Planning and Administrative Reform Minister Hala el Saeed discussed on Wednesday with International Labor Organization (ILO) North Africa team director Peter Van Rooij a number of cooperation projects related to creating new jobs and training youths.

Talks also covered improving business climate, developing small and medium-sized projects and Egypt's efforts to merge the unofficial economy into the official one, the Planning Ministry said in a statement.

The two sides also tackled rehabilitating young people to work in the 1.5-million-feddan project as well as developing cooperation mechanisms between Egypt and the ILO, the statement said.

The two sides agreed to continue meetings to achieve goals the ministry seeks to realize.

Source: MENA