Egypt country strategic plan (2023 - 2028)

CSP approved at EB June 2023 session. 

Revision 01 approved by the CD in July 2023.

More than a decade of political and socioeconomic shocks, including the ongoing global food crisis, have weighed on Egypt’s economy. Despite the successful implementation of Egypt’s 2016 economic reform programme, rising inflation, soaring commodity prices and currency devaluations are likely to have an impact on food and nutrition security, disproportionately affecting people in vulnerable situations as Egypt continues to face challenges that include income poverty, malnutrition, gender-based inequality, rapid population growth, unemployment – particularly among young people – climate ‑related shocks and increasing water scarcity and environmental degradation. Egypt has hosted refugees from the Syrian Arab Republic and neighbouring countries since 2011, further constraining resources and services.

In the prevailing socioeconomic conditions and expanding on the achievements of the country strategic plan for 2018–2023, WFP is committed to continuing to support the Government in addressing nutrition and food security challenges within the framework of Egypt’s updated Vision 2030 roadmap to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, leaving no one behind.

WFP will also continue to respond to the immediate needs of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, working at the humanitarian–development–peace nexus to improve the integration of refugees into host communities.

Under its changing lives mandate, WFP will operate in synergy with ”Haya Karima”, the presidential development initiative that reaches 5,000 villages through a locally based, integrated approach. Within that framework, and following a gender-transformative approach, WFP will work to enhance the livelihoods, resilience and social and economic inclusion of the people most vulnerable to food insecurity, fostering links between shock-responsive social protection and more resilient food systems, including through the promotion of good nutrition and healthy diets.

To accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 17, WFP will continue to contribute to strengthening the capacity of national systems and institutions by improving the evidence that informs in-depth understanding of the settings and impacts of interventions, associated programmes and targeting and delivery mechanisms.

In line with the Government’s Vision 2030, the United Nations sustainable development cooperation framework for 2023–2027 and the regional refugee and resilience plan, this country strategic plan supports progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 17 through three outcomes:

• Crisis-affected populations in Egypt, including refugees, meet their essential food and nutrition needs and have enhanced self-reliance all year round.
• Targeted groups in Egypt benefit from more resilient, sustainable, and climate‑adaptive livelihoods and food systems by 2028.

The Government of Egypt has enhanced capacity, programmes and systems ensuring populations in vulnerable situations benefit from improved access to and quality of food, nutrition, health, and education services by 2028.