks justice by achieving equal rights and opportunities, providing resources to all geographical areas, both rural and urban, promoting financial inclusion, empowering women, youth and vulnerable groups, supporting the engagement of all groups in development and promoting loyalty and belonging to the Egyptian identity.
Objective 3: Competitive and Diversified Economy
Egypt aims to achieve knowledge-based economic growth, digital transformation, increasing the resilience and competitiveness of the economy, increasing employment rates and decent employment opportunities, improving the business environment and promoting a culture of entrepreneurship, as well as achieving financial inclusion and inclusion of the environmental and social dimension in economic development.
Objective 4: Knowledge, Innovation and Scientific Research
Egypt considers knowledge, innovation and scientific research as key pillars of development by investing in human beings, building their creativity, stimulating and spreading the culture of innovation, supporting and linking scientific research to education and development.
Objective 5: Integrated and Sustainable Ecosystem
Egypt seeks to preserve both development and the environment through the rational use of resources to preserve the rights of future generations to a safer and more efficient future. This can be achieved by addressing the impact of climate change, enhancing the resilience of ecosystems, countering natural hazards and disasters, increasing the use of renewable energy and adopting sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Objective 6: Governance of State and Community Institutions
Governance of state and community institutions results in efficient and effective official state agencies, private sector and civil society institution. Therefore, Egypt vision for the future puts governance and compliance with laws, rules and procedures under the rule of law and an institutional framework that is essential for transparency, accountability and the fight against corruption.
Objective 7: Egyptian Peace and Security
The state places the highest priority on comprehensive security at the national and regional levels as an imperative for achieving and preserving sustainable development, including ensuring food and water security, sustainable energy security, political, economic, social and environmental stability, cybersecurity, securing the Egyptian borders and combating terrorism and organized crime.
Objective 8: Strengthening Egyptian Leadership
The national agenda ensures to link its development objectives with international goals on the one hand, and to the regional agenda on the other hand, especially the Agenda of Africa 2063. After successfully restoring stability, the goal of strengthening Egypt's position and leadership at the regional and international levels has become a necessity to advance comprehensive development. This can be achieved through many mechanisms, including supporting and strengthening regional and international partnerships.