Al Wazir stated that the project aims to enhance productivity and improve working conditions in key industrial sectors, particularly the marble sector, with a focus on the Shaq El-Thu’ban area, and the leather sector in Robbiki Leather City. Additionally, the project will conduct a preliminary assessment of productivity and working conditions in the Egyptian furniture industry. This will help enhance the capacities of relevant local institutions, including the Ministry of Industry’s technological centres. It also aligns with the state’s focus on developing medium, small, and micro enterprises and encouraging a culture of entrepreneurship. Additionally, it will work at the micro-level with targeted companies within the three industrial zones to help increase productivity, improve working conditions, and address shortcomings in decent work standards.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 10, 2024 06:02 UTC