Egypt’s NIGSD runs its 3rd dialogue session on governance, sustainable development

The National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (NIGSD) - the training arm of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development - held its third dialogue session on governance and sustainable development via Zoom technology.

 The dialogue session dealt with a general introduction to governance, an introduction to an application of governance (anti-corruption), and a general introduction to sustainable development.

Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, Dr. Hala El-Said referred to the Institute's tasks, which include drafting national indicators for governance, competitiveness, and sustainable development

The institute’s tasks also include building and developing national cadres, providing advisory services and training to private institutions, carrying out research activities, statistics, opinion polls, and surveys to enhance national knowledge in the field of governance, competitiveness, and sustainable development in partnership with relevant national, regional and international research institutions.

For her part, Dr. Sharifa El-Sherif, Executive Director of NIGSD, explained that the third dialogue session included presenting the topic of governance in terms of its definition and origin, and clarifying a set of principles and indicators related to governance, as well as the relationship of governance with development, investment, and administrative reform.

The session also discussed the issue of corruption, its economic implications, and ways to combat it, where a set of pillars were presented, namely the causes of corruption, the economic effects of corruption, Egypt's performance in corruption indicators, Egypt's efforts to combat corruption, and proposed solutions to combat corruption.

El-Sherif pointed out that the total number of participants in the three dialogue sessions reached 200 participants from private sector institutions, civil society, and students from universities at the level of the Republic, noting that the dialogue sessions will continue to be held during the coming period, according to a weekly session.