The “Gulf Municipal Works Conference” in the Saudi capital primarily focuses on existential challenges that could encumber municipal development and progress, state-run Saudi Press Agency cited the kingdom’s Minister of Municipalities and Housing Majid Al-Hogail as saying amid the talks.
On these challenges faced by Gulf Arab states, the Saudi minister pinpointed rising demand for “quality” municipal services and efforts to bring common aspirations to fruition as chief among them, which include the “proper and diverse” funding of key development projects, he underlined.
The bloc-wide gathering was arranged for the purpose of finding “innovative and definitive” solutions to these challenges, while simultaneously looking into the most cutting-edge methods and technologies in a bid to further develop “municipal work,” added the Saudi minister.
Kuwait’s municipal chief Saud Al-Dabbous highlighted “sustainability” as the focal point of future development plans and endeavors, citing concrete steps his country has taken towards that goal.
Kuwait has taken “tangible” measures aiming to ensure the “sustainability” of development projects and municipal services, he told KUNA amid Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-wide talks in the Saudi capital that joined him with his counterparts from the six-member bloc.
The Kuwaiti municipality is hard at work in a bid to achieve a “breakthrough” in the field of municipal work, which would subsequently lead to an improvement in the “quality of life,” in line with Kuwait’s vision 2035, the official emphasized.
Source: KUNA
