Day: May 6, 2023

The fifth session of the “Knowledge” meetings, which are co-organized by the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) and the Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO), is due to kick off on Sunday 07/05/2023.

The fifth meeting, running between May 7-8, will shed light on transition to smart governments, according to a statement issued by the IDSC on Saturday 06/05/2023.

The significance of the event comes in light of consecutive challenges posed by crises, prompting the acceleration toward transformation into smart governments, the statement added.

The acceleration toward conversion to smart governments has contributed to boosting global interest in adopting smart applications, leading to a raise by dlrs 21.9 billion in the market of smart government applications in the year 2021.

The global smart government market size is expected to reach dlrs 124.7 billion in the year 2031, with an estimated compound growth rate of 19.4 percent during the period between (2031-2022), according to estimates by Allied Market Research.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Chairman of the General Authority of Healthcare (GAH) Ahmed El-Sobky reviewed with a high-level delegation from the World Bank cooperation opportunities to support the implementation of an exemplary model of public private partnership in the national healthcare industry.

During a meeting with the WB representatives at the authority’s premises on Saturday 06/05/2023, Sobky, who is also general supervisor of the Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS), applauded the success of the bank’s joint supportive mission to expand the universal health coverage in Egypt, while improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare outputs.

There are three strategic goals the GAH is trying to achieve over the period ahead, Sobky said, noting that these goals could be summed up in the constant improvement and development of the UHIS to reach the optimal world-class level, speeding up the system implementation throughout the State’s governorates, and embracing the value-based health care concept.

Applauding the authority’s fruitful cooperation with the WB to support the success of universal health coverage in Egypt, Sobky listened to the delegation’s views on the status of the national healthcare system.

Meanwhile, the delegation members said they are looking forward to their coming visit to GAH’s affiliated facilities in South Sinai, especially Sharm El Sheikh International Hospital, Egypt’s first green hospital accredited by the General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regulation (GAHAR) and the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) network.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

The National Dialogue’s committee on public investment priorities is expected to hold extensive sessions over the few coming weeks to discuss all investment challenges and agree on a set of recommendations and proposals, Assistant Rapporteur of the committee Mahmoud Samy told MENA on Saturday 06/05/2023.

Taking up one year now, arrangements for this part of the Dialogue focused on many themes related to the public investment track, Samy said, noting that the committee had already received a large number of proposals and agreed on the related topics and speakers.

He added that the government had been studying these proposals to come up with rapid solutions to the country’s most pressing economic problems.

The committee’s sessions will also address the State’s role in stimulating investments, especially in the private sector, as well as its role in the public investments that benefit the private sector in the education, healthcare, telecommunications, and infrastructure domains, among others, Samy said.

The committee will also discuss the active role played by the Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) to support public-private partnerships, he pointed out.

The opening session of the National Dialogue kicked off Wednesday at the International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Nasr City, Cairo, with heavy participation from representatives of all segments of the Egyptian society, as well as NGOs, media figures, university presidents, heads of think tanks, members of the two chambers of the parliament, and clergymen, among others.

In his pre-recorded speech for the session, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi urged all participants to do their best to ensure a successful national dialogue.

During the annual Egyptian Family Iftar banquet on 26 April, 2022, President Sisi called for the dialogue that he would include all of the country’s political forces, without exception or discrimination.

In September 2022, the 19-member board of trustees completed its selection of rapporteurs and assistant rapporteurs for the dialogue’s three main tracks (political, economic, and social) and their 19 subcommittees.

Recommendations that will be made by the subcommittees will be referred to the board to be sent to the president for a final say, according to previous remarks by the General Coordinator of the National Dialogue Diaa Rashwan.

The President has asserted that all intellectuals, syndicates and political forces are invited to the dialogue, while assuring that only one faction is exempted from it, in reference to the Muslim Brotherhood group.

Source: State Information Service Egypt