Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments & opportunities in education and training in Iraq.
The United Nations has prepared a comprehensive Briefing Book on Iraq, and presented it to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The book is comprised of two parts: The first part addresses key policy issues, including: macroeconomic challenges, development planning and prioritization, governance and public sector reform, anti-corruption, private sector development, social protection and the challenges of […]
Barham Salih, Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, said on Wednesday that the Region can employ an additional 25,000 people in 2011. The declaration came at the sidelines of the International Symposium for Kurdistan Health System Reform, currently underway in Erbil, according to the report from AKnews. The ministries of education and interior have priority for […]
British training body OPITO has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding with the Iraq Ministry for Oil, Training and Development Directorate to help the war-torn country develop the skills and training necessary to enable exploitation of its hydrocarbon resources. With Iraq gearing up to produce 12 million barrels of oil per day, OPITO estimates they […]
On Thursday, two Kurdish higher education officials laid the foundation stone of the College of Education in Chamchamal [Chemchemal], 45 km east of the oil rich Kirkuk, 255 km north of Baghdad. The Kurdistan Region’s minister of higher education and scientific research and the president of Sulaimaniya University jointly laid the stone for the $3.4m […]
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 […]
