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Within the framework of cooperation between the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and civil society, Dr. Hossam Badrawi attended today, Thursday, June 22, 2023, the launch event of the “Egyptian Governorates Competitiveness Index”. In the presence of all governors and the Minister of Local Government.
Dr. indicated. Hala Al-Saeed to the effort of d. Badrawi, as the initiator of the initiative through the National Competitiveness Council years ago.
This initiative, which was worked on by the Ministry of Planning and led by d. Ahmed Kamali, Deputy Minister of Planning, networking efforts between state and civil society institutions, namely the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, the Cabinet Information Center, and the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council.
I also thanked and appreciated Dr. Mona Al-Jarf, Professor of Economics, Dr. Ola Al-Khawaja, and Dr. Osama Al-Gohary.
It is worth noting that this index is the first competitiveness index for the Egyptian governorates, designed at the initiative of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, the Information and Decision Support Center of the Council of Ministers, and the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council in cooperation with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the West. Asia (ESCWA) and the USAID Macroeconomic Reform and Stabilization Project. The index aims to increase productivity in the governorates, provide an attractive environment for investment, in addition to promoting comprehensive growth through regional integration, which contributes to enhancing competitiveness at the local level to achieve sustainable development. .
The most important points discussed:
The importance of the indicator in the implementation of sustainable development plans in the Egyptian governorates
The role of different entities in the design and implementation of the indicator
Present an overview of the indicator, its methodology and objectives
The main parameters of the theoretical framework and quantitative representation of the indicator
View the main results of the indicator
The economic, political and social importance of developing the local competitiveness index in Egypt and future opportunities
A set of recommendations for the governorates based on the results of the index
A roadmap and future steps to ensure the sustainability of the index calculation and to enhance the competitiveness of the governorates
Linking the pillars of the competitiveness index to the localization of the sustainable development goals
The meeting was attended by:
• Her Excellency Dr. Hala Al-Saeed, Minister of Planning
His Excellency Major General Hisham Amna, Minister of Local Development
• Mr. Julien Eddy, Director of the Macroeconomic Reform and Stabilization Project (MESR)
• Marguerite Sancho, Deputy Chief of Mission for the USAID in Egypt
Speakers:-
• Seif Allah Fahmy, Chairman of the Board of Directors and founding member of the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council
• Osama El Gohary, Head of the Information and Decision Support Center at the Council of Ministers
Major General/ Khairat Barakat, Head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
• Dr. Mona Al-Jarf, Professor of Economics and Head of the Technical Committee for the Egyptian Governorates Competitiveness Index
• Dr. Edmund Malesky, Professor at Duke University
• Dez Rasha Abdel Hakim, Senior Economic Adviser, USAID
• M. Mohamed El Sewedy, Chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Industries
• Dr. Tariq Rahmi, Governor of Western Province
• Dr. Ahmed Al-Ansari, Governor of Fayoum
