Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS): Egypt Vision 2030

Plan Type: Vision

Member State: Egypt

Coverage Period: -

Document Language: English

SDGs:
GOAL 1: No Poverty GOAL 2: Zero Hunger GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being GOAL 4: Quality Education GOAL 5: Gender Equality GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure GOAL 10: Reduced Inequalities GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production GOAL 13: Climate Action GOAL 14: Life Below Water GOAL 15: Life on Land Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS): Egypt Vision 2030

January 2016

The Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt Vision 2030 represents a fundamental step in Egypt’s extensive development, which links the present with the future, inspired by the achievements of the ancient Egyptian civilization. It draws a development path towards an advanced and prosperous nation governed by economic and social justice. Moreover, it represents a roadmap aimed at maximizing the use of Egyptian competitive advantages.

Pillars & Objectives

Pillar: Economic development
Objectives:
  • Achieve macroeconomic stability
  • Achieve sustainable and inclusive growth
  • Increase competitiveness, diversification and knowledge
  • Maximize the added value
  • Become an active player in the global economy, capable of adjusting to international developments
  • Create decent and productive job opportunities
  • Increase the per capita GDP to the level of high and middle income countries
  • Integrate the informal sector into the economy
Pillar: Energy
Objectives:
  • Ensure energy security
  • Increase the energy sector contribution to the GDP
  • Maximize the utilization of domestic energy resources
  • Promote rational and sustainable management of the sector
  • Reduce energy consumption
  • Limit the environmental impact of emissions
Pillar: Knowledge, innovation and scientific research
Objectives:
  • Create a stimulating environment for the localization and production of knowledge
  • Activate and develop an integrated national innovation system
  • Align knowledge applications and innovation outputs with priorities
Pillar: Transparency and efficiency of government institutions
Objectives:
  • Establish an administrative body that is efficient, effective and responsive to local and global changes
  • Provide high-quality services that apply modern techniques
  • Establish a transparent system that interacts with citizens, responds to their demands, and is subject to social accountability
Pillar: Social justice
Objectives:
  • Enhance social inclusion
  • Achieve equal rights and opportunities
  • Provide protection for the neediest groups
Pillar: Health
Objectives:
  • Improve the health of citizens within a framework of justice and equity
  • Achieve universal healthcare coverage for all Egyptians and ensure high-quality services
  • Improve the health sector governance
Pillar: Education and training
Objectives:
  • Improve the quality of public elementary education in line with international systems
  • Provide public elementary education for all without discrimination
  • Enhance the competitiveness of public elementary education and its outputs
  • Improve the quality of technical education and training in line with international systems
  • Provide technical education and training for all without discrimination
  • Enhance the competitiveness of technical education and training systems and their outputs
  • Improve the quality of higher education in line with international systems
  • Provide higher education for all without discrimination
  • Enhance the competitiveness of higher education and its outputs
Pillar: Culture
Objectives:
  • Support cultural industries as a source of strength for the economy
  • Improve the efficiency of cultural institutions and workers
  • Protect and promote all forms of heritage
Pillar: Environment
Objectives:
  • Achieve rational and sustainable management of natural resources to support the economy, increase competitiveness and provide new job opportunities
  • Maintain the balance of ecological systems, biological diversity, and the rational and sustainable management of these systems
  • Meet international and regional obligations in accordance with environmental conventions and develop the necessary mechanisms in compliance with local policies
Pillar: Urban development
Objectives:
  • Increase inhabited areas in a way that is suitable for the accessibility of resources, and for population size and distribution
  • Improve the urban environment quality
  • Leveraging Egypt's strategic location, both at the regional and international levels