المملكة: Signing 7 agreements… Details of the Kingdom’s participation in the World Urban Forum
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia concluded its participation in the During the period from May 17 to 22, 2026, in the presence of a wide international presence of governments, international organizations, experts and decision-makers concerned with urban development and sustainable housing, with the participation of a Saudi delegation that included 340 participants representing 46 entities from the governmental, private and non-profit sectors.
Urban Forum Global
The Kingdom’s participation in the forum reflected the scale of the urban and development transformation it is witnessing within the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, by reviewing national initiatives and projects that contributed to raising ownership rates, enhancing the real estate supply, improving the quality of life, developing the urban landscape, and enabling Saudi cities to adopt more sustainable, flexible, and attractive development models for living.
The Kingdom’s pavilion highlighted Saudi experiences in urban development and infrastructure, developmental housing, and partnerships between the two government sectors. The Kingdom’s pavilion received 29 official visits from Their Excellencies, officials, heads of delegations and representatives of international organizations, during which they were briefed on the most prominent Saudi experiences and qualitative projects led by the Kingdom in the municipal and housing sectors, and the achieved development goals that were reflected in the quality of life and raising the efficiency of Saudi cities.
The Future of Sustainable Cities
The Saudi participation in the thirteenth World Urban Forum confirmed the Kingdom’s keenness to strengthen its presence in international forums specialized in urban development, exchange experiences with various countries of the world, and contribute to shaping the future of cities. Sustainable, based on its ambitious vision that places people, quality of life and sustainability at the top of its development priorities.
The World Urban Forum, organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), is the largest international platform concerned with issues of urban development and sustainable housing, and constitutes a global space for exchanging expertise and experiences and reviewing innovative solutions and practices to build more sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities.
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