Planning Ministry releases "Citizen Investment Plan" of Al Sharqia in FY 2020/21

CAIRO - 27 January 2021: The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announced the features of the “Citizen Investment Plan” in Al Sharqia governorate for the fiscal year 20/2021, as part of the continuation of announcing the citizen’s plan in all Egyptian governorates for the second year in a row, to activate community participation.

Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development explained that the “citizen’s plan” includes the most prominent features of the sustainable development plan for the fiscal year 20/2021, at the national level.

It also includes the most important economic indicators for each governorate represented in the gross domestic product, the real growth rate, the unemployment rate, and the number of employed.

Moreover, it includes the value of public investments directed to the governorate in the fiscal year 20/2021 plan, their distribution to different sectors, and the number of projects being implemented in each governorate.

El-Said added that the "citizen's plan" is based on evidence-based planning, by making use of databases and performance measurement indicators in all developmental areas, in Egypt's 27 governorates, in a way that ensures bridging development gaps between the different governorates.

On the Citizen Investment Plan in Al Sharqia Governorate, El-Said indicated that the number of development projects in the governorate reaches 401 projects and that the value of public investments directed to Al Sharqia governorate in the 2021/2021 plan is LE 6.37 billion, representing 2.5% of the distributed public investment.

"The rate of growth in investments financed by the public treasury and directed to Al Sharqia governorate reaches 14.3%," El-Said explained.

About the sectorial distribution of public investments targeted in Al Sharqia governorate in the 2021/2021 plan, the Minister of Planning and Economic Development pointed to directing investments worth LE 3.5 billion to the housing sector, at a rate of 55.2%, and the pre-university education sector allocates investments worth LE 984.5 million by 15, 5%.

While the local development sector enjoyed LE 606.4 million, a rate of 9.5%, in addition to directing LE 389.2 million to the transport sector at 6.1%, in addition to directing EGPLE 316 million to the university education sector at a rate of 5%, in addition to directing LE 555.8 million for other sectors, a rate of 8.7%.

The report of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development stated that the most important development goals in the housing sector in Al Sharqia governorate in the 2021/2021 plan are to direct about LE 1.6 billion to drinking water and sanitation services, in addition to LE 970 million directed to the National Social Housing Program in Al Sharqia Governorate.

In addition to directing LE 395 million to develop unsafe random areas and markets in the governorate.

In the pre-university education sector, the most important development goals are to direct LE 110.5 million to technical education, in addition to LE 55.9 million to secondary education, in addition to building 153 schools and 3,168 classrooms, and in the university education sector, LE 132 million will be directed to health care services at Zagazig University Hospital.