Under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Egypt Dr. Mostafa Madbouly , the Forum of Egypt Builders was held on 22 September 2024 the important event in construction sector , organized by African federation for construction contractors association (AFCCA) under Presidency of Eng. Hassan Abdel Aziz , and Exclent Company for media services .
In the presence of the Minister of Local Development Dr. Manal Awad , the Minister of Business sector Eng. Mohamed El Shemi , and the Minister of Housing , Utilities and Urban Communities Eng. Sherif El Sherbiny, the participation of the largest Egyptian companies in the field of construction and building materials . with the participation of Arab and African delegations such as:
- President of Arab Contractors Federation (Mr. Ali Senafi).
- President of the Islamic Countries Contractors Federation (Eng. Zakria Abdel Rahman).
- Chairman of the Board Directors of the Saudi Contractors Authority (Mr. Mohamed El Aglan).
- President of the Contractors Federation in the Palestine (Mr. Ahmed El Kady).
- Deputy Head of the Jordanian Construction Syndicate (Mr. Fouad El Dwery).
- Vice President of the Turkish Contractors Federation (Mr. Tawfik Ozz)
- Director of the Housing and Utilities projects Implementation Agency in Libya (Eng. Ahmed El Deb).
- President of Employers Organization in Algeria (Mrs. Samia El Makhloufi).
- President of the General Union of Yemeni Contractors (Mr. Yehia Saleh).
The Islamic Development Bank Group in Cairo and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa also participated in the conference with discussion sessions and a presentation on bank’s activities.
The most prominent recommendations of the forum:
- Strengthening the Egypt Builders Forum on a permanent basis, providing opportunities for networking between companies and financial institutions.
- Facilitating the export file for contracting and building materials industry in a way that supports increasing the exports of these sectors and turning them into a source of hard currency.
- Reducing the invasion of foreign companies into the countries of the region and removing obstacle facing national companies.
- Strengthening communication between national companies and all bodies concerned with the construction industry at the international level.
- Giving preference to Arab and African national companies to support their opportunities to acquire larger shares of development projects in their countries for reducing the presence of foreign companies.
- Directing Egyptian Embassies to support the needs of major industries in the country, especially the construction industry , within the framework of providing the necessary information about the markets of foreign countries and facilitating business companies and concerned parties abroad.
- Activating the role of relevant business federations such as: Islamic Countries Contractors Federation, The Arab Contractors Federation and AFCCA.
- Promoting exports of building materials and various industries.
- Lifting the burden on the Egyptian industry and providing the needs of raw materials to increase its production capabilities to cover the requirements of local market and support the ability to export.
- Supporting the preservation of the rights of irregular workers in the construction sector.
- Enhancing the opportunities of Egyptian companies to participate in development projects and investment projects in Saudi Arabia, Libya and Iraq.
- Strengthening cooperation with Turkey and benefiting from the Tukish experience in exporting the contracting industry to countries around the world.
- Directing Governments to provide all tools that support the Egyptian construction industry with larger business shares in development projects in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Directing Egyptian banks and insurance companies to open branches within the countries of African continent for the purpose of providing facilities to Egyptian companies implementing projects there.
- Directing to increase the number of Egyptian commercial representation offices abroad.
- Directing local banks and international financial institutions to make a greater role in supporting development and construction projects to push contracting companies in foreign markets.
On the sidelines of the forum, next day on 23-9-2024 a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Arab Contractors Federation was held in the presence of President of AFCCA and the honorary president of Arab Contractors Federation Eng. Hassan Abdel Aziz and presence of Mr. Ali Senafi President of Arab Contractors Federation and also in the presence of the heads of contractors organization in countries of Jordan, Algeria , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Iraq , Palestine , Libya , Egypt and Yemen.
Eng. Hassan Abdel Aziz President of AFCCA with the President of the Islamic Countries Contractors Federation (Eng. Zakria Abdel Rahman) and Chairman of the Board Directors of the Saudi Contractors Authority (Mr. Mohamed El Aglan).
Eng.Hassan Abdel Aziz with Eng. Mohamed Elshemi Minister of Business Sector
Minister of Housing Utilities and Urban Communities Eng. Sherif El Sherbiny with Eng. Hassan Abdel Aziz President of AFCCA.
Minister of Housing Utilities and Urban Communities Eng. Sherif El Sherbiny during his welcome speech
Eng. Hassan Abdel Aziz with Mr. Sameh Azouz (Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa)
Eng. Taha El Fel (The Islamic Development Bank)
