The Egyptian Green Building Council (EgyptGBC) and the Regional Office for Arab States of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) are pleased to announce the 1^st Arab Forum on Sustainable Communities and Green Building (AFSCGB ’14), which will held from 8 – 10 December 2014 at Cairo Conrad Hotel, Egypt. The 1^st AFSCGB 2014 is organized under the patronage of His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Egypt. It is also held under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Housing and Urban Development (MoHUD), Government of Egypt and Chairman of the board of Egypt Green Building Council (EgyptGBC).

The 1^st AFSCGB 2014 Steering Committee cordially invites you to participate in this key international and regional event advancing sustainable urbanization in the Arab World, focusing in its 1^st session on the urban resilience and green building discourse. This forum is part of a series of events supported by UN-Habitat that contributes to the regional discussions in line with the dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals, the Post 2015 Development Agenda and the 3^rd United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in 2016 (Habitat III).

Who Should Attend

All stakeholders involved in sustainable urban development and housing, including green building industry (design, construction and operation), government entities and representatives from local government:

1. Local authorities and service providers
2. Policymakers and public regulators
3. Professionals, planners, urban designers, architects, engineers, project managers, construction and facility managers
4. Non-governmental Organisations, Civil-society Organisations
5. Academics and Researchers, Students (undergraduate and postgraduate)
6. Private Sector, developers and contractors
7. Financial institutions

Event Type: Forum & Workshop
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Where: Cairo Conrad Hotel, Egypt
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