Egypt to convene Community Dialogue on FY 2023/24 budget draft within weeks

Updated 1/23/2023 11:38:00 AM
Egypt to convene Community Dialogue on FY 2023/24 budget draft within weeks

Arab Finance: The strategic objectives and financial targets of the government financial budget draft for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2023/2024 will be discussed in a community dialogue within the next few weeks, according to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Finance on January 23rd.

The statement specified that 6 dialogue sessions are scheduled to take place, with representatives of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Egyptian Industries, Egyptian Businessmen Association, Egyptian Junior Business Association, House of Representatives and Senate.

The sessions will also include people with special needs, young people, deputy ministers, governors, media representatives, economists, university professors and research centers.

The move comes under the presidential directives to enhance community participation in determining public spending priorities.

Egypt submitted the current FY 2022/2023 budget draft for a community dialogue for the first time in January 2022.

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