On 25/10/2011, H.E.
Dr. Ali Sindi, KRG Minister of Planning, received Ms Fiona McClueny, UN-HABITAT
head of mission in the Kurdistan Region.
Ms McClueny
outlined the UN-HABITAT country program for 2012, which focuses on housing,
infrastructure and urban planning. She added that UN-HABITAT is assisting the
establishment of an urban planning unit in the Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism to provide training and contribute to skills
development in the area of urban planning.
Dr. Sindi presented some comment and suggestion for the improvement of
the UN-HABITAT’s 2012 Country Program. He requested to pay more attention to
infrastructure development in general and road network, water and sewerage
systems in particular. For this purpose, Dr. Sindi, suggested to conduct a
common assessment to identify the infrastructure gaps and propose solutions.