Today, during a meeting with the ministers of planning, education, government and local government, and heads of executive agencies, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh continued the implementation of development projects for the fiscal year 2022, and related technical and financial procedures.

The Minister of Planning confirmed that development projects were distributed to all regions according to projects and programs approved by the Audit Bureau, where 1.8 billion dinars were allocated for projects in the eastern region, 1.3 billion dinars for projects in the western region, 1.2 billion dinars for projects in the southern region, and an amount of 800 million dinars for the middle region, in addition to the value of 1 billion dinars for local development, which was disbursed to the Ministry of Local Government to undertake its distribution to the municipalities.

It is distributed directly, with a value of 7 billion dinars for strategic projects such as the third ring road, Ajdabiya-Jalu road, and the Ghat-Ubari road, and a value of 3 billion dinars for various electricity projects.

For his part, Dbeibeh instructed the Ministry of Planning and the executive agencies to clarify the details and data of all projects in the city and the region, the value of the project and the percentage of completion.

He instructed the Ministry of Local Government to complete the procedures for disbursing municipal allocations for the fiscal year 2022, after submitting financial and technical follow-up reports for the year 2021.

The Minister of Education presented a general position on the beginning of the next academic year and the procedures for printing and supplying textbooks, reassuring the Prime Minister of the preparations being made by the Ministry and its affiliated institutions to ensure a successful start of the academic year.

PM also instructed the Ministers of Planning and Education to work on disbursing the operating budget for schools before the start of the next academic year, provided that it is disbursed directly to schools, so that they can prepare well to receive their pupils and students, with the need to follow up on its distribution and disbursement by the follow-up offices of the education monitors in the municipalities.

The meeting was attended by the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, the Director of the Center for Educational Curricula and Educational Research, and a number of directors of departments at the Ministry of Planning.