In exclusive statements to Al-Raya on the sidelines of her attendance at the meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs in Doha yesterday, Her Excellency praised the existing cooperation between the State of Qatar and Egypt in the social affairs sector, expressing her hope to further strengthen the Appropriate policies

The Arab University's second consolidated Arab report was being amended to clarify the vision and invest that data in developing appropriate policies. and identifying the cornerstones of poverty, the second part is the completion of the Independent Living for People with Disabilities initiative, which began at Expo in Dubai s Republic of Egypt ", a trend taken by all countries, including the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the part on many accessibility procedures, compensatory devices, helpful tools, empowerment and autonomy for people with disabilities.

In Egypt, we have taken stimulus measures for social protection, and 1 million families have been added to 4.1 million to surpass 5 million families with nearly 22 million citizens, in partnership with the Community Alliance for Community and Development Action.

Standard classification

Egyptian Minister Nevin Al-Qabaj noted that there is a special part to Qatar's issuance of the classification and unified dictionary for people with disabilities and we will come up with a set of recommendations, most of which focus on autonomy, economic empowerment, and also the paramount importance of discussing digitization and the issue of digital transformation, the need to audit and analyze data and its usefulness for policies supportive of social protection report, noting that there is a follow-up report and a numbered assessment issued in Egypt so that the data are updated periodically, and the necessary policies are taken. bonds of partnership between the two countries during the coming period, especially in the field of family, people with disabilities, and productive families. Stressing that there is an important focus in both Qatar and Egypt on family issues, restoring the value and cohesion of families, and productive and healthy families.

Poverty is multidimensional

Regarding the most important characteristic of the meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs in its current session in Doha, Her Excellency Minister Nevin Al-Qabaj said: The Arab Republic of Egypt is honored to be a permanent member of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs in attending the 42nd session in the State of Qatar, and we thank it for the hospitality and reception. She added: This session is distinguished for more than one reason because it raises more than one topic in the Arab arena, and there is a strong interest from all countries in these issues, the most important of which is multidimensional poverty and changing the ratios related to it with changing conditions resulting from the Corona crisis, and the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, as poverty rates have changed. At the level of the Arab countries, due to a boom in some countries, and a recession in other countries, along with the high prices, the rise in poverty rates, and the fall of part of the middle class into the most vulnerable.

Qatari experience

Regarding the Qatari-Egyptian cooperation, Her Excellency the Minister said: We were honored to receive Her Excellency Mrs. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al-Misnad, Minister of Social Development and Family, during her visit to Egypt in early August, and she visited several development activities in the field of care, orphans, people with disabilities, and economic empowerment. We were also honored once again to receive her Excellency among the 13 participating countries in the Bayt Al Arab Conference and Exhibition for Arab Productive Families, where the products of the participating countries were reviewed. On what distinguishes the Qatari experience in the field of social care, Her Excellency said: The Qatari experience is very successful, especially in the part related to providing people with disabilities with many benefits, and it also has a very positive experience in family matters, and it has a very strong symbiotic system and social protection from the state for local communities. Not only for Qatari citizens, but also all residents of Qatari lands, and we salute her for this effort, and we aspire to strengthen the bonds of partnership more during the coming period, especially in the field of families, people with disabilities, and productive families.