Cairo - MENA
Prime Minister Hisham Qandil issued a decree on
Tuesday to establish the board of the Informal Settlements Development
Facility (ISDF) under the minister of local development.
The ISDF board will include as members the ministers of finance,
insurance and social affairs, electricity and energy, housing and urban
development and planning and international cooperation, according to a
statement issued by the Local Development Ministry.
The members include as well the governors of Giza and Cairo, professor
of ubran planning Abul-Fottoh Shalabi, Chairman of the 10th of Ramadan
Investors Federation Moharam Helal, deputy head of Misr El-Kheir charity
Niyazy Sallam and veteran artist Mohamed Sobhi of the Ma\'an charity.
Under the decree, Khaled Abdel-Aziz Gabarti was appointed as executive
director of the ISDF for a period on one year.
ISDF surveys informal settlements nationwide and proposes general
policies for the development of unsafe areas and plans for improving slums.