Egypt's government plans to merge administrative bodies before moving to new capital

CAIRO – 10 August 2020: Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli held a meeting Monday with Chief of the Central Agency for Organization and Administration Saleh al-Sheikh to discuss the possibility of merging administrative bodies carrying out similar duties.

The state is conducting studies to restructure the administrative institutions before moving to the New Administrative Capital (NAC) mid-2021 with the aim of reducing costs, accelerating the pace of work, and achieving accuracy.

The prime minister urged the accomplishment of a simple organizational structure and the elimination of the ramification of administrative divisions.

Egypt's President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi laid the first stone of the New Administrative Capital in East Cairo in July 2018.

With an area of 170,000 feddans, the new capital is set to include 20 residential areas expected to accommodate 6.5 million people and a road network of 650 km in length. The capital includes an international airport and is set to have an electric train to link it with the 10th of Ramadan and El-Salam cities.

It will feature 1,250 mosques and churches, a 5,000-seat conference center, nearly 2,000 schools and colleges, over 600 medical facilities, and a park that is projected to be the world’s largest.

The NAC is located in the area between the Cairo-Suez and Cairo-Ain Sokhna roads, east of the regional ring road. This is roughly 60 kilometers (37.3 miles) from the cities of Suez and Ain Sokhna.