Egypt’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development issues a follow-up report on “Decent Life” performance during FY 21/2022

H.E. Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, received a report on the follow-up to the executive position of the National Project for the Development of the Egyptian Rural "Decent Life" during the fiscal year 21/2022, according to the methodology of programs and performance
The measurement process has linked the implementation of a decent life to the goals of the United Nations to achieve sustainable development (SDGs).
El-Said confirmed that the presidential initiative "Decent Life", which is one of the most important national projects, aims to improve the standard of living in the Egyptian countryside, by reducing poverty and unemployment rates and improving the general quality of life for citizens. The initiative aims to reach all rural areas over three years, representing 58% of Egypt's population. El-Said referred to the inclusion of the initiative among the best practices and accelerators of the sustainable development goals on the United Nations platform due to its size and importance in achieving Egypt's Vision 2030.The initiative also won great praise from all development institutions at the regional and international levels as one of the largest development projects in the world, targeting approximately 58 million citizens.El-Said indicated that about EGP 100 billion have been spent since the start of the first phase of the initiative, "during the fiscal year 21/2022, distributed over drinking water and sanitation services, electricity, health, educational and residential services, roads and bridges, rehabilitation and lining of canals.



The report reviewed the executive position of performance indicators following the sustainable development goals, in terms of the first goal: eradicating poverty, the initiative was able to implement works of about 56 social solidarity facilities in 51 villages, in 24 centers.
Concerning the second goal: the initiative managed to complete the eradication of hunger, it the construction works of 134 agricultural service centers in 40 centers have been completed.
 Regarding the third goal: good health and well-being, construction works have been completed for 272 health units in 42 centers, and construction works for 158 ambulance points in 45 centers.The report referred to the fourth goal: quality education, as the establishment and development of 5416 classrooms and maintenance of 95 schools in 366 villages were completed, covering 51 centers.
The report explained that concerning the fifth goal: gender equality, the initiative included many efforts to develop rural women, including the provision of more than 11,000 advantage cards, 25 production training units, and the extraction of 170.3 thousand national ID cards.
On the sixth goal: clean water and sanitation, the report included the completion of the implementation of sanitation projects in 158 villages in 28 centers, benefiting 3 million citizens.Three sewage treatment plants, with a capacity of 20,000 m3/day, were completed, in addition to installing 287,000 household sewage connections in 18 governorates, benefiting 1.5 million citizens.Through the seventh goal: clean and affordable energy, the initiative included the development of electricity networks in 22 villages in 13 centers, maintenance and installation of 267.5 thousand poles (medium and low voltage), installation of 1,545 electrical kiosks, and the connection of 6,273 km of medium and low voltage cables Natural gas was also blown up in 118 villages in 27 centers.The report highlighted the eighth goal: decent work and economic growth, as loan financing for small projects, was provided with a total value of EGP 5.2 billion, resulting in the creation of 403 thousand job opportunities.
In terms of the eleventh goal: sustainable cities and local communities, the paving of 10 main roads with a length of 60 km in 7 centers has been completed, and 173 km of roads in 52 centers have been completed, in addition to the completion of the implementation of 261 irrigation bridges in 33 centers, and the completion of the development of 55 railway stations in 26 centers.

Concerning the seventeenth goal: Partnerships to achieve the goals, the report referred to the fiber-optic network project, where 44.4 thousand distribution points were completed in 68 villages in 20 centers, and works were completely completed in 17 villages with 16 thousand distribution points, benefiting 2 million citizens, in addition to installing 232 portable towers in 49 centers.