UNDP and Government of Iraq hold strategic planning workshop on reintegration in Iraq Led by the Government of Iraq, the United Nations Development Programme Iraq (UNDP), and the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, a three-day workshop has brought together experts and practitioners on reintegration in addition to representatives from government, academia, civil society, and […]
FAO training on Conservation Agriculture and Land Management Practices The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in coordination with the Ministry of Environment (MoE), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), launched on 30 January 2023 the training on Conservation Agriculture and Land Management Practices through Farmer Field Schools […]
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to begin assessing Iraqi internally displaced persons and returnees in need of social protection assistance with UN support The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs announced on Wednesday (February 1), it will begin a far-reaching verification process to assess the eligibility of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and IDP returnees […]
UNESCO and Government of Japan sign agreement to support Technical Vocational Education and Training, and Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education for youth in Mosul, Ninewa UNESCO and Government of Japan signed an agreement in support of the project "Enhancing youth Employability and Resilience for Peace in Ninewa". Futoshi Matsumoto, Japan's Ambassador to Iraq and […]
Germany renews commitment to stabilization with new EUR 10 million contribution The Federal Republic of Germany has renewed its commitment to stabilizing Iraq with an additional EUR 10 million (approximately US$10.5 million) contribution. The critical support will be channeled through UNDP's flagship programme, the Funding Facility for Stabilization. The generous contribution was formalized at a […]
UNHCR and Ministry of Interior hold conference in Baghdad to discuss the way forward to end statelessness in Iraq Thanks to its legal framework to reduce and prevent statelessness, thousands of stateless persons or those at risk of statelessness in Iraq have acquired Iraqi nationality over the years. However, some individuals are still suffering from […]
By John Lee. Bab Al Karama for General Contracting Ltd. has won a new contract with the United Nations for the construction of a pedestrian bridge over the Maghrib wadi, installation of a BRC fence along the wadi, a cleaning campaign and supply of garbage containers in Maghreb area, Nineveh Governorate. The contract is valued […]
By John Lee. Jabal-Alzaytoun Ltd. has won a new contract with the United Nations for the supply of materials the maintenance of water networks and pumps for Mosul and Telafar [Talafar] Water Directorates. The contract is valued at $111,909. (Source: UNGM)
By John Lee. Wide Knowledge Company Ltd. has won a new contract with the United Nations for the supply and delivery of IT equipment in Erbil and Mosul. The contract is valued at $52,819. (Source: UNGM)
Germany supports UNDP in strengthening criminal justice services in Iraq Germany and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a EUR 826,250 donor agreement on strengthening Iraq's criminal justice services and improving their capacities to conduct effective interviews in line with international human rights commitments. The project promotes the application of the new regulations […]
In Iraq, a multidimensional development and climate crisis is brewing. Iraq's oil-dependent development model, weakening human and institutional capacity, and its deep social divides and inequalities are ingredients of a "perfect storm" centering on a development-climate-fragility nexus. Climate change threatens the social contract in Iraq, which has already been eroded by elite capture, widespread clientelism, […]
By John Lee. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated critical nodes of a key financial facilitation network of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which included four individuals and two entities in Türkiye, who have enabled the terrorist group's recruitment and financial transfers to and from […]
