Rental of Forklifts, Cranes, and Trucks for UN Use inside UNAMI Basrah Compound in Iraq
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq is seeking to establish a contract for rental of Fork Lifts, Cranes and dump Trucks for its use inside UNAMI-Basrah Compound, located within COB Military Base in the vicinity of Basrah International Airport, at the U.S. Consulate General Compound (PRT), Iraq. This will be on “as-and-when “required basis. They […]
Training for e-Government Services Implementation in Iraq
UNDP -Iraq is seeking for a Contractor to provide technical assistance to the Government of Iraq to develop and implement a pilot e-service systems based on Service Oriented Archtecture (SOA)- based business process design approach to assure fast scaling and quick wins for e-government. To this respect, a workshop shall be conducted with the targeted […]
Provision of Catering Services to UNAMI Regional Headquarters in Basrah
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) requires a full cafeteria services operation to provide nutritious meals daily for its staff members at dining facilities at the UNAMI Regional Headquarters in Basrah, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) and Kirkuk, Iraq for a long-term contract (5X1 Year), extendable on yearly basis, subject to extension of UNAMI […]
Czechs Hope to Sell Combat Jets to Iraq
Czech aircraft company Aero Vodochody and the Czech Ministry of Defense will meet with Iraqi government and military representatives in Prague on 23-24th January with a view to landing a deal to supply 20 of its L-159 fighter planes. The manufacturer, part of the Penta group, has reportedly already received Kč 25.2 million ($1.3 million) just […]
Zaha Hadid Shortlisted for $1bn Parliament Complex
The Architects' Journal reports that Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been shortlisted to design the new $1 billion parliament complex in Baghdad. ZHA senior architect Mohamed Al-Jubori attended a project briefing in Baghdad last month with Iraqi parliament president Osama al-Nujaifi. Hadid already has the contract for the Iraqi Central Bank building. The practice is […]
Basra Grants 30 Investment Licences
The Basra Investment Commission (BIC) has announced that it granted 30 investment licences in 2011 worth a total of 1.1 billion Iraqi dinars. Head of the Commission, Khalaf al-Badran (pictured), said that many foreign countries submitted proposals to invest in the province, including companies from the United States, United Kingdom, China, South Korea, Turkey and […]
Iranian Farast Group Considers Basra Investments
A delegation from the Iranian Farast Group visited the Basra Investment Commission (BIC) and met its chairman, Khalaf Al-Badran. They discussed the possibility of obtaining investment opportunities in various sectors, including housing and electricity. The representative of the group, Ridha Mudhahari, said that his group includes 78 foreign and local specialized companies and that they […]
500 New Housing Units in Diwaniya
Two local governments started construction on more than 500 housing units to the west of the city of Diwaniya. Total investment in the scheme is said to be $84 million, according to Aswat al-Iraq. Ahmed Hashim, acting head of the Investment Commission, told the agency that the sites of the projects were handed over to […]
Irish Companies Visit Basra
Basra Investment Commission (BIC) met a group of Irish companies to discuss ways of investing in Basra and the prospects of joint cooperation, and agreed to hold the Irish economic conference in the city. The group consists of 12 companies involved in construction, infrastructure, housing, waste recycling and communications and other disciplines. It is already […]
Debt Crisis Hits ISX Inflows
Foreign net buying of ISX-listed shares has been waning since the middle of last year. After rising from about IQD 900 million for all of 2010, average weekly net buying by non-Iraqis rose to over IQD 4 billion in the first half of last year but then declined to about IQD 2.8 billion in the […]
Iraq Oil Income Jumped by 60% in 2011
Increased volumes and the higher price of crude oil pushed Iraq's income from oil sales up by nearly 60 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year, according to AFP. Oil ministry figures published on Monday showed that total exports of oil increased 15 percent to 790.5 million barrels of oil, or an average of […]
NIC Chair has Heavy Schedule of Meetings
The Chairman of the National Investment Commission, Sami al-Araji, has had a series of meetings in recent days with business and diplomatic representatives: met a group of Italian companies on 18th of January; met representatives of the Korean Trac company on 19th of January; met the Technical Committee of Al- Mustaqbal City on the 19th […]