Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Public Works and chair of the Board of Directors of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme (ZHP) led the UAE’s delegation participating in the 32nd Arab Ministerial Forum for Housing and Urban Development (AMFHUD) in Cairo, Egypt.
The forum was organised by the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, the League of Arab States and UN-Habitat.
Egyptian Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Dr Mostafa Madbouly, talked about the importance of the forum as a step towards achieving sustainable development aiming at elaborating mechanisms to address current and future urban challenges and opportunities in the Arab region, taking into account economic, social and environmental dimensions.
The AMFHUD targets to promote awareness, exchange valuable experiences across Arab States, present best practices and advocate regional cooperation. It will also inform the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular goal 11, to ‘make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’.