Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments & opportunities in education and training in Iraq.
Following on from our listing on Monday of the main cabinet positions, we present a more complete line-up below, compiled from information sourced from Iraq Oil Report and Reuters. The official website of the Iraq cabinet has not published the official list, and has chosen instead to lead with an article about the importation of […]
Turkey's education minister, Niemat Jobokjo, expressed the desire to help develop Kurdistan's educational sector, he said during a visit to the province. The Turkish minister visited many schools in Erbil, praising educational levels there, and said she wants to develop exchange visits and joint workshops. She was accompanied by Turkish lawmakers and educational officials. (Source: […]
The international computer giant Microsoft opened its first training centre in Baghdad on Wednesday. The Iraqi Minister of Technology and Science, Ra’ed Fahmi, said the centre would contribute to developing Information Technology (IT) skills among the country’s workforce. During the opening ceremony held in Baghdad, the centre's director, Ahmed Iz al-Dein, said that the centre […]
The head of Germany's academic exchange service this week signed an agreement in Erbil with Salahaddin University to establish a German Language Department at the university. Dr Dorothea Rüland, Secretary General of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), came to Erbil to make the agreement and gave a keynote address at an academic conference attended […]
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has allocated US$600 million [700 billion Iraqi dinars] for service projects in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, according to Aswat al-Iraq. The media director of the Region’s Planning Ministry, Adnan Haji Kaka, told the agency on Wednesday that, "Kurdistan’s Planning Minister, Ali Sindi, has discussed with JICA’s Chairman, Aquari Satochi […]
The recent two-day skills development event run by GetEnergy in Basra a few weeks ago attracted 120 participants from 20 international companies. Nihad Moosa, the Director General of Development and Training at Iraq's Ministry of Oil, delivered the opening speech announcing the Ministry's policies in the areas training and learning. Workshops conducted over the following […]
Basra University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran's Martyr Jamran University to enhance scientific and cultural exchange. University president Dr. Saleh Ismail told Iraq's National Media Center that the university aims to develop the abilities of its teaching staff, and use the expertise of international universities in the fields of science and […]
The University of Salford, in the United Kingdom, is to work with the University of Basra, Iraq, to set up a centre for research in the built environment, with the aim of providing skills and knowledge as the country seeks to rebuild. As the UK’s leading research centre for built environment, Salford will help the […]
The University of Cincinnati is one of only a handful of American universities to be selected for an international partnership to rebuild Iraq’s educational system and its economy. UC President Gregory H. Williams and Salahaddin University-Hawler President Ahmed Anwar Dezaye celebrated the partnership in a formal Nov. 4 partnership-agreement-signing ceremony at the UC Teachers College. […]
Iraq's Oil Ministry announced on Sunday that it has allocated $60m [72 billion Iraqi dinars] from the international licensing contracts sold this year to the development of technical skills amongst Iraqi employees working in the oil sector. At a press conference in Basra, the training director of the ministry’s technical institute, Ali Rahim Fayyad, told […]
Eleven young Kurds finished a two-month course to learn Korean in a program sponsored by the LG company and the Kurdish-Korean Friendship Association. The programs aim wa to enhance bilateral cultural relations. "Learning the Korean language is a major link towards understanding the culture. Teaching the Korean language to Kurdish students is definitely a step […]
Iraq’s South Oil Company has organized a special conference on the strategy of the Iraqi Oil Ministry in the field of training and technology transportation, with the participation of major specialized global companies, the company’s Training Director said on Sunday. Hassib Attiya said “the activity of the strategic conference for training and technology transportation began […]
