1/14/2011Egypt joins int'l effort to build capacity of Iraqi electrical engineers
CAIRO, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr. Hassan Ahmed Younis said Friday that 426 Iraqi electrical engineers received training in various domains of electricity and renewable energies at his ministry.
"The training program is part of an international effort involving, besides Egypt, Germany, Japan and the United States," the minister noted in a graduation ceremony of Iraqi trainees here.
"Egypt has always been supportive to sisterly Iraq in the endeavor to build the capacity of its cadre of highly trained engineers who are able to operate, and maintain, the country's power grids," Dr. Younis affirmed.
"As part of a tripartite Egyptian-German-Iraqi training program, 168 Iraqi electrical engineers received training here," he added.
The Egyptian Electricity Holding Co. and the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) planned to co-organize a workshop to explore the needs of Iraq with Iraqi officials attending, he disclosed.
Through a similar tripartite technical cooperation program, involving Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), several training courses have been held with 164 Iraqi trainees taking part.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a government agency providing U.S. economic and technical assistance, helped train 94 Iraqi engineers, the minister went on to say.
He noted that Egypt always seeks to contribute to the process of rebuilding Iraq and prod the country's economic development, adding that Egypt is ready to send the necessary electrical systems and equipment to war-ravaged countries.
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