Day: June 15, 2022

The Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) reviewed efforts exerted by the State to provide great care for the elderly over the past years.

 

This came in an Infograph published by the center on Wednesday, June 15, which marks World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

 

In January 2019, the Social Solidarity Ministry launched the “elderly companion” service that provides caregivers for elderly people.

 

In October 2020, elderly commuters above the age of 60 received a 50 percent discount on all transportation fees. The social solidarity and transport ministry also agreed to provide free public transportation for those over the age of 70.

 

In November 2021, the Health Ministry launched a program to provide healthcare for the elderly with the aim of improving the quality of life for citizens aged 65 years and above.

 

In December 2021, the Communications and Information Technology Ministry announced the possibility of having contracts for telephone and fixed internet services for users over 60 years old for free.

 

The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) was officially recognized by the UN General Assembly in its resolution 66/127,December 2011, following a request by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), who first established the commemoration in June 2006.

 

It represents the one day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted to some of our older generations.

 

 

 

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat said Egypt is enjoying regional and international leadership in outsourcing industry and IT services.

 

The minister said Egypt is a prominent destination for investment in outsourcing and IT services because of its competitive advantages, most notably the availability of an enabling climate for investment, and skilled people, IT service providers, who speak different languages. Efforts are now focused on increasing governmental investments of the IT sector in the coming Fiscal Year with up to 22% growth rate, according to the minister.

 

Talaat said in remarks as he was inaugurating the main branch of Webhelp, a global outsourcing services company in Egypt that his ministry is keen on doing business in human capital and promoting competitive capabilities of youth by implementing a technical training strategy, whose budget has been doubled 22 times in three years to EGP 1.1 billion from EGP 50 million.

 

This new branch is the largest Webhelp’s branch worldwide. It was equipped with investments, which exceed EGP 250 million as part of the company’s plans to expand its investments in exporting outsourcing services to Egypt, according to the minister.

 

The measure is showing that the IT sector is attracting further foreign investments to Egypt, given the fact the country is a pioneering destination in offering outsourcing services globally, added the minister.

 

Webhelp CEO Olivier Duha said Egypt is a most important attracting market in outsourcing services and the company has laid down several plans to develop its activities in Cairo.

 

Meanwhile, the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and Webhelp had signed an agreement with the objective to expand the company’s business in Egypt, contributing to the creation of 4,800 new jobs of highly qualified specialists to provide outsourcing services to the company’s customers worldwide.

 

The three-year agreement is part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) strategy, aims to increase the volume of Egyptian exports of IT products and services through strengthening Egypt’s position on the global map of cross-border outsourcing and IT services and attracting more foreign investments to this sector, contributing to the creation of intensive jobs for Egyptian youth in this field.

 

He said that ITIDA will carry out an initiative to train young people in different governorates in foreign languages, most notably Deutsch and French, to meet the needs of the growing number of outsourcing companies of talent and competencies.

 

Webhelp is one of the world’s leaders in customer service, operating in 48 countries, with 70,000 employees. The company’s branch in Egypt offers tele sales, technical support and call center services to Webhelp customers around the world.

 

 

 

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Minister of Education and Technical Education Tarek Shawqi said many countries want to get acquainted with Egypt’s efforts to modernize its education system to conform with international standards.

During a meeting Tuesday with Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science in the Arab States Abdulaziz Almuzaini the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation.

Also, ways of honing teachers’ skills and upgrade their capabilities through various training programs figured high during the discussions, especially that teaching cadres constitute a key pillar in the EDU 2.0 reforms that mark a drastic shift in the culture of Egyptian education.

In EDU 0.2, traditional methods of rote memorization and high stakes examinations are exchanged for a multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning 21st-century skills via technology integration.

For his part, the UNESCO official welcomed cooperation with the ministry of education, with a view to developing the education process in Egypt.

He voiced preparedness for providing full support to the ministry in this regard through devising multi-digital training programs that guarantee sustainable technical education quality.

 

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Egypt renewed its support for the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, which groups Egypt, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry stressed in a statement on Wednesday on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the organization’s establishment the need to continue focusing on the basic objectives for which the organization was established.

Egypt has always attached great importance to the role played by the organization in promoting cooperation and solidarity among its member states, it said.

The Foreign Ministry also asserted Egypt’s keenness to continue contributing to collective efforts exerted to build a common future of prosperity and development for the D-8 countries, wishing the organization success in the coming years.

 

 

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem el-Gazzar followed up on the executive position of the ongoing projects in the service and utilities in the New Thebes City in Luxor Governorate.

The minister, meanwhile, directed to remove any obstacles that may hinder the implementation of the ongoing projects, in order to improve the living standards for citizens in Upper Egypt.

The minister further said a sewage treatment plant, with total capacity of 15,000 m3 of water per day has been finalized.

Other projects, worth EGP 200 million, including water stations and sewage treatment plants are currently being carried out in the New Thebes City built in Upper Egypt, added the minister.

 

 

Source: State Information Service Egypt

In a report issued by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, the government reviewed the achievements of the state in “Building People” in 8 years (July 2014 – June 2022) based on the “Programs and Performance” methodology.

H.E. Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, stressed that the Egyptian state attaches great importance to the development of the Egyptian citizen and the upgrading of the level of services provided to him in all respects, believing that the citizen is the real pillar of development. This is evident in the volume of financial allocations and public investments directed to human development during the previous eight years (14/2015, 21/2022), where the state directed the general budget to more than EGP 1.88 trillion, with a growth rate of 187%, compared to the eight years before it. (06/2007 – 13/2014).

The public investment also exceeded EGP 348 billion during the period (14/2015 – 21/2022), with a growth rate of 390% compared to the period (2007/06 – 13/2014). The report of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development deals in detail with the state’s efforts in implementing 50 development programs and initiatives, and more than 200 strategic projects that have been implemented in the sectors of health, education, youth, sports, and cultural services, during the past eight years.

Concerning the development of spending directed to the health sector, the Egyptian state directed from the general budget about EGP 572 billion for government spending on the health sector during the previous eight years (14/2015-21/2022).As a result of all these huge sums, the implementation of many initiatives, programs, and strategic projects in the health sector, including the implementation of the first phase of the comprehensive health insurance system in 5 governorates, with several beneficiaries of 6.1 million citizens, who constitute 6% of the population of Egypt.

Among the most important strategic results of the health sector, are an increase in the average life expectancy at birth by 5% to reach 74.3 years, a significant decrease in the maternal mortality rate from 54 deaths per 100,000 live births to only 43 cases, with an improvement of 20%, an increase in the rate of self-sufficiency in medicines to reach to 93%.

The report pointed to the development of spending directed to the education sector, as the Egyptian state directed from the general budget more than EGP 1 trillion for government spending on the education sector during the previous eight years (14/2015-21/2022), with a growth rate of 158%.The annual government spending directed to the sector increased from EGP 84 billion in 2014/13 to EGP 173 billion in 21/2022, with a growth rate of 105%.

 

 

 

Source: State Information Service Egypt