Meeting ‘approves’ joint housing strategy for GCC nations: official
Research papers that won award to be honored
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 30: A joint action strategy was adopted by the 19th meeting of undersecretaries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) housing ministries, an official said here Sunday.
Kuwait presided over the preparatory meeting held earlier today, as recommendation were forwarded to the 16th GCC ministerial meeting, due tomorrow (Monday), said Bader Al-Wugayyan, director general of the state’s Public Authority for Housing Welfare in a press releas
Director General of the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) Engineer Bader Al-Weqyan said the 19th session of the Assistant Ministry Undersecretaries for Housing Affairs in the Gulf approved the Joint Housing Strategy for GCC countries.
Conferees agreed on the infeasibility of continuing to update GCC housing database now that a specialized and inclusive statistics’ center is available, he noted.
Furthermore, Al-Wugayyan said that research papers that won the GCC housing award would be honored on the sideline of the ministerial meeting.
He also pointed out to a workshop held earlier this month (September 9 to 11) on best experiences on house financing.
He pointed out that the Gulf countries and the Secretariat General for GCC are required to work in line with the joint housing strategy. The meeting agreed that upgrading of housing database site is no longer useful after establishing the statistics center for GCC countries to deal with all issues, including housing affairs, noted Al-Weqyan, indicating researchers that won the GCC Housing Award will be honored at the sidelines of the meeting of the GCC Ministers of Housing Affairs.
Meanwhile, attendees extended appreciation to Kuwait for organizing and hosting the workshop of the Association of Home Owners, which includes experts and law figures from GCC countries and the Secretariat General of GCC.