Council of Ministers: Provision of services related to housing projects and fulfillment of international climate and environmental commitments - Sarmad

(KUNA) – The Kuwaiti Cabinet reviewed, during its meeting held today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the minutes of the ministerial committee meeting on public services, which included several items. Among the most prominent of these items was the periodic report submitted by the Public Authority for Housing Welfare regarding the executive status of the work carried out by relevant government entities in providing services for housing projects for the periods from June to December 2025 and from January to June 2026, concerning the challenges facing the implementation of these projects.

The Council decided to instruct the Public Authority for Housing Welfare to continue its efforts and follow up on the provision of services related to housing projects, remove any obstacles that may arise, and submit the results and recommendations to the Cabinet, including a summary of the executive status, the role of each entity, and the extent of its compliance, in the upcoming semi-annual report.

It also decided to instruct the Authority not to issue “To Whom It May Concern” certificates to the Municipality of Kuwait and the Kuwait Credit Bank, as a preliminary step for issuing building permits, until the infrastructure and services of residential areas are fully completed.

Another item included in the report was the Government Environmental Sustainability Reporting System initiative, which aims to establish a unified government framework requiring entities to prepare annual reports to measure their environmental performance and reinforce governance and transparency, in line with Kuwait’s international environmental commitments. The Cabinet decided to instruct State Minister for Development and Sustainability Dr. Reem Al-Faleh (supervisor of the Public Authority for Environmental Affairs), in coordination with relevant government entities, to follow up on efforts related to the Government Environmental Sustainability System action plan, to ensure fulfillment of all of Kuwait’s international climate and environmental commitments, and to provide the Cabinet with an annual report detailing the executive status of the plan, the role of each entity, the extent of its compliance, and relevant recommendations.