"Empowerment, opportunities and the future" The most important files of the World Population Conference
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, said in his speech during a dialogue session entitled: “Human Development: Empowerment, Opportunities and the Future,” within the third edition of the World Conference on Population, Health and Human Development 2025, that this session will highlight human development and human capital, which are the two basic pillars of building modern Egypt and achieving Egypt’s vision. 2030.
He added that international experiences have confirmed in clear reports, whether through the United Nations Development Program or through the World Bank, that investing in people, their health, education, and well-being is the smartest and most sustainable investment to ensure a prosperous future for any country..
He pointed out that the Egyptian state has been keen during the past years to adopt a comprehensive approach, since the issuance of the President of the Republic’s decision to establish a human group for human development and for this to be the heart of development at the human level..
For her part, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat confirmed that the World Conference on Health, Population and Human Development in its third edition is evidence of the importance of human capital and human development as a major support in economic development, pointing out that the citizen is the focus of development, and human capital is one of the most important components that the Egyptian state possesses..
Al-Mashat said that investing in people is one of the most important basic pillars for achieving economic development and driving economic growth rates. In all the strategies that it implements through various ministries, the citizen is always the focus of development..
He added that to achieve this comprehensive vision, the National Strategy for Higher Education and Scientific Research was launched in March 2023, the basis of which is to bring our universities to the concept of fourth-generation universities, which keep pace with all modern systems in education and innovation and contribute to economic or human development that the country needs in accordance with the State Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.
In turn, Colonel Dr. Mustafa Kamal Al-Hoshi, a member of the military academy’s teaching staff, stressed that building a person’s character and investing in the mind is a journey towards better self-proof.
Al-Hoshi said – during a dialogue session at the World Conference on Health, Population and Human Development – that students of civil courses from various ministries and government bodies are enrolled in the Egyptian Military Academy for a period of 6 months according to fixed, clear and announced selection criteria for everyone, in the presence of some challenges and difficulties on the personal levels of the students before joining the academy, the most important of which are personal knowledge capabilities, whether strengths or weaknesses, time management, and self-discipline, and knowledge is limited to the academic scope and the difficulty of linking knowledge. Theory with practical application and the absence of a culture of self-learning".
For his part, Mohamed Gibran, Minister of Labor, stressed that the new labor law is the ministry’s most prominent efforts in the field of human development, as it has created great balance and justice between employers and workers, noting that the “CNN” channel Al-Eqtisadiah broadcast a report praising the new labor law, explaining that it was widely accepted, which is considered a certificate of the law’s success..
Gibran said that the labor law includes new work patterns, their introduction, and how to deal with them, as well as encouraging the employment of women, and encouraging investment by abolishing imprisonment for business owners..
He added that the unemployment rate decreased from 13% in 2014 to 6.2% in the first quarter of 2025, as a result of the giant projects that took place during the previous years, and led to the provision of great job opportunities, noting that the Ministry of Labor provided 520,123 job opportunities inside during the year. The past.
