Organised by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment via video conference, the first annual planning forum’s activities continued yesterday with the participation of a number of assistant undersecretaries and directors of municipalities and departments.
During the sessions, HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Subaie called for developing and speeding up the building permit procedures, educating consultants and owners, and co-ordinating with the concerned service agencies in the State, with the aim of reducing the period of issuing the licence and working to overcome any obstacles related to the permit or the building completion certificate and solving related issues. He noted the importance of having a clear indicator of issuing the licence for all categories of projects.
HE al-Subaie affirmed the importance and role of the Center for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS), as it has a huge infrastructure as well as programmes that the sectors of the ministry can benefit from in many fields, whether public hygiene, waste recycling, urban planning, environmental matters or others.
On customer service, he noted the functions and role of the customer service department and the unified call centre, which has an advanced infrastructure and system to receive and respond to the public’s inquires and requests.
HE al-Subaie pointed to the importance of the public services affairs sector in the areas of recycling and treatment of waste and public hygiene, and its impact on the environment, and stressed the necessity of completing the waste recycling chain from source to disposal with recycling and use, noting the importance of partnership with the private sector and encouraging it to engage more in this field.
He also addressed the importance of establishing public parks and increasing green spaces, as part of the country’s broader environmental look.
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