Jalawi stresses the importance of training in developing the sector’s performance

The Minister of Public Works and Basic Enterprises, Abdelkader Glaoui, highlighted, on Monday, the importance of training in developing the sector’s performance and ensuring the sustainability of its projects, during a visit he made to the Higher School of Public Works Management in Sidi Abdallah (Algiers).

During his visit to the various departments of the school, the Minister called for expanding the fields of training and improving the quality of the trainers, with the involvement of national competencies with experience, as well as the involvement of bodies affiliated with the Ministry and other sectors in the training programs, which contributes to enhancing the efficiency of the frameworks and trainers and the success of the sector’s projects, according to the same source.

Jalawi also learned about the training conditions and the pedagogical wing of the school and its various facilities, and along with the Algerian motorway trainees, he listened to some of the lessons presented in the teaching halls, which aim to enhance their theoretical and practical knowledge and support their participation in current and future sector projects, the statement adds.

On Sunday evening, the Minister of Public Works and Basic Establishments chaired a working session devoted to presenting the outcome of the activities of the bodies under the supervision of the sector’s projects for the year 2025, as well as their work plan for the year 2026, in the areas of highways, railways, guided transportation, and basic port facilities.

During the meeting, presentations were made on the most prominent programs and projects supervised by bodies affiliated with the sector. The Annaba Port Expansion Project, which includes the completion of a mining berth within the framework of the integrated phosphate project, and directed transportation projects were discussed. The outcome of the Algerian Highway Company and the East-West Highway Maintenance Programs were also presented, in addition to the outcome of the National Agency for Studies and Follow-up of the Completion of Investments in Railways and its program for the year 2026.

In the field of highways, the Minister stressed the need to accelerate the pace of completion of ongoing projects and respect contractual deadlines, while intensifying maintenance operations, especially at the level of the East-West highway, and ensuring its sustainability, in addition to reviving stalled projects in accordance with established priorities, and overcoming field obstacles, with strict adherence to quality and safety standards.

In the field of railways, Minister Glaoui stressed the acceleration of the completion and receipt of structured projects, the launch and completion of studies programmed within the 2026 programme, and the continuation of the railway network calibration operations, with close follow-up of the eastern mine line project linking Annaba and Bilad Al Hadba in the state of Tebessa, while strengthening field follow-up and completion of railway crossings.

In the field of directed transportation, the Minister gave instructions to accelerate the pace of completion of directed transportation projects while improving coordination between the various stakeholders.