Bahrain will host the seventh GCC municipal conference in April next year under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prime minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa.

The conference, organised by general-secretariat of GCC Council, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and Bahrain Society of Engineers, will be held under the slogan “The role of municipal work in achieving the Millennium Development Goals”.

Municipal councils will be invited to present working papers reflecting the success of the municipal system as a fruit of the national reformation project of His Majesty and the municipalities’ role in promoting sustainable urban development and upgrading standards and quality of services provided to Bahraini citizens.-TradeArabia News Service