CONFERENCE PROGRAM 

The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) stated that “the blueprint for a Co-operative decade positions co-operatives as builders of sustainability, naming sustainability as one of five priorities for the coming decade … a key part of this effort is to demonstrate convincingly that sustainability is inherent in the nature of co-operatives, and that co-operative enterprises make a positive contribution to sustainability.”
The International Cooperative Alliance is calling for co-operative, collaborative and bonding to integrate and connect their activities, strategies and aims to SDGs to encourage co-operative across the globe to pledge and contribute to achieve the SDGs. Clear policies, agenda and goals are needed to directly and strongly implement SDGs through systemic process of design and execution of their projects. The development of such policies and goals needs the collaboration on an International scale. 
 Therefore, the General Authority for Construction and Housing Cooperatives has selected the “Cooperative Housing and Sustainable Development Goals 2030” as its main theme for the upcoming third International Conference. The conference aims at discussing the alignment of international and national cooperative development frameworks with the SDGs2030. It proposes a paradigm shift in the approach to development efforts with the aim of reducing resource waste and environmental degradation, while addressing inequity. The conference is divided into 6 main themes that covers the critical aspects of integrating sustainability into cooperative housing.