After Egypt overcame the problems that had accumulated for decades, the largest project in the history of Egypt was launched to develop the villages of the Egyptian countryside and improve the quality of life of about 58% of the citizens.
Central operating room and digital monitoring of millions of information related to the national project to develop the Egyptian countryside..
The central operations room of the national project for the development of the Egyptian countryside “a decent life”, the main tasks of the room with its four units represented by the field monitoring unit concerned with the work
1- Field monitoring and follow-up unit for projects, as well as follow-up of implementation rates in villages
2- The media and digital follow-up unit specialized in monitoring, following-up and evaluating everything that is circulated in the media and social media about “a decent life” projects.
3- Analysis and Documentation Unit, which is responsible for analyzing, processing and documenting incoming data
4- The interactive map and database unit, which is responsible for following up on all projects with pictures and geographical coordinates
It is worth noting that the national project for the development of the Egyptian countryside, "A Dignified Life", began as an initiative launched by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on January 2, 2019, and then turned into a national project in the beginning of 2021 aimed at bridging the development gaps in the 4,685 targeted villages and centers. With investments estimated at 700 billion pounds, it contributes to improving the lives of more than half of the population of Egypt by setting an integrated development road-map that harmonizes with the sustainable development goals of the United Nations by providing an integrated package of services including decent housing, health, education, irrigation, catering, agriculture and culture. Infrastructure, a clean environment and productive communities to ensure the sustainability of development in the targeted villages and centers..benefiting 58 million Egyptians which is half the current population of Egypt..
Global project giant
Dr. Al-Hussein Hassan, an expert in urban development, and head of the Federation of African Institutions for the Elimination of Slums, said in his interview with Sky News Arabia: "The Egyptian countryside has suffered from many problems for more than 100 years. The village is the backbone of the Egyptian society, as the villages in Egypt It includes more than 58 million Egyptian citizens, out of a total population of 101 million people.
Hassan continued: "For decades, previous governments had postponed development in the Egyptian countryside due to its difficulty, until the president's initiative to develop villages came in 3 years to be one of the largest projects in the world. No country has brought about development for 60% of its citizens with the cooperation of all state agencies and institutions in the world. This project is in addition to the private sector."
In his interview with Sky News Arabia, Hassan explained that: "A plan has been drawn up to develop each center and village in order to develop it for about 12,000 projects at a cost of 700 billion pounds, including drinking water and sanitation projects, lining canals and drains, developing and establishing new schools next to hospitals and youth centers, developing and establishing projects." Health units, establishing government complexes, and providing water, gas and electricity services.
Comprehensive change
A study affiliated with the Egyptian Center for Thought and Strategic Studies indicated that the "Development of Egyptian Rural Villages" project aims at a comprehensive and integrated change in all the villages of the Egyptian countryside, which were limited to "4741 villages" and their dependencies "30888" estates, kufr and hamlets, in order to bring about a fundamental change. In the lives of nearly 55 million Egyptian citizens in 25 governorates, and in harmony between all concerned government agencies, the first phase of the development of 1,500 villages and their dependencies in about 51 centers has begun.
The study confirmed that this project will be implemented in 3 phases, the first includes villages with poverty rates of 70% or more, the second includes villages with poverty rates from 50% to 70%, and the third includes villages with poverty rates less than 50%, and villages are identified The most in need according to criteria: Weakness of basic services such as sewage networks, water, electricity and communications networks, low education rate, availability of schools and high intensity of classes, the need for intensive health services to meet health care needs, the condition of road networks, and the high rate of poverty for families residing in those villages.
Demands to "teach the students about the project" and preserve the gains in all the countryside projects
Hassan noted that "the project has also, during the last period, developed communications and raised the efficiency of the infrastructure in villages to achieve comprehensive development in all of Egypt's countryside, raise the level of citizen's income within the countryside and transform the countryside from areas that expel the population into attractive areas and activate rural tourism, and thus the state has taken decisions To bring about rural development through integrated and not separate projects like the above, as evidenced by the existence of 38% development projects for sewage networks for the Egyptian countryside, at a cost of EGP 207 billion.
And Hassan added in his speech to Sky News Arabia: "The achievements of the Egyptian countryside must be included in the study curricula so that our children preserve these achievements, and the need to put in place legislation that related to the Egyptian countryside."
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