The Ministry of Investment of International Cooperation is launching the “EU support of Egypt's National Population Strategy,” in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the European Union, and the Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at the Ministry of Investment of International Cooperation.
The project is funded by the European Union and aims at increasing the use of voluntary, rights-based family planning though improved supply of family planning services and commodities, increased demand for family planning, and enhanced population governance. It will ultimately benefit Egyptians of reproductive age who will have more choices regarding the size of their families, as well as the timing and spacing of children.
The project will work to scale up family planning services including contraceptive commodities, and make them more accessible to the Egyptian population of reproductive age. It will also work to educate them on family planning, and increase public awareness on the value of smaller families. Finally, it will ensure that the relevant stakeholders and institutions have the capacities to oversee as well as coordinate the implementation of the strategy.
The launch will be attended by H.E. Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Dr. Sahar Nasr, H.E. Minister of Health and Population Dr. Hala Zaid, Head of European Union Delegation to Egypt Ambassador Mr. Ivan Surkoš, and United Nations Population Fund Representative in Egypt Dr. Aleksandar Bodiroza.
The forward-looking strategy is unprecedented in its scope and significance at the national level and spans over the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental.
With the support of an EU-grant of 27 Million Euros, UNFPA, upon the request of the Government of Egypt, led the drafting process of the National Population Strategy, and now holds the pen to facilitate its actual implementation and inter-institutional coordination.
