Engineer Basem bin Yaqoub Al Hamar, Minister of Housing, confirmed that the wise leadership and government of the Kingdom of Bahrain realized early on the importance of providing the elements of quality of life in Bahrain’s housing projects, by paying attention to the planning aspect, which set advanced standards for housing unit designs to meet the basic needs of Bahraini families, as well as Interest in providing a modern infrastructure network, facilities and services that meet the needs of city residents and visitors. The Minister of Housing said that the components of Bahrain’s housing cities were compatible with the requirements of implementing the eleventh goal of the sustainable development goals 2030, which stipulates “making cities inclusive, safe, flexible and sustainable,” which contributed The Kingdom has made great progress in the indicators of implementing that goal, which has been documented in the voluntary reports of the Kingdom of Bahrain that it submitted to the United Nations.
Al-Hamar added that the esteemed government, headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, attaches great importance to cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlements Program and to follow up on the implementation of the sustainable development goals, an interest that contributed to developing aspects of cooperation with program officials. In recent years, and resulted in many successes achieved by the Kingdom in this regard. This came during the joint meeting held between the Ministry of Housing and the Housing Bank with the United Nations Office for Human Settlements in the Kingdom of Bahrain, to discuss the development of cooperation opportunities with the United Nations Human Settlements Program during the phase The upcoming event, in the presence of Dr. Khaled Abdullah, General Manager of the Housing Bank, and Dr. Khaled Al-Haidan, Assistant Undersecretary for Housing Policies and Services, Eng. Reda Al-Adraj, Assistant Undersecretary for Housing Projects, Ms. Fernanda Lonardone, Head of the Country Program of the United Nations Human Settlements Program in Bahrain, and a number of senior officials at the Ministry of Housing, the Housing Bank, and the United Nations Office for Human Settlements in the Kingdom. The recently implemented joint projects, foremost of which is the completion of the preparation of the second voluntary national report for the Kingdom of Bahrain, which was submitted to the United Nations, and reviewed by the Minister of Housing during his participation in the high-level political forum held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York last April.
Views were also exchanged on joint future projects, to continue achieving progress in implementing development goals, especially after the recent opening of the United Nations Headquarters for Human Settlements in the Kingdom, which enhances opportunities for expansion in related topics and projects.
For her part, Mrs. Fernanda Lonardone, Head of the Country Program of the United Nations Human Settlements Program in Bahrain, praised the efforts of the Ministry of Housing and the Housing Bank in implementing housing projects, and offering initiatives and solutions that contribute to providing adequate housing for citizens, noting that the government's interest in the social housing sector in the Kingdom is a model. To be emulated in providing ways of living stability for citizens.
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