Her Excellency Mrs. Amna bint Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, stressed the Ministry's desire to support the implementation of the Joint Gulf Housing Action Plan 2024-2030, which aims to achieve a joint vision among the GCC countries on a number of themes and topics related to the development of the social housing sector. Stressing that this plan reflects the complementary relationship between the GCC countries to achieve common housing objectives housing outputs ", reflecting the quality of housing outputs provided to GCC nationals.
Minister Al-Rumaihi said that Bahrain is always keen to provide joint Gulf efforts with housing expertise and experiences implemented in the Kingdom to provide social housing services to citizens. in particular on topics related to city planning standards and housing projects, Applying the principles of sustainability in the provision of housing services by developing courses of action and diversifying housing choices and the involvement of the private sector in the Government's efforts to provide social housing, noting recent efforts to accelerate the provision of housing services to citizens s land development rights programme and the completion of housing city projects.
The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning appreciated the ongoing efforts among the GCC countries to exchange experiences and information and the dissemination of successful housing experiences through the events of the Gulf Housing Week Qatar's sister state is hosting its second edition this year, following the success of the first edition held in the Sultanate of Oman last year. s housing plans with ideas and initiatives, which is reflected in the development of housing services and projects.
This came when the Minister of Housing and Urban Planning chaired Bahrain's delegation to the 22nd Meeting of Ministers on Housing Affairs in the GCC, held in Doha, during which a number of issues related to the coordination of joint GCC housing efforts to develop the social housing sector in the GCC countries were discussed.
During the meeting, a number of decisions were adopted, including the GCC Joint Housing Plan 2024-2030, and the GCC Housing Sustainability Manual was adopted. and a guide to modern building techniques, as well as a real estate incentive manual to connect landowners with developers and financing entities and a guide to evaluating cities' housing resilience as a guide and the adoption of an economic framework for partnership with private enterprises to promote investment in the real estate sector.
The meeting also discussed developments related to a number of topics, including the item on Housing Information Rules, the Common Rules for Property Owners of the GCC Countries, as well as updates on the organization of the GCC Housing Week and the Third GCC Housing Conference to be held in Kuwait next year, and the choice of the title of the meeting. "Applications and Technologies" Digital in Housing Projects and Programs "for the Gulf Cooperation Council Award in its sixth session of 2024-2025.
On the other hand, Her Excellency Mrs. Amna bint Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, took an inspection tour of the Gulf Housing Fair held at Qatar Exhibition Centre on the sidelines of the Gulf Housing Week, with His Excellency and His Excellency the Ministers of the GCC.
The Bahrain Pavilion at the exhibition reviews the experience of the "Betty" real estate platform launched last February in conjunction with the organization of the third edition of the housing finance exhibition, as well as an interactive platform on the most prominent projects included in the government land development rights program in partnership with the private sector, as well as the options offered by the housing finance program.
