Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the Board of Trustees of New Cairo and the Master's Program in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design at Ain Shams University at the Zafaran Palace at Ain Shams University.

The memorandum was signed by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al-Wahsh, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New Cairo, and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ayman Saleh, Vice President of the University, in his capacity as Chairman of the Program Board of Directors, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saleheen, Program Director, and Dr. Wessam Al-Bardisi is a faculty member in the program.

Through this agreement, and in light of the objectives of the Master’s Program in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design at Ain Shams University, which aims to train researchers in the field of planning and sustainable urbanization through applied research, where technical and operational studies will be conducted to assess the ecosystem of the Green Belt region in the west of the Third Settlement. Focusing on potential development and taking advantage of the available capabilities to support the residents of the area environmentally, socially and economically, and offering alternatives to neighborhoods based on the privacy of the place and in line with the state’s directives and plans for sustainable urban development.