Egypt's Planning Ministry participates in the launching activities of the 2nd batch of NILS

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, represented by Dr. Ahmed Kamali, Deputy Minister, participated recently in the launching activities of the second batch of the Nasser International Leadership Scholarship (NILS) implemented by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, under the auspices of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

During his speech at the celebration, Kamali reviewed a historical overview of economic planning, explaining that the central economic planning model in the fifties and sixties of the last century did not achieve much success in reaching its primary goal of promoting economic development and sustainable growth.
Kamali pointed to the challenges of the effectiveness of national plans, as planning systems face many challenges, which may lead to the limited success of the plans, including weak governance and the lack of tools for decision-makers to implement the goals, in addition to the challenges of the signals directed to the private sector and its participation in achieving the goals set. in market economics.

Kamali highlighted the development of the planning system in Egypt, explaining that Egypt is one of the first countries to develop a planning system, as the Ministry of Planning was established in 1958 to boost the foundations of planning for the state’s economic programs, and the various development plans that the government intends to implement, whether they are long, medium or short-term plans.

 The first five-year plan for Egypt was drawn up in 1960, the economic reform program in the nineties led to a different view towards planning," Kamali said.


Kamali added that on the first day of January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which were adopted by world leaders in September/2015 at a historic UN summit, officially entered into force. The strategy contains 169 goals and 232 indicators to measure performance.
Regarding the national strategy for sustainable development, "Egypt Vision 2030," Kamali explained that Egypt launched Egypt's Vision 2030 during the "Year of Youth" celebrations in February 2016 under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

The vision represents the roadmap that aims to maximize the utilization of competitive components and advantages and is considered the first strategy to be formulated following the methodology of long-term strategic planning and participatory planning.

Kamali referred to the main concepts of "Egypt Vision 2030", which are taking into account the rights of future generations, sustainable inclusive growth, balanced regional development, and participatory development.

Kamali addressed the update of Egypt’s Vision 2030, explaining that in January 2018, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development began updating the sustainable development strategy as a result of five main reasons that represented inconsistency with the UN Agenda 2030 and Africa’s Agenda 2063, in addition to urgent issues.
Kamali concluded his speech by referring to the efforts to localize the sustainable development goals, as the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development is currently - in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund - preparing reports on the localization of the sustainable development goals at the level of the various governorates of Egypt.