The Egyptian Government announced on Monday that up to 50,000 public sector employees (of nearly 5.5 million public sector employees around the country) will be reassigned from their offices in and around downtown Cairo to new locations in Egypt’s new administrative capital city. According to a statement released by Egypt’s Ministry of Planning, mechanisms have already been implemented to process the transfer, which is set to be completed by 2020. Beyond simply relocating offices, all public sector employees who will be working in new offices in Egypt’s new administrative capital city are required to undergo training and testing. It is unclear exactly what this training involves, but the Ministry of Planning said that employees will be tested and trained on their computer and technology skills, language and communication, and other necessary skills to ensure greater efficiency and higher quality output. The renewed training and testing will also likely coincide with an increase in digital government services. In 2018, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology announced that an initiative had been launched to make available at least 20 services available digitally. This included taxation, health insurance, vehicle licensing and more…
Vacating Cairo: 50,000 Public Sector Employees to be Transferred to Egypt’s New Capital City by 2020
January 22, 2019
