Egypt’s NIGSD holds its first dialogue session in 2021 on governance and sustainable development

Egypt’s National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (NIGSD) - the training arm of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development – held on Monday through Zoom its first dialogue session in 2021, the session focused on governance and sustainable development.

 

The session included a general introduction to governance, an introduction to an application of governance (anti-corruption), and a general introduction to sustainable development.

 

Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NIGSD explained that the institute aims to facilitate procedures and develop rules governing dealing with state institutions and its various agencies and to coordinate between relevant stakeholders, whether at the central or local level, following the standards of good governance.

She added that NIGSD is also working to monitor and follow up Egypt's position in the indicators of governance, competitiveness, regional and international sustainable development, and to develop a national strategy and a national action plan to improve it in coordination with the various units of the state's administrative apparatus.

For her part, Dr. Sharifa Sherif, Executive Director of NIGSD indicated that the institute is holding awareness meetings on governance and sustainable development.

These are periodic bi-monthly meetings that take place through (zoom) technology for all workers in the various sectors of the state's administrative apparatus, the public and private sector, and civil society, she added.

 

Dialogue sessions present several active practitioners in the implementation of policies related to governance and sustainable development.

Al-Sharif added that with the rapid changes taking place in the world and the global economy; It has become important to rationally manage economic systems, which requires following the foundations of global governance, to achieve the goals of sustainable development.