Egypt’s Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem El-Gazzar has formed a task force comprising representatives from all sections of the ministry, Invest-Gate reports.

This initiative, in line with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly’s directives, aims to assess the implementation of national and sectoral strategies within the Ministry of Housing.

Moreover, the group will identify the ministry’s executive plans for the coming period, aligning them with Egypt’s Vision 2030 and implementing the outcomes of the National Strategic Plan for Urban Development 2052.

For his part, Walid Abbas, Assistant Minister of Housing for the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), emphasized that the task force aims to monitor the execution of these strategies over the past period using performance criteria. It will identify key obstacles and challenges requiring solutions in the future.

Also, Abbas noted that the evaluation will help establish the ministry’s roadmap across its various sectors for the next six years, which will help determine projects and programs in the upcoming period.

Furthermore, Abdel Khaliq Ibrahim, Assistant Minister of Housing for Technical Affairs, chaired an extensive task force meeting, outlining its objective to compile all strategic plans of the ministry. This includes the National Strategic Plan for Urban Development 2052, the Housing Strategy in Egypt, and sectoral strategies such as water consumption reduction, seawater desalination, and green city strategies.

Notably, the detailed status of diverse strategies across the ministry’s sectors was reviewed during the workgroup meeting. Recommendations were made to compile target lists for different strategies, specifying sectoral goals and performance criteria for project implementation.