The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development receives a high-level Pakistani delegation to review efforts to achieve Egypt's Vision 2030
10 February 2022
The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development received a high-level Pakistani delegation from various departments of the Pakistani government to learn about the efforts made within the framework of achieving the objectives of Egypt's Vision 2030.
The delegation was received by Dr. Ahmed Kamali, Deputy Minister of Planning, and the meeting was attended by Dr. Nada Masoud, Economic Adviser to the Minister, Ambassador Hazem Khairat, Director of the International Cooperation Office, and Dr. Heba Mughaib, Supervisor of the Regional Planning Sector.
The meeting was also attended by Dr. Asma Ezzat, Director of the Governance Center at the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (NIGSD), and Major General Mahmoud Diab, Director of Regional and Service Projects at the Ministry.
During the meeting, Dr. Ahmed Kamali praised the Egyptian-Pakistani relations and cooperation between the two countries, reviewing the main tasks carried out by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, where the ministry handles a set of important files related to multiple fields.
Kamali referred to Egypt's Vision 2030, which was launched by the Egyptian state in 2016 in line with the development goals of sustainable development, explaining that the vision update has been completed and will be launched soon.
Kamali explained that Egypt submitted a voluntary national review report to the United Nations, the latest of which was in 2021, which shows the extent to which the country has achieved the goals of sustainable development.
Kamali also reviewed the integrated system for preparing and following up the investment plan, which helps link all projects in the country with sustainable development goals and the government's action plan.
Kamali stressed that there is currently ease available to various parties in introducing private projects and plans into the system, stressing the importance of the issue of follow-up and evaluation, which is what contributes to the process of improving governance, as well as the efficiency of spending, especially investment spending by the government.
Kamali explained that the state currently owns a database for all investment projects, which enables the follow-up of these projects and the extent to which they achieve sustainable development goals.
Kamali indicated that the ministry, in cooperation with the United Nations Housing Fund, launched 27 reports on the settlement of sustainable development goals in all governorates of the Republic.
The reports aim to accelerate the implementation of the sustainable development goals at the governorate level by setting quantitative goals for the indicators of the sustainable development goals and identifying development gaps in each governorate.
Kamali explained that the ministry's spatial variables center aims to follow up on projects in the country and their assets, make good use of resources, and rationalize government spending.
Kamali pointed out that the mobile technology centers aim to reduce overcrowding in the places of service provision and facilitate access to them, which contributes to the speedy completion of government transactions in line with the state's orientation towards digital transformation.