العربية

Accelerated Development

Program​ ​Description:​​ ​Egypt​ ​envisions​ ​accelerated​ ​economic​ ​and​ ​social​ ​development​ ​as a​ ​strategic​ ​objective,​ ​based​ ​on​ ​which​ ​a​ ​qualitative​ ​shift​ ​in​ ​the​ ​local​ ​development​ ​of​ ​each village​ ​and​ ​city​ ​can​ ​take​ ​place.​ ​The​ ​respective​ ​roadmap​ ​is​ ​designed​ ​to​ ​promote acceleration​ ​of​ ​economic​ ​growth,​ ​consolidation​ ​of​ ​social​ ​justice,​ ​social​ ​empowerment, especially​ ​of​ ​the​ ​poor,​ ​youth​ ​and​ ​women,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​building​ ​of​ ​the​ ​knowledge​ ​society. The​ ​outputs​ ​of​ ​the​ ​program​ ​are​ ​27​ ​operational​ ​plans​ ​to​ ​accelerate​ ​development​ ​in​ ​the governorates​ ​and​ ​regions,​ ​integrated​ ​with​ ​the​ ​sectoral​ ​state​ ​plans,​ ​to​ ​maximize​ ​their competitive​ ​advantage,​ ​targeting​ ​export​ ​surplus​ ​in​ ​each​ ​governorate,​ ​and​ ​increasing returns​ ​on​ ​the​ ​balance​ ​of​ ​payments.

  • The​ ​Ministry​ ​of​ ​Local​ ​Development,​ ​in​ ​cooperation​ ​and​ ​coordination​ ​with​ ​the Ministry​ ​of​ ​Planning​ ​and​ ​the​ ​support​ ​of​ ​the​ ​governorates​ ​to​ ​develop​ ​and implement​ ​strategic​ ​development​ ​plans​ ​for​ ​themselves​ ​to​ ​accelerate​ ​the​ ​process of​ ​local​ ​development​ ​in​ ​terms​ ​of​ ​social​ ​and​ ​economic​ ​and​ ​which​ ​seek​ ​to encourage​ ​the​ ​provinces​ ​to​ ​determine​ ​the​ ​"competitive​ ​advantage"​ ​Wide participation​ ​is​ ​formed​ ​on​ ​the​ ​impact​ ​of​ ​the​ ​development​ ​agenda​ ​and​ ​adopt​ ​the preparation​ ​of​ ​the​ ​plan​ ​to​ ​accelerate​ ​development​ ​methodology​ ​of decentralization​ ​in​ ​the​ ​planning​ ​from​ ​the​ ​bottom​ ​to​ ​the​ ​top,​ ​within​ ​the​ ​framework of​ ​the​ ​strategic​ ​plan​ ​of​ ​the​ ​state.
  • The​ ​strategic​ ​planning​ ​process​ ​is​ ​the​ ​agreed​ ​guide​ ​and​ ​reference​ ​for​ ​the development​ ​decisions​ ​of​ ​services​ ​and​ ​investments​ ​and​ ​the​ ​adoption​ ​and implementation​ ​of​ ​the​ ​proposed​ ​projects,​ ​which​ ​regulates​ ​the​ ​relationship between​ ​the​ ​local​ ​administration​ ​and​ ​the​ ​central​ ​government​ ​in​ ​terms​ ​of​ ​clarity​ ​of obligations​ ​and​ ​roles​ ​in​ ​the​ ​short,​ ​medium​ ​and​ ​long​ ​term.

Objectives: 

  1. Prepare​ ​a​ ​roadmap​ ​and​ ​plans​ ​to​ ​accelerate​ ​the​ ​economic​ ​and​ ​social development​ ​of​ ​27​ ​governorates​ ​through:
    • Integrated​ ​and​ ​practical​ ​development​ ​plans​ ​that​ ​lay​ ​emphasis​ ​on the​ ​comparative​ ​advantage​ ​of​ ​each​ ​governorate.
    • Strengthen​ ​effective​ ​participation​ ​and​ ​local​ ​bottom-up​ ​planning​ ​and mobilization​ ​of​ ​central​ ​and​ ​local​ ​resources.
    • Achieving​ ​local​ ​development​ ​in​ ​its​ ​comprehensive​ ​and​ ​integrated manner.
    • Clarity​ ​and​ ​consistency​ ​of​ ​local​ ​development​ ​vision.
    • Implementation​ ​of​ ​national​ ​development​ ​strategies.
    • Linking​ ​different​ ​levels​ ​of​ ​development​ ​planning.
    • Support​ ​regional​ ​planning​ ​between​ ​governorates.
    •  Facilitate​ ​programs​ ​development​ ​for​ ​each​ ​governorate.
    • Improving​ ​the​ ​performance​ ​of​ ​local​ ​management​ ​and​ ​governance.
    • Transforming​ ​the​ ​current​ ​importing​ ​and​ ​consumer​ ​society​ ​into​ ​a productive,​ ​self-sufficient​ ​and​ ​exporting​ ​society.
  2. Fostering​ ​coordination​ ​and​ ​collaborations​ ​between​ ​the​ ​government, business​ ​sectors,​ ​civil​ ​society​ ​and​ ​local​ ​communities​ ​in​ ​planning​ ​and implementing​ ​for​ ​accelerating​ ​development.
  3.  Approval​ ​and​ ​dissemination​ ​of​ ​programs​ ​to​ ​accelerate​ ​the​ ​development​ ​of the​ ​Ministers​ ​Council,​ ​the​ ​cabinet​ ​and​ ​the​ ​President. 
  4. Monitoring​ ​and​ ​evaluation​ ​of​ ​the​ ​implementation​ ​progress​ ​for​ ​each governorate.

Subprograms​:

  • Initiating​ ​a​ ​national​ ​strategy​ ​to​ ​accelerate​ ​the​ ​social​ ​and​ ​economic development​ ​of​ ​each​ ​governorate.
  • Developing​ ​a​ ​national​ ​strategy​ ​and​ ​plan​ ​to​ ​accelerate​ ​overall​ ​economic and​ ​social​ ​development:
    • ➢ Until​ ​2020
    • ➢ Until​ ​2025
    • ➢ Until​ ​2030
    • ➢ and​ ​prospects​ ​until​ ​2050. 
  • Allocate​ ​the​ ​mechanisms​ ​for​ ​implementing​ ​the​ ​plans​ ​to​ ​accelerate development​ ​in​ ​coordination​ ​with​ ​the​ ​relevant​ ​ministries​ ​and​ ​develop​ ​the necessary​ ​legislative​ ​and​ ​institutional​ ​framework
    • Ministerial​ ​Committee​ ​and​ ​"Technical​ ​Secretariat"​ ​to accelerate​ ​development​ ​(operations​ ​room). 
  • Preparation​ ​of​ ​programs​ ​for​ ​the​ ​leading​ ​economic​ ​sectors​ ​and​ ​feasibility studies​ ​in​ ​each​ ​governorate.
  • Sectoral​ ​distribution​ ​of​ ​ministerial​ ​projects​ ​and​ ​strategies​ ​to​ ​respective Ministries​ ​or​ ​authorities.
  • Preparation​ ​of​ ​a​ ​national​ ​strategy​ ​and​ ​an​ ​integrated​ ​program​ ​for participatory​ ​rural​ ​development.
  • Coordinating​ ​between​ ​the​ ​economic​ ​and​ ​social​ ​development​ ​plans prepared​ ​by​ ​the​ ​Ministry​ ​of​ ​Planning,​ ​Monitoring​ ​and​ ​Administrative Reform,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​general​ ​strategic​ ​plan​ ​(27​ ​governorates)​ ​by​ ​the​ ​General Authority​ ​for​ ​Urban​ ​Planning​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Ministry​ ​of​ ​Housing,​ ​Utilities​ ​and​ ​Urban Development,​ ​the​ ​sectoral​ ​plans​ ​of​ ​the​ ​ministries​ ​and​ ​the​ ​development plans​ ​and​ ​projects​ ​financed​ ​by​ ​donors,​ ​Grants​ ​with​ ​accelerated development​ ​plans​ ​for​ ​each​ ​province. 

Legislative​ ​and​ ​Constitutional​ ​framework:

  • Constitutional​ ​articles:​ ​27,​ ​28,​ ​32​ ​and​ ​236.
  • The​ ​new​ ​local​ ​administration​ ​law​ ​(supporting​ ​the​ ​process​ ​of​ ​accelerating development).
  • Supporting​ ​application​ ​of​ ​decentralization.
  • Decision​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Board​ ​of​ ​Governors​ ​No.​ ​(7/02/17/4)​ ​dated​ ​28​ ​February​ ​2017​ ​on the​ ​acceleration​ ​of​ ​development​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Egyptian​ ​governorates.
  • Decisions​ ​to​ ​form​ ​consultative​ ​councils​ ​in​ ​each​ ​governorate​ ​including​ ​all​ ​actors​ ​at the​ ​local​ ​level​ ​(executive​ ​body,​ ​universities,​ ​advisory​ ​institutes​ ​and​ ​civil​ ​society).
  • The​ ​formation​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Local​ ​Financial​ ​Resources​ ​Development​ ​Committee​ ​headed by​ ​the​ ​Minister​ ​of​ ​Local​ ​Development.