On Monday, September 5th, the Urban Training & Studies Institute (UTI), affiliated to the Housing and Building National Research Center (HBRC) of the Ministry of Housing Utilities and Urban Communities (MoHUUC), and the Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP) signed an agreement of cooperation at the UTI premises. The agreement was signed by Mr. Khalid El Dahaby, Chief Executive Officer pf HBRC and Dr. Guenther Wehenpohl, Programme Coordinator of PDP.

It is worth mentioning that this cooperation agreement is a continuation of a previous agreement for year 2010-2011. The objective of the measure is to incorporate participatory methods within the UTI and using these tools in capacity development.