5417 projects are present in the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects: Planning Minister

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announced that tomorrow, Sunday, September 18, at eleven o'clock in the evening, is the closing date for submissions for the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects on the website www.sgg.eg.
                                                                                                                             
H.E. Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, said that the daily statistics on the participation of projects in the initiative reflect the extent of the governorates' interest in participating in the competition.
 El-Said indicated that the total number of projects participating in the initiative until yesterday, September 16, reached 5,417 projects within the six categories of the initiative.


El-Said added that it will take place after the door of progress is closed; Starting the evaluation phase and applying the criteria and conditions to the advanced projects from each governorate.


 El-Said explained that there will be an initial selection of 162 projects from all governorates to be liquidated in the final stage to 18 projects, other than major projects.

The Minister of Planning and Economic Development indicated that the final results of the initiative will be announced at the COP 27 climate conference, which Egypt will host next November in Sharm El-Sheikh.



For his part, Ambassador Hisham Badr, General Coordinator of the initiative, explained that the total number of projects submitted for the initiative until September 16 in the category of large projects reached 597 projects, and 1067 projects in the category of medium projects.



 This is in addition to 1,617 projects in the category of non-profit projects, and 908 projects in the category of development projects related to women, climate change, and sustainability.