Egypt Vision 2030 () is a national agenda launched in February 2016 by the
Egyptian Government and unveiled by the
Egyptian president Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi. The vision consists of eight main national goals to be met by 2030 that are in line with the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Sustainable Development Strategy for Africa 2063.
In light of Egypt's changing internal and regional circumstances, Egypt Vision 2030 was updated to face these new challenges in cooperation with the various ministries and the private sector, in addition to the assistance of civil society organizations and various experts and specialists in multiple fields.
A number of axes in the new updated version in the three dimensions of the strategy, whether at the
economic
An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...
,
social
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not.
Etymology
The word "social" derives fro ...
or
environmental level, have already been identified, and among these axes: interest in the knowledge economy and encouraging innovation, industrial deepening and value chains. As well as managing
population growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. The World population, global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 8.2 billion in 2025. Actual global human population growth amounts to aroun ...
issues, achieving
spatial justice, in addition to paying attention to some development issues as intersectional goals and axes of the vision, such as issues of promoting women and youth empowerment, developing the small and medium enterprises sector, and encouraging entrepreneurship.
Egypt has further secured $9.8 billion to boost the
UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of Egypt Vision 2030 in response to the
COVID-19 crisis.
On 2 January 2021, Dr. Mohamed Nofal, an Egyptian
information and communication technology
Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computer ...
expert, said that Egypt is moving in the right direction towards
digital transformation
Digital transformation (DT) is the process of adoption and implementation of digital technology by an organization in order to create new or modify existing products, services and operations by the means of translating business processes into a d ...
in all fields, indicating that within the framework of Egypt's 2030 vision for digital transformation of individuals and
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
s, the Egyptian state sought to launch Egypt's digital services, which were launched nationwide.
In 2020, Egypt was the only country in the
Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic region which comprises the Middle East (also called West Asia) and North Africa together ...
(MENA) region with a positive
GDP growth rate, thus being the only country in the region to avoid effects of the
COVID-19 recession
The COVID-19 recession was a global economic recession caused by COVID-19 lockdowns. The recession began in most countries in February 2020. After a year of global economic slowdown that saw stagnation of economic growth and consumer activit ...
. On the other hand, all remaining countries in the region were projected to see negative growth in 2020, with a rebound to 2.2 percent growth in 2021.
Objectives
The strategic vision focuses on eight main objectives that are meant to be met by 2030.
Quality of life
Egypt's poverty rates have reached all-time high, and recently has declined for the first time in 20 years since 1999 from 32.5% to 29.7%. The country aims to eliminate poverty by 2030.
Social equality
The
Egyptian constitution placed the social aspect of equality and inclusion as a cornerstone of the National Agenda for sustainable development, as it stipulates, ''“We write a constitution that achieves equality between us in rights and duties without any discrimination,”'' and its fourth article states, ''"Sovereignty is for the people alone, that they exercise and protect it, and they are the source of authority, and they safeguard their national unity, which is based on the principles of equality, justice and equal opportunities for all citizens."''
Therefore, the National Agenda seeks to achieve
social justice
Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has of ...
and social integration, and to promote active citizenship and positive participation for all segments of society. The issues of empowerment, equality and social justice are among the core issues that the Egypt's Vision of 2030 focuses on.
Economics
Egypt's current fiscal policy seeks to reduce the state budget deficit and
public debt
A country's gross government debt (also called public debt or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. A deficit occu ...
. The transformation towards a knowledge-based digital economy, encouraging innovation, research and development, enhancing the role of promising economic sectors, in addition to encouraging medium, small and micro enterprises, which are among the most important factors that lead to raising the degree of economic flexibility, increasing employment opportunities, achieving financial inclusion, and integrating the informal economic sector, leading to sustainable inclusive growth.
Education
As the country aims to establish a close relationship between localizing and employing technology and benefiting from it for sustainable inclusive growth and linking it to social aspects by investing in human capital and building scientific and practical capabilities in accordance with the latest
educational systems, technical qualification and vocational training, leading to improving the level of educational and training services provided, all in order to improve productivity and positively affect the labor market.
Environmental politics
Egypt seeks to preserve both development and the environment together through the rational use of resources in a way that preserves the rights of future generations in a more secure and adequate way. The country aims to achieve this by facing the effects of climate change, enhancing the resilience of
ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by Organism, organisms in interaction with their Biophysical environment, environment. The Biotic material, biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and en ...
s and the ability to face
natural hazard
A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community brought by natural phenomenon or hazard. Some examples of natural hazards include avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, floods, heat waves, landslides - including submarin ...
s and disasters, increasing reliance on
renewable energy
Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...
and adopting sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Governance
When it comes to
governance
Governance is the overall complex system or framework of Process, processes, functions, structures, Social norm, rules, Law, laws and Norms (sociology), norms born out of the Interpersonal relationship, relationships, Social interaction, intera ...
of the state, Egypt's vision for the future is to establish governance and adherence to laws, rules and procedures under the
rule of law
The essence of the rule of law is that all people and institutions within a Body politic, political body are subject to the same laws. This concept is sometimes stated simply as "no one is above the law" or "all are equal before the law". Acco ...
and an institutional framework necessary to achieve transparency, accountability and fight corruption.
National security
The state places security as a top priority in its comprehensive sense at the national and regional levels as an imperative to achieve and maintain sustainable development. This objective includes ensuring the security of food, water and
sustainable energy
Energy system, Energy is sustainability, sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Definitions of sustainable energy usually look at its effects on the e ...
as well as political, economic, social and environmental stability,
information security
Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...
(cyber) while securing Egypt's borders, combating terrorism and
organized crime
Organized crime is a category of transnational organized crime, transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally thought of as a f ...
.
A once-stagnating and aging army, Egypt's Armed Forces is under heavy modernization and development in order to face looming regional threats and protect its interests. It also pursued a policy of diversification of weapon sources in order to not be over-reliant on foreign military aid and consequently, external pressure.
As of 2020, Egypt's military ranks among the top 10 strongest worldwide, ranking first in both Africa and the Middle East and had recently been playing a much bigger role as a regional power than it has in the past decades.
Leading stature
Egypt aims to further increase its regional and international presence diplomatically through establishing mutually beneficial country partnerships with various surrounding countries. Egypt also aims to share its economic and technical experience to its neighboring countries in order to assist its peers with the needed instruments for development as well as providing foreign aid if needed. A goal in line with the Sustainable Development Strategy for Africa 2063.
Projects
Since the announcement of the Egypt Vision 2030 strategy, the country has taken multiple steps since 2016 by funding new
mega-projects countrywide, all having different goals though a part of the 2030 vision.
Hayah Karima
The comprehensive
megaproject
A megaproject is an extremely large-scale construction and investment project.
A more general definition is "Megaprojects are temporary endeavours (i.e. projects) characterised by: large investment commitment, vast complexity (especially in org ...
of the social dimension of Egypt Vision 2030. Hayah Karima (,
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
for "") targets Egypt's most impoverished and vulnerable segments of the society in the countryside and remote villages mainly. Hayah Karima aims to provide decent housing, quality medical and educational services, and the necessary and basic infrastructure for the most impoverished and deprived rural villages and remote areas in Egypt that are needed for a decent life.
Hala Al-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, stated that the project covers all the
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in its various dimensions. Hayah Karima was listed in the UN's SDG's Good Practices report.
Overall, with its 3 phases, the megaproject aims to significantly improve the quality of life and livelihood of 60 million Egyptians living in the countryside.
It is reported that the megaproject mitigated the damages of COVID-19 considerably of the targeted groups.
New Administrative Capital
The
New Administrative Capital
New Administrative Capital (NAC) () is a New Urban Communities Authority, new urban community east of New Cairo in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite city of Cairo. As of May 2023, 14 ministries and government entities have been relocated ...
, Egypt's new capital city is the largest project in modern Egypt, which includes many of Egypt's planned and current mega projects under construction. These mega projects include the
Iconic Tower,
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,
Oblisco Capitale,
Capital Park,
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque,
Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ and the
Central Business District
A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...
(CBD),
Olympic City,
Capital International Airport.
Local Military Production
Egypt's
Ministry of Military Production has developed an integrated plan to develop the country's system of military manufacture, at a value of £E 7.3bln (). The overall plan aims to meet the needs of the
Egyptian Armed Forces
The Egyptian Armed Forces () are the military forces of the Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces directs (a) Egyptian Army forces, (b) the Egyptian Navy, (c) Egyptian Air Force and (d) Egyptian Air Defense Forces. ...
from 2020 to 2030, and to direct the surplus for export in the period from 2025 to 2030.
The current allocated budget for the plan will be distributed among several sectors like ammunition, weapons, and equipment manufacturing.
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