Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments & opportunities in education and training in Iraq.
By Madeleine White, capacity building and communications specialist. Driving Risk, Reaping Rewards: Perspectives from the G8 Deauville Partnership Investment Conference It’s nearly a year since I wrote my first blog. Having spent time at the World Bank in Washington and linking that to the great experiences I had had when I visited Kurdistan I felt compelled […]
By John Lee. Energy-focused health and safety specialist Cresent has become the largest Control of Work (CoW) provider in Iraq after winning a contract worth $1.7 million with Russian oil company, LUKOIL Mid-East Ltd. The contract will involve Aberdeen-based Cresent delivering an electronic version of its flagship CoW system WorkSafe® across the second phase of […]
A range of studies and surveys reveal that Iraqi youth face many challenges. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), together with the Government of Iraq, conducted a National Youth Survey in 2009 that provided the first comprehensive insight into the reality of being a young person in today’s Iraq. The United Nations, the Central Organization […]
The 8th September of every year marks a special occasion with the world celebrating International Literacy Day. In 2013, this occasion takes an even deeper significance as this year's celebrations highlight a neglected, yet major aspect: placing education at the heart of development. Under this year's theme, Literacies for the 21st Century, the United Nations […]
UAE-based Gulf Precast has signed a contract to build 65 precast schools in various locations in Central Iraq. The design of the schools and their boundary walls has already been finalised. While the initial part of the production is under way in the UAE, Gulf Precast is already in the process of setting up a […]
In a visit organised by the Kurdistan Student Union (KSU), Minister Falah Mustafa received a large group of German students and teachers from leading universities and institutes. This is part of a broader initiative by KSU in encouraging exchange of visits and to promote discussions and research about the history, cultural and progress of the […]
By John Lee. The Royal Jordanian Air Academy in Amman, Jordan, has won a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $12,789,935 for English language and technical training to Iraqi Air Force students. Training will be at the Royal Jordanian Air Academy, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 8, 2014. (Source: U.S. Department of Defense)
The U.S. Embassy Baghdad is hosting two senior administrators from Stanford University from August 25 to September 3 to partner with the Government of Iraq in expanding graduate degree opportunities for Iraqi students in the United States. Under the Strategic Framework Agreement between the United States and Iraq, promoting cooperation in higher education is a […]
The first group students have completed their studies in the training center of LUKOIL Overseas Mid-East Ltd., LUKOIL's operating company for West Qurna-2 project, in Basra province. 170 Iraqi nationals who have completed a 1.5 year training program were immediately assigned to different facilities of West Qurna-2 field depending on their obtained qualifications, including well […]
The United Nations is marking International Youth Day with an urgent call on the Government of Iraq to protect and empower young people, as a worsening security situation and limited employment prospects drive youth to seek a life outside the country. “The global theme for International Youth Day in 2013 is ‘migration’,” explained Gyorgy Busztin, […]
The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) is pleased to announce new institutional partnerships with the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY-Albany) and Miami University of Ohio (MUO). These collaborations will not only provide AUIS students with exciting new curriculum options and exchange opportunities, but also assist the University in fulfilling its […]
By Madeleine White, educationalist, writer and Head of Strategic Partnerships, Whizz Education. Apologies for not writing my usual monthly update. I do have a good reason though, I was involved with an inspiring conference at the end of June in London and have been working to respond to the passion, ideas and concepts shared ever since. The […]
