Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announces features of "Citizen Investment Plan" in the Monufia Governorate for FY 2020/21

Dr. Hala El-Said: The Citizen’s Investment Plan consolidates principles of governance, transparency and accountability
EGP 5.8 billion of public investments directed to Menoufia governorate in the FY 2020/21 plan, an increase of 26% over FY 2019/20 plan
506 development projects in Menoufia Governorate included in FY 2020/21 plan 

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announced the features of the “Citizen Investment Plan” in the Monufia Governorate for the fiscal year (FY) 2020/21. The announcement comes within the framework of continuing to reveal the citizen’s plan in all Egyptian governorates for the second year in a row, to activate community participation and involve citizens in planning and follow-up.
Egypt's Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Hala El-Said asserted that Egypt's Vision 2030 aims mainly to improve the quality of life of the Egyptian citizen and his standard of living.
Therefore, the sustainable development plan for the FY 2020/21 is based on public investment in infrastructure, social and economic.
“Egypt’s Vision 2030 seeks to ensure that the return on investment reaches all citizens in all parts of the country, including youth, women, and people with special abilities provided that the low-income people are the first to reap the fruits of this investment,” El-Said said.
El-Said explained that the launch of the “Citizen Plan” comes within the framework of the continuous keenness to link the planning process with Egypt's Vision 2030, the localization of sustainable development goals, and a continuation of the participatory approach adopted by the Ministry with all development partner.
Regarding the citizen's investment plan in Menoufia Governorate, El-Said explained that the 506 development projects are included in the FY 2020/21 plan, with EGP 5.8 billion of public investments, an increase of 26% over FY2019/20, representing 2.2 % of total distributed public investment.Concerning the sectorial distribution of public investments targeted in Menoufia governorate in the Fy 2020/21 plan, the report of the planning ministry indicated that investments worth EGP 2.8 billion will be directed to the housing sector, at a rate of 48.3%, and the transport sector is allocated to EGP 975.8 million ar 16.8%.
Another EGP 75.3 million will be directed to the higher education sector at 13.4%, and the education and technical education sector will receive investments worth EGP 421.2 million at 7.4%.
Furthermore, EPG 410.2 million will be allocated to the local development sector at 7.1%, in addition to directing EGP 418 million for other sectors, representing 7.5%.
Drinking water and sanitation services are the most important development goals in the housing sector in Menoufia with about EGP 1.4 of investments. While for the pre-university education sector, the plan includes the establishment and development of 79 schools with 1,280 classrooms.
In the local development sector, the most important development targets in the 2021/2021 plan are the paving of local roads at about EGP 236 million, another EGP 212.9 million will be directed to bridges and tunnels, in addition to directing EGP 87.8 million to strengthen the electricity networks in the governorate.
The “Citizen's Plan” includes a detailed presentation of all development indicators and projects that are being implemented in each governorate separately, to enable the citizen to follow up on the implementation of these projects, whether they are being implemented in their governorate, city or village.