EGYPT'S PLANNING MINISTRY RELEASES 'CITIZEN INVESTMENT PLAN' OF PORT SAID IN FY 2021/22

EGP 17.9 billion is the value of public investments directed in the 21/2022 plan to implement 178 development projects in Port Said: Says Hala El-Said

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development reviewed, in a report issued by it, the features of the citizen’s investment plan for Port Said governorate for the year 21/2022, in the context of continuing to announce the citizen’s plan in all governorates of the Republic for the third year in a row.
The Citizen Investment Plan aims to educate citizens about the directions and priorities of the sustainable development plan for the fiscal year (21/2022), and its role in achieving “Egypt Vision 2030.”Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, stressed that the launch of the "Citizen's Plan" reflects the state's keenness to involve citizens in the efforts made to develop the planning and follow-up systems, to achieve sustainable and comprehensive development, in a way that contributes to addressing development gaps between the different governorates, and settling sustainable development goals.El-Said added that all development plans adopted by the state aim to improve the quality of life for citizens and that this will not be achieved without active community participation, in line with Egypt's Vision 2030. El-Said pointed out that the Ministry of Planning has taken, during the last period, many steps aimed at enhancing transparency and accountability and emphasizing the importance of citizens’ participation in planning and follow-up, including issuing the report “Follow-up to the citizen in the governorates 18/2019 – 19/2020” and launching the mobile application “Sharek 2030 ".Regarding the citizen’s investment plan in Port Said Governorate, El-Said explained that the number of development projects in the governorate amounts to 178 and that the value of public investments directed to Port Said governorate in the plan for the year 21/2022 amounted to EGP 17.9 billion, representing 5.1 of the total distributed public investments.


About the sectorial distribution of targeted public investments in Port Said Governorate, with a plan for the year 21/2022, the report of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development indicated that investments worth EGP 10.3 billion were directed to the Suez Canal, at a rate of 57.7%, and related to the water resources and irrigation sector, EGP 3.2 billion, at a rate of 18%. 1%.
 The investments of the housing and slum development sector amount to EGP 1.7 billion, or 9.7%, and the higher education and scientific research sector goes to EGP 1.1 billion or 6.3%, and the health sector is EGP 488 million or 2.5 percent.The report indicated that the most important development goals in the housing sector and the development of slums in Port Said governorate in the 21/2022 plan are to direct about EGP 945.5 million for drinking water and sanitation services, in addition to directing about EGP 502.4 million to the National Social Housing Program in Port Said Governorate.