The World Bank: 8 million Egyptians have benefited from infrastructure projects on Upper Egypt program
Dr. Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development, confirmed that the World Bank in its recent report on its official website highlighted the great successes achieved by the local development program in Upper Egypt, praising the role of the program in promoting economic development and improving the quality of the lives of citizens in the targeted governorates and helping them to achieve sustainable income, and the World Bank indicated that the program represents a pioneering model in achieving sustainable economic development and creating job opportunities, in line with the Egyptian state strategy to improve The quality of life and the enhancement of the investment climate in the targeted governorates. In addition to supporting the capabilities of local departments and local government agencies, the government launched a experimental program aimed at Upper Egypt aimed at enabling Upper Egypt governorates to enhance their capabilities and consolidate the principle of accountability, with the involvement of citizens, companies and business facilities in the decision -making process. The governorates are to develop their capabilities, and to involve citizens in the local economic development process, pointing out that the program also corresponds to the goals of the presidential initiative & quot; a decent life & quot; that aims to improve the living conditions of villages and societies most in need and the first care, and the goal is to reach the poorest areas, while ensuring a coordinated and comprehensive approach to local development, economic inclusion, and growth Sustainable. The enhancement of the capabilities of the provinces, and the improvement of the standard of living for citizens in Upper Egypt. Local governance devices with the aim of improving and increasing infrastructure facilities and high -quality services, pointing out that the program encourages inclusion by designing activities that meet the needs of villages and local societies, in a framework of continuous consultations and listening to the opinions of citizens and companies to determine the priorities and overcome challenges, which contributes to helping the provinces to determine their needs better. The report, that the program focused on enhancing the competitiveness, development and development of local economic blocs, which represent one of the main initiatives of the program by helping companies and local business establishments to reach new markets and overcome growth obstacles, update their production methods, and increase their operational and marketing capabilities, and the number of beneficiaries of these initiatives so far reached 6397 companies, facilities and workers, including 1568 women, and 2032 jobs have been provided New and helped the local development program in Upper Egypt to update and increase the efficiency of government services centers at the level of regions, neighborhoods and villages. The program also helped to update government services centers, which led to reducing the time period needed to issue shops licenses and construction licenses, which reflected positively on the investment climate in these governorates, as efficiency in providing services from government to companies, such as issuing shops and building licenses, is very important to help entrepreneurs to establish their companies And their projects and overcoming the complications or long procedures. Stressing more than 80% of the population and companies in the governorates of Qena and Sohag, they expressed their satisfaction with the quality of these activities, adding that the program succeeded in providing integrated development guidelines to support the private sector, including preparing and developing initiatives aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of economic blocs in order to increase productivity and improve performance of a specific group of companies and establishments in a specific and targeted field, and these practices that have been tried in Upper Egypt, it is now gradually being simulated in other regions in Egypt.
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