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Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Badr Abdelatty expressed Egypt's desire to strengthen its partnership with the World Food Programme
Minister of Social Solidarity Maya Morsi met Thursday with World Food Programme (WFP) Egypt Country Director Jean-Pierre de Margerie.
The minister highlighted the logistic obstacles imposed by the Israeli side, including the recurrent shelling of the border crossing.
The WFP Executive Director extended gratitude to Egypt for its key and leading role in support of the people in Gaza, through direct Egyptian assistance or its coordination of the aid provided by international parties, including the WFP as well as other relevant UN organizations, said Spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor Ahmed Fahmy in a statement.
Egypt's Ministry of Local Development always keen on building a developed local system to provide better services for citizens nationwide, stated Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy.
Egypt is keen to launch strategies initiatives and societal programs in support of women, which contributed to building their capacities and empowering them politically, economically and socially.
Egypt is one of the first countries that support developmental programs through debt swap programs.
In an effort to address unemployment in vulnerable areas, train and empower young people to enter the labor force, World Food Programme (WFP) has been organizing 29 training courses in 5 provinces, as part of a nation-wide project that aims to advance youth skills.
This came during the Minister of International Cooperation, Rania A. Al-Mashat, meeting on Tuesday, with Praveen Agrawal, Country Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt, to strengthen cooperation in food security and sustainable food systems.
Fletcher said she is upbeat about attending the forum, commending the quality organization of the event in the shadow of the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis.
At the beginning of the meeting, the WFP director highly praised Egypt's development initiatives, such as the "Decent Life" and the "Decent Housing".
At the beginning of the meeting, the WFP director highly praised Egypt's development initiatives, such as the "Decent Life" and the "Decent Housing".
Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, Rania A. Al-Mashat, met Tuesday with Corinne Fleischer, the World Food Programme’s newly appointed Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
The step comes after the success of the first phase of the project that was implemented in 63 villages in Egypt.
"With this award, we wish to turn the world's eyes to the millions of people who face hunger and food poverty," Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the committee, announced in Oslo.
Minister of International Cooperation, Dr. Rania Al Mashat, visits today a number of development programmes in partnership with USAID and WFP supporting farmers, women and youth in Luxor.
"The window of opportunity to surge medical and humanitarian equipment into Africa to curb the pandemic is closing fast," said Amer Daoudi, WFP’s COVID-19 Response Director.
On the sidelines of Davos 2020, Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat held meetings with heads of UN organizations to discuss plans.
The executive board has adopted a number of important policies and programs to strengthen the work of the World Food Program in the coming period.
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