Visions for Future Sustainable Cities webinar

Visions for Future Sustainable Cities webinar

Under the patronage of Housing Minister, Bassim bin Yacub Al-Hamar, the Global Centre for Sustainable Development (GCSD) held, in cooperation with the Housing and Building National Research Centre in Egypt, an international webinar, themed "Visions for Future Sustainable Cities, and Standards of Smart Green Cities.“



The conference aims to highlight the role of the comprehensive sustainable development in developing cities, raise the awareness of the construction, urbanization and city design sector workers on the need to spread sustainable development goals (SDGs) and ways to achieve them, as well as to promote the culture of smart and green cities among all social segments.



Addressing the webinar, the minister commended GCSD's efforts to spread SDGs, and introduce modern concepts of building green and smart cities, noting that the conference provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges imposed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and ways to overcome them in order to continue efforts to achieve SDGs.



Al-Hamar asserted that the Housing Ministry is implementing a national housing programme under the umbrella of the Order of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and the policies of the government, led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown