During the activities of the final day of IsDB annual meetings in Sharm El-Sheikh:(Post-Recovery Governance) Session Kicks-off activities

The activities of the(Post-Recovery Governance) Session that is entitled (Activities: Towards a More Flexible, Inclusive and Sustainable Future) kicked off today, during the activities of the fourth and final day of the 47 annual meetings of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), held from June 1 to 4 in Sharm El Sheikh, under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

Dr. Sherifa Sharif, Executive Director of the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (NIGSD), explained that the session came to shed light on the importance of governance and its basic pillars and linking them to sustainable development, in addition to good governance practices and digitization and their importance and linking them to innovation and scientific research.


Sherif added that the session also reviewed the lessons learned and successful experiences of how to look to the future and the steps to be taken to make countries more resilient to any shocks.
Sherif noted that the Covid-19 crisis was a test of the countries' ability to absorb shocks and their resilience in overcoming economic and social problems that may affect the quality of life for citizens.
 Sherif stressed that Egypt came as one of the countries in which the recovery period from the crisis was better than many other countries, as a result of the economic reforms that took place in the country in recent years.
Speaking about governance, Sherif explained that it is built on the foundations of transparency, accountability, responsiveness to citizens, efficient and effective foundations, in addition to equal opportunities, law enforcement, and gender equality.


Sherif pointed out that governance, in its general sense and mechanisms, is viewed as an accelerator and supporter of enabling access to the sustainable development goals and the 2030 Agenda, which is also consistent with Africa's Agenda 2063.

For his part, Engineer Ashraf Abdel Hafeez, Assistant Minister of Planning and Economic Development for Digital Transformation and Information Infrastructure, and Executive Director of the National Center for Spatial Information Infrastructure, confirmed that the Egyptian government has taken serious and rapid steps in the field of digital transformation and digitization, explaining that the pandemic contributed to benefiting citizens from these efforts made by the state.

Abdel Hafeez talked about digital governance or smart governance, explaining that it includes defining the service to be developed and using the necessary tools and techniques.

Abdel Hafeez pointed to the role of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, explaining that the ministry in recent years has taken many serious steps in the field of mechanization and digital transformation, pointing to the launch of the first digital portal for services, which His Excellency the President has followed up on efforts to work on.