His Excellency Mrs. Amna bint Ahmed Al -Rumaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, held a joint working meeting with His Excellency Mrs. Ancloudia Rosbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (Al -Maal), on the sidelines of the participation of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the General Assembly meeting of the United Nations Holds held at the headquarters of the United Nations Human Settlements Program in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
During the meeting, opportunities for cooperation and possible partnerships were discussed to enhance sustainable urban development, and discuss a number of issues related to the housing and urban planning sectors raised in the work of the sessions of the meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
His Excellency Minister Amna bint Ahmed Al -Rumaihi has touched on the most prominent developments of the housing programs recently created by the ministry to provide immediate services to citizens in partnership with the private sector, which is the housing financing program and the program of governmental land development rights and for partnership with the private sector, as well as efforts to provide projects and services in housing cities.
Minister Al -Rumaihi pointed out the success of the government trend in adopting innovative policies that aim to provide immediate and sustainable housing services, stressing the Kingdom of Bahrain’s keenness to support international efforts to achieve the goals of sustainable development 2030, as the Kingdom took into account the provision of sustainability standards according to the eleventh goal of sustainable development goals, by including them in the general plans of residential cities.
For its part, the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program valued the Kingdom’s efforts in providing housing services to citizens through its innovative work paths, and the progress made in the field of implementing the sustainable development goals 2030, especially the eleventh goal, expressing its aspiration to continue cooperation between the two sides to achieve the development goals, and wishing the Kingdom of Bahrain the continuity of success and progress.
In a related context, His Excellency the Minister of Housing and Urban Planning held, and on the sidelines of the discussion sessions, a meeting with His Excellency Eng. Mohamed Al -Mansoori, Director of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program in the sisterly United Arab Emirates.
During the meeting, Minister Al -Rumaihi emphasized the depth of relations that bring together the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and the cooperation and coordination between the two brotherly countries in various fields.
The efforts to provide housing services for citizens and ways of cooperation in the areas of planning, urban development and housing services were also reviewed, and the exchange of experiences, experiences and visits, with the aim of enhancing plans and programs in the fields of housing, planning and urban development, and a number of issues related to the efforts to implement sustainable development goals 2030, in light of the discussions of the forum sessions.
The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning also held a meeting with Mr. Anarah Gaulif, Chairman of the Governmental Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
During the meeting, a number of topics related to the efforts to implement the sustainable development goals 2030 were discussed, in light of the discussions of the forum sessions, in addition to a review of the common visions on the thirteenth session of the International Urban Forum hosted by the capital Baku during the next year 2026.
