His Excellency the Minister of Municipalities & Housing met Mr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail; Minister of Environment and Energy Kostas Skrekas, Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis, and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of the Hellenic Republic (Greece) Kostas Karamanlis, in the presence of the Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Athens, Dr. Saad bin Abdul Rahman Al Ammar; Within His Excellency's visit to Greece. The Minister of Municipalities & Housing praised the increase in the pace of rapprochement between the two countries. Pointing out that his visit to Greece today is an extension of the visit of His Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last July, and a continuation of the efforts being implemented to build a system of relations that meets the aspirations of the peoples of the two friendly countries. In all fields, including the urban development sector; Especially since the ministry plays a major role in providing most of the city services in the Kingdom. During his meeting with the Greek ministers, Al-Hogail discussed areas of common work. In programs and activities of waste management and redevelopment, humanization of cities, urban planning, investment, real estate development, in addition to the areas of infrastructure, construction technology and flood drainage, and the possibility of exchanging experiences and transferring knowledge and its applications; His Excellency also presented a model of urban planning and design guidelines in the Kingdom, and was briefed on one of the housing programs being implemented in Greece. His Excellency also met with the Mayor of Athens, Mr. Konstantinos Bakoyannis, and the two sides discussed the experience of humanizing cities in the two countries, and the vision adopted in providing city services, as well as the experience of city administration in Greece. Within the agenda of the first day of the visit; The Minister of Municipalities & Housing met with a delegation from the CCC company specialized in the field of construction and infrastructure, and listened to an introductory presentation about the company and its most prominent projects in the Middle East, and discussed ways of cooperation with it in this field.
The Ministry launches support services for commercial licenses through the "Baladi" platform
With the aim of enabling customers to obtain self-support for commercial license services; The Ministry has launched a series of support services for licensing through the digital platform “Baladi”, through which it aims to provide digital solutions to customers that contribute to facilitating their access to municipal services and the exercise of their commercial activities with greater flexibility without delay in submitting applications. Support services for commercial licenses include the following: service of objection to non-transfer of ownership of a commercial license, approval of adding an old license, objection to suspension of a license after subsequent control, in addition to objection to cancellation of a commercial license, and all support services provided through the “Baladi” platform are free of charge. And it can be used without the need to review the secretariats or municipalities. It should be noted that there are guides that enable customers to learn how to benefit from support services, and they can be accessed through the Baladi portal.