Planning Ministry reviews the features of the "Citizen's Investment Plan" in Al Sharqia governorate for FY 20/2021
27 January 2021
The
Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announced the features of the
“Citizen Investment Plan” in Al Sharqia governorate for the fiscal year
20/2021, as part of the continuation of announcing the citizen’s plan in all
Egyptian governorates for the second year in a row, to activate community
participation.
Dr.
Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development explained that the
“citizen’s plan” includes the most prominent features of the sustainable
development plan for the fiscal year 20/2021, at the national level.
It
also includes the most important economic indicators for each governorate represented
in the gross domestic product, the real growth rate, the unemployment rate, and
the number of employed.
Moreover,
it includes the value of public investments directed to the governorate in the
fiscal year 20/2021 plan, their distribution to different sectors, and the
number of projects being implemented in each governorate.
El-Said
added that the "citizen's plan" is based on evidence-based planning,
by making use of databases and performance measurement indicators in all
developmental areas, in Egypt's 27 governorates, in a way that ensures bridging
development gaps between the different governorates.
On
the Citizen Investment Plan in Al Sharqia Governorate, El-Said indicated that
the number of development projects in the governorate reaches 401 projects and
that the value of public investments directed to Al Sharqia governorate in the
2021/2021 plan is EGP 6.37 billion, representing 2.5% of the distributed public
investment.
"The
rate of growth in investments financed by the public treasury and directed to
Al Sharqia governorate reaches 14.3%," El-Said explained.
About
the sectorial distribution of public investments targeted in Al Sharqia
governorate in the 2021/2021 plan, the Minister of Planning and Economic
Development pointed to directing investments worth EGP 3.5 billion to the
housing sector, at a rate of 55.2%, and the pre-university education sector
allocates investments worth EGP 984.5 million by 15, 5%.
While
the local development sector enjoyed EGP 606.4 million, a rate of 9.5%, in
addition to directing EGP 389.2 million to the transport sector at 6.1%, in
addition to directing EGP 316 million to the university education sector at a
rate of 5%, in addition to directing EGP 555, 8 million for other sectors, a
rate of 8.7%.
The
report of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development stated that the
most important development goals in the housing sector in Al Sharqia governorate
in the 2021/2021 plan are to direct about EGP 1.6 billion to drinking water and
sanitation services, in addition to EGP 970 million directed to the National
Social Housing Program in Al Sharqia Governorate.
In
addition to directing EGP 395 million to develop unsafe random areas and
markets in the governorate.
In
the pre-university education sector, the most important development goals are
to direct EGP 110.5 million to technical education, in addition to EGP 55.9
million to secondary education, in addition to building 153 schools and 3,168
classrooms, and in the university education sector, EGP 132 million will be
directed to health care services at Zagazig University Hospital.