53 exhibitors of traditional crafts and handicrafts participate in "Turathna" exhibition

9 Oct 2022


In light of the great interest of the political leadership and the government in developing economic clusters and supporting the promotion and marketing of handicrafts and heritage products...

Major General Hisham Amna, Minister of Local Development, confirmed that the Ministry is participating in a pavilion for the local development program in Upper Egypt, in the "Turathna " exhibition held under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi from October 9-15, at the Egypt Center for International Conferences, where (53) exhibitor and model From the owners of heritage crafts and handicrafts from the people of Sohag and Qina governorates with their products in the exhibition.

Major General Hisham Amnan pointed out the political leadership's interest in developing economic clusters in the governorates, especially the governorates of Upper Egypt, and assisting owners of heritage crafts and handicrafts in developing and marketing their products according to the latest presentation and marketing methods, stressing providing all support and support to owners in small and micro enterprises in the governorates and supporting their owners in overcome any obstacles, and also supporting them in marketing their products through participation in exhibitions, and by displaying their products on the "Ayady Misr" platform and facilitating their access to soft loans from the Local Development Fund And your "Mashroak" program to expand and develop these industries and enterprises and create stable and successful jobs.

The minister explained that Sohag Governorate participated in the "Turathna" exhibition this year with 35 exhibitors , including 18 exhibitors from the hill clusters on Shenduil Island, 14 for textile products in Kuthar and Akhmeem, and 3 exhibitors for furniture products in a hut, and 18 exhibitors from Quena Governorate participate, including 10 from Al-Furkah and 8 exhibitors for pottery and porcelain products, pointing to providing all aspects of support and support for exhibition participants from the people of the two governorates.

Major General Amna pointed out the importance of Egypt's local development program in supporting comprehensive development and the development of economic clusters, in pursuance of the state plan for sustainable development and Egypt's Vision 2030, in the first phase of the program governorates, Suhag and Quena, and also in the second phase governorates, Minya and Assiut, Major General Hisham Amnah stressed the elimination of all obstacles to the implementation of the projects targeted by the program, in its first and second phases, especially in light of the state's interest and the guidance of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to work on level development, noting the importance of the presidential initiative to develop the Egyptian countryside "Hayat Kareema", and integration with the program Local development in Egypt, to achieve sustainable development and improve the level of services provided to citizens.

General Hisham Amnah directed the promotion of handicrafts and heritage development initiatives, support for productive villages, provision of all means of support to them and the opening of marketing opportunities for small - and medium-sized producers. He referred to coordination and cooperation between all stakeholders in this regard, both governmental and non-governmental, civil society organizations and civil society groups, to provide better services to citizens in general, and those with handicrafts and heritage in particular, to develop and develop local communities and preserve their heritage identity Through the economic empowerment of craftsmen and producers, the revival of productive villages, the development of handicrafts and heritage in Egyptian villages, and the opportunity for young people and women heads of household to learn different crafts in all villages, especially in villages targeted by the presidential initiative "Hayat Kareema ".