The Ministry of Planning and the United Nations Development Program signed the Agreement on the Implementation of the Private Sector Development Strategy.
"We are continuing to cooperate with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), as we have a continuous partnership in many programs," a ministry statement quoted Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning for Technical Affairs Maher Hammad Johan as saying after signing the agreement with the country director of the UN Middle East program Mounir Thabet.
"This is a national strategy that is not a strategy of the Ministry of Planning prepared by sectoral bodies and in partnership with international bodies represented by the United Nations and the United Nations Development Program," he said. Approved by the Council of Ministers in 2014 ".
He explained that "this strategy has been initiated by the mandate of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers by the Ministry of Planning represented by its sectoral departments of the Department of Economic and Financial and private and other services."
"The strategy was developed in a situation where the country was quite different, but one thought that this sector should play a key role in building the country in development, partnership and economic diversification in general," Johann said.
"Today, we are in dire need of the role of the private sector to match the reality of our words," he said, noting that "this strategy includes key axes that go to the private sector at a clear pace for the country and the surrounding countries encourage it to engage in real economic development."
He pointed out that "the issue is mainly related to the private sector in order to absorb the bulk of the expected unemployment as a result of the cessation of employment opportunities provided by the state to the public sector, and this is an important part of the fact that it is reflected in many categories too.
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, "We must find these graduates a place in the labor market with the need to be partners in development and beneficiaries or winners of every framework of economic development experienced by the country."
He expressed the hope that "this partnership or the agreement through which we have put our hands on the right path for implementation," noting that "the objective of this agreement is to provide a framework of cooperation to facilitate coordination between the parties and on a general basis in the areas of common interest and does not accordingly include any executive program or Financial obligations of the parties ".
"The objective of the project for UNDP is to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the PSD strategy. The Ministry of Planning is to provide funding and technical arrangements for the implementation of the PSDS in Iraq," he said.
For his part, said the country director of the United Nations Development Program in the Middle East, "The Convention is an initial framework for cooperation between the United Nations Development Program and the Iraqi government on the implementation of the strategy of private sector development, and believes and a comprehensive conviction that there is special importance to the private sector in Iraq Job opportunities The challenge of job creation may be the biggest challenge in post-liberation Iraq. "
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"We are continuing to cooperate with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), as we have a continuous partnership in many programs," a ministry statement quoted Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning for Technical Affairs Maher Hammad Johan as saying after signing the agreement with the country director of the UN Middle East program Mounir Thabet.
"This is a national strategy that is not a strategy of the Ministry of Planning prepared by sectoral bodies and in partnership with international bodies represented by the United Nations and the United Nations Development Program," he said. Approved by the Council of Ministers in 2014 ".
He explained that "this strategy has been initiated by the mandate of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers by the Ministry of Planning represented by its sectoral departments of the Department of Economic and Financial and private and other services."
"The strategy was developed in a situation where the country was quite different, but one thought that this sector should play a key role in building the country in development, partnership and economic diversification in general," Johann said.
"Today, we are in dire need of the role of the private sector to match the reality of our words," he said, noting that "this strategy includes key axes that go to the private sector at a clear pace for the country and the surrounding countries encourage it to engage in real economic development."
He pointed out that "the issue is mainly related to the private sector in order to absorb the bulk of the expected unemployment as a result of the cessation of employment opportunities provided by the state to the public sector, and this is an important part of the fact that it is reflected in many categories too.
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, "We must find these graduates a place in the labor market with the need to be partners in development and beneficiaries or winners of every framework of economic development experienced by the country."
He expressed the hope that "this partnership or the agreement through which we have put our hands on the right path for implementation," noting that "the objective of this agreement is to provide a framework of cooperation to facilitate coordination between the parties and on a general basis in the areas of common interest and does not accordingly include any executive program or Financial obligations of the parties ".
"The objective of the project for UNDP is to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the PSD strategy. The Ministry of Planning is to provide funding and technical arrangements for the implementation of the PSDS in Iraq," he said.
For his part, said the country director of the United Nations Development Program in the Middle East, "The Convention is an initial framework for cooperation between the United Nations Development Program and the Iraqi government on the implementation of the strategy of private sector development, and believes and a comprehensive conviction that there is special importance to the private sector in Iraq Job opportunities The challenge of job creation may be the biggest challenge in post-liberation Iraq. "
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