Wikipedia:Egypt Vision 2030

Egypt Vision 2030 (رؤية مصر ٢٠٣٠) is a national agenda launched in February 2016 by the Egyptian Government and unveiled by the Egyptian president, Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi.

The vision divides into eight main national goals to be met by 2030.

A number of axes in the new updated version in the various dimensions of the strategy, whether at the economic, social 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 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 secured $9.8 billion for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of Egypt Vision 2030 inorder to face the crisis.

On the 2nd of January 2021, Dr. Mohamed Nofal, an Egyptian information and communication technology expert, said that Egypt is moving in the right direction towards digital transformation in all fields, indicating that within the framework of Egypt's 2030 vision for digital transformation of individuals and governments, 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 (MENA) region with a positive GDP growth rate, being the only country to avoid economic recession over 2020-2021. 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 8 main objectives that are meant to be met by 2030.

1- 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 completely eliminate poverty by 2030.

2- Equity and Inclusion
The Egyptian constitution placed the social aspect of equity 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 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.

3- Strong Economy
Egypt's current fiscal policy seeks to reduce the state budget deficit and public debt. 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.

4- Knowledge and Innovation
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.

8- Leading Stature
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.

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.

New Administrative Capital
The New Administrative Capital, 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, The Octagon, Oblisco Capitale, Capital Park, Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque, Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ and the Central Business District (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 EGP 7.3bln (US$465000000). The overall plan aims to meet the needs of the Egyptian Armed 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.