Best Arab housing project award to be extended to Morocco
Morocco-Regional, Local, 12/24/2003

Arab Housing Ministers' Council decided to extend the Best Arab Housing Project Award to the Moroccan project "Essaouira Al Jadida" that was chosen among the most successful housing projects in the Arab states, the Arab League's general secretariat said.

Moroccan delegate minister in charge of housing and urbanism, expected Tuesday in Cairo, will receive the award during a ceremony organized Wednesday in the headquarters of the Arab League in the Egyptian capital in the presence of Arab housing ministers.

The Best Arab Housing Project Award is extended every two years to the most successful housing project in the Arab states. The "Essaouira Al Jadida" project consists in the construction of 11,000 houses during the first phase.

Morocco will also receive a prize on the "A'nbar" projectm implemented in the old town of Marrakesh.

A two-day session of Arab Housing Ministers' Council will be held to examine subjects related to cooperation in housing and urbanism and exchange experiences on low-cost housing projects.

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