Under the patronage of His Highness Prince Dr. Faisal bin Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf, Secretary of the Riyadh Region, the Riyadh Region Municipality signed 15 development and community partnership agreements, with a total value exceeding 80 million riyals, within the framework of the “Azwa” Community Participation Forum and Award in its second session for the year 2026, which was organized by the Municipality under the slogan “Partners in Urban Development” today at the Hilton Riyadh Hotel, to enhance partnerships between the public, private and non-profit sectors, and to expand the scope of community contribution in the development of the city of Riyadh and the governorates of the region.
The main stage witnessed the signing of eight development agreements with a total value of 74.3 million riyals, while the signing corner witnessed seven additional agreements with a total value of 6.28 million riyals. The areas of the agreements varied between the development of urban facilities, improving the visual landscape, enhancing community services, revitalizing cultural facilities, and preserving heritage sites.
The theater agreements included addressing visual distortions on King Khalid and King Fahd roads with Afaq Implementation and Development Company, establishing a pedestrian bridge on King Fahd Road linking the metro station to the commercial complex with Rafed Arabia Real Estate Company, developing three sites within the “Dakka” project in three neighborhoods in Riyadh with a total area of 12,170 square meters with Erth Al-Awtan Company, establishing a park in Al-Aarid neighborhood with an area of 5,227 square meters with the National Education and Training Company, landscaping works and developing elements and walkways with Asas Real Estate Company, and extended to protecting, rehabilitating and activating the heritage village in Hurmah with the Hurmah Heritage and Culture Association, protecting, rehabilitating and activating the heritage village in Sudus with the Sudus Association and the Heritage Authority, and operating a cultural hall in the city of Tamir with the Ibrahim Al-Sultan Foundation.
In the signing corner, the agreements included equipping and operating the municipal center for people with disabilities with the Children with Disabilities Association, establishing a public park with an area of 941 square meters with Al-Kharif Group, developing three roundabouts with Al-Ramiyah Foundation, removing waste and debris from vacant lands with Adwaa Al-Fawaris Contracting Establishment, paving the median island of Prince Fahd bin Mohammed Road in a community partnership with citizen Bandar Al-Muqail, establishing the western entrance gate with a profitable company, and establishing a sports field in the Masharef Hills neighborhood with the Masharef Hills Association.
These 15 agreements embody the broad scope of development partnerships that bring together the Secretariat with various sectors, governmental, private, and non-profit, reaching even individuals, so that community participation moves from dialogue to projects that develop neighborhoods and public facilities, improve the urban landscape, enhance pedestrian safety and ease of movement, enrich cultural life, and preserve architectural heritage, thus consolidating the role of the community as an active partner in urban development.
The signing of these agreements comes as an extension of the Riyadh Region Municipality’s efforts to establish community participation as an approach in municipal work, expand opportunities for cooperation with the private sector, the non-profit sector and individuals, and support quality projects that respond to the needs of the population, in line with its vision to be a leading municipality for a prosperous and sustainable Riyadh that enhances the quality of life, and to achieve the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 in building a vibrant society.
