The third International Conference for Cooperative Housing (ICCH) is being held from December 1 to 4, under the theme “Sustainable Cooperatives,” aiming to discuss the alignment of foreign and national cooperative developments with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030, Invest-Gate reports.

The four-day event is organized by the General Authority for Construction and Housing Cooperatives (CHC), under the auspices of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, according to a recent press release.

Hossam El Din Mostafa Rizk, chairman of CHC, underlined that ICCH is set to see the attendance of members of Africa’s International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) and several representatives of over 50 countries, on top of President of Cooperative Housing International (CHI) Anders Lago, who will mark his first-ever presence in the forum.

“This conference comes in line with the state’s efforts to support, regulate, and monitor the civil sector, as well as, the CHC’s role in the implementation of SDGs,” Rizk explained. He noted that since ICCH is aimed at exchanging successful global experiences in cooperative housing, multiple tours to the New Administrative Capital (NAC), New Alamein, and other cooperative housing projects in New Cairo will be arranged to promote the related developments being undertaken in Egypt’s new cities throughout the four days.

ICCH consists of numerous seminars and workshops, in addition to comprising a number of pavilions for countries to showcase their prestigious cooperative housing developments such as Saudi Arabia and India, while exhibiting the latest techniques in construction and building materials.

The event endeavors to call for the establishment of a Cairo-based African organization for government bodies supporting cooperatives. Besides, on the sidelines, CHC is expected to ink some partnership agreements with other non-Egyptian housing co-operatives, the statement concluded.