Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly held a meeting to review the procedures for facilitating the issuance of various licenses, Invest-Gate reports.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; Dr. Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development; Eng. Sherif El Sherbini, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities; Dr. Khaled Soufi, Chairman of the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality; Major General Hazem Farouk, Director General of Civil Protection; Dr. Nahed Youssef, Chairwoman of the Industrial Development Authority; Dr. Mohamed Masoud, Chairman of the Housing and Building National Research Center; Eng. Mahmoud Badawi, Assistant Minister of Communications and Information Technology for Digital Transformation Affairs; and officials from various concerned authorities.

Madbouly noted that the meeting aims to follow up on steps that will contribute to further facilitating the procedures for obtaining various licenses, in an effort to encourage establishments to regularize their status and rectify their positions.

He stressed the need for simplified guidelines regarding the requirements for issuing licenses and for updating various codes, especially those related to civil protection.

Additionally, he emphasized the necessity of an automated system for the procedures and steps involved, which would facilitate the fulfillment of requirements for license applicants, ensuring that facilities are constructed properly and in accordance with applicable standards, while also regularizing the status of existing ones.

Madbouly highlighted the ongoing efforts within the framework of digital transformation to simplify procedures for obtaining a variety of services.

In this context, he called for the creation of a digital platform to govern the various procedures related to obtaining licenses, particularly those concerning civil protection requirements.

He also stressed the importance of unifying the fees for obtaining licenses across all governorates for various establishments, whether industrial, commercial, or otherwise.