Duhok launches Provincial Development Strategy

Special guests were participants in Exile Voices: Camp Reporters, an initiative by Reza Visual Academy that expressed life in Kawergosk Syrian Refugee Camp through photos by young refugees.  Fifty large photos were on display, many from a 370-meter long gigantic photo exhibition along the River Seine in Paris.

37 innovation projects presented at the exhibition were evaluated by a jury on the basis of special criteria; the top 3 were awarded - on military tracking software, hearing aid device and smart learning through paperless education.

LADP Programme Manager, Ms. Isabela Uribe, said:

"The UN was established by the people for the people. Today we take another step towards the realization of the development goals that echoed the voices of local communities. Through enhanced public service delivery, the impact of development progress will be reflected in the daily lives of people.”

Duhok is the third governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, after Sulaimaniyah and Erbil, to officially launch its Provincial Development Strategy. Through its pioneering Local Area Development Programme, UNDP is providing direct support to twelve Governorates to improve sector-wide planning and implementation, strengthen budget execution and service delivery, improve coordination between central and governorate levels and increase the participation of communities in local development.

(Source: UNDP)