The Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Housing and Construction, at its eighty-ninth session held at the headquarters of the Secretariat-General of the League of Arab States in Cairo, approved the Arab strategy for housing and sustainable urban development in preparation for its submission to the Council of Arab Ministers of Housing.
This was revealed by Housing Minister Majid Alhakil in Cairo after chairing the meetings of the Executive Bureau of the Council of Arab Ministers of Housing and Construction at its eightyth session at the headquarters of the Secretariat-General of the League of Arab States. In a statement following the meeting, he said that the topics discussed and the results thereof aim to strengthen joint Arab cooperation in the field of housing and construction.
Noting that the follow-up to the decisions and recommendations of previous meetings, including the decisions of the Arab summits on economic and social development regarding housing, designing a database and information to activate the objectives of the Council, pointing out the selection of the theme of the Arab Housing and Construction Ministers Council Award for 2016, dedicated to the best scientific research in the field of housing and urban development, and hosting the fourth Arab Housing Conference in November 2016 by the Kingdom.
