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Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation
Agency overview
وزارة التعاون الدولي
Jurisdiction	Government of Egypt
Headquarters	New Administrative Capital, Cairo Governorate
Agency executive	Rania Al-Mashat, Minister
Website	moic.gov.eg

The Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation is the ministry in charge of economic cooperation and development between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Arab States, foreign countries, and international and regional organizations. It also aids in economic and social development within Egypt. Its headquarters are located in New Administrative Capital.

Profile

The Ministry of International Cooperation was merged with the Ministry of Investment in September 2017.^[1] It is active in developing financial inclusion policy and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.^[2] In late 2016, the ministry talked of receiving 120 million euros from the European Union for services to help the economically disadvantaged, for example, to expand the number of children receiving school meals, to aid families running small businesses, and to assist youth with employment skills.^[3]

Milestones

On 2 August 2017, the Minister, Sahar Nasar, reported that foreign investment in Egypt would exceed $10 Billion (US dollars). In 2016 Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had moved to float the Egyptian pound and this resulted in lower costs for doing business in Egypt.^[4]

In 2018, the Minister announced that Egypt is working to diversify foreign investment stressing several times that the goal is to create jobs. Nasr stated Egypt is working to attract investments from Europe and the US, and continues improvements in cutting red tape when doing business in Egypt. Nasr talked about the improved social stability and Egypt's focus on developing Sinai as a way of countering extremism.^[5]^[6]

Nasr announced that as of August 2018, sole proprietors can license their company's thanks to improvements made to Egypt's Company's Law and described the limited tax liability benefits to those Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.^[7]

Ministers

Fayza Aboulnaga, 2007^[8]
Fayza Aboulnaga (As Minister of Planning and International Cooperation) 2011 — 2012.^[9]
Naglaa el-Ahwany was appointed on 17 June 2014 — 2015 ^[10]
Sahar Nasr, 15 September 2015 — 2019^[11]^[12]
Rania El-Mashat, 22 December 2019 — present.^[13]

References

^ El-Sheikh, Sarah (14 February 2017). "Parliament approves new cabinet reshuffle of nine ministries". Daily News Egypt. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017.
^ "AFI members". AFI Global. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ Ayyad, Mohamed (20 December 2016). "International Cooperation Ministry signs €120m grant with EU". Daily News Egypt. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.
^ Lin, Nouiehed; Feteha, Ahmed (3 August 2017). "Egypt to Top $10 Billion FDI Target This Year, Minister Says". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017.
^ "How Egypt is Working to Implement Economic Reform". Bloomberg. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Supporting Sinai Reconstruction Discussed with the WBG's President". MIIC. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Small and medium-sized enterprises". Ahram Online. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
^ "USAID Assistance Agreement No. 263-0270" (PDF). U.S. Department of State.
^ "Past Ministers". Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
^ "BREAKING: New government swears in". The Cairo Post. June 17, 2014.
^ "The Cabinet". Cabinet Gov Egypt.
^ "Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi". Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ "رانيا المشاط وزيرة التعاون الدولى".

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