Government Plan to Rationalize Public Spending and Ensure Sustainability

Cairo – Ahmed Sabri: Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouli announced a plan to rationalize government spending and ensure fiscal sustainability amid current regional tensions, noting that the government is operating according to flexible mechanisms.

Speaking during his chairing of the government’s weekly meeting at its headquarters in the New Capital, Dr. Madbouli pointed to the continued examination of mechanisms for implementing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s directives from the “Egypt Forum 2026” across various files pertaining to state sectors. He noted that he had held two meetings to discuss the implementation of recommendations related to the social protection file, as well as the file on “productive investment, competitive industry, and sustainable jobs.” In this regard, he emphasized the necessity of having specific implementation programs for the presidential directives issued by the forum, along with performance indicators to monitor these directives.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister highlighted the continuation of field visits to various work sites and governorates, pointing to his recent visit to the Suez Governorate to inaugurate several projects in diverse service and developmental sectors. These projects contribute to enhancing food security, developing education and health services, utilizing renewable energy, promoting industrial development, and supporting religious and tourism services, among others. The aim is to achieve the projects’ objectives in improving provided services, attaining comprehensive development goals, and strengthening Suez’s position as an attractive industrial, economic, investment, and service hub.

On another note, Dr. Mostafa Madbouli issued a decision to increase the quality incentive for faculty members and their assistants at universities, institutes, research centers, and bodies.