22/09/2011Iraq is heading for the establishment of industrial cities with international participation
Baghdad, Tariq al-Araji
said the advisers in the Office of the Prime Minister, ministries and relevant bodies need to establish industrial cities in advanced and modern in Iraq to benefit from international experiences in this area and within the framework of the government program for the unity of the tasks of economic reform in the advancement of the private sector in Iraq.
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A spokesman for the advisers Khalil Atwani in a statement the "morning" that it came during a workshop hosted by the Commission on the start of the implementation of the second phase of the establishment of industrial cities integrated in Iraq like the international experience and over three days in the presence of Minister of Planning and the Italian Ambassador in Baghdad, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and international partners as well as representatives of relevant ministries, the National Investment Commission, and a number of experts and advisers in the body.
He noted that the participants the workshop stressed the importance of the establishment of industrial cities in advanced and modern in Iraq to benefit from international experiences leading up to this area and within the framework of the Programme government for the unity of the tasks of economic reform in the advancement of the private sector in Iraq. and Atwani that the Planning Minister, Dr. Ali Yousef Shukri said: We are meeting today to complete what was initiated in 2007 efforts to complete the first phase of the first project for the integrated industrial prepared by a government in both Basra and Erbil, which contributed to the expertise of local and foreign set of analytical studies and indicators that will enrich certainly our steps necessary for the start relay project implementation.
He added that the project of industrial zone in these two provinces is one of the paragraphs of the agreement signed by the Ministry of Planning with the World Bank to support private sector.
And contribute to the development of national economy and raise employment levels and reduce unemployment and raise standards of living, also contribute to the project in the localization industry and attract capital, domestic and foreign.
He Atwani the director of the Office for Reconstruction and services in the advisers that the industrial cities of the proposed in the provinces of Basra and Nasiriya, which was completed a large proportion of design work by the Ministry of Industry and Minerals.
But there are some obstacles concerning procedures for the allocation of land for an industrial city again in the Basra province holds its establishment the Ministry of Planning and in cooperation with the World Bank, which is on its way to the solution.
He also noted the importance of a road map by the stakeholders contribute to the overcome obstacles and achieve rates in completing the work periods of time. and saw the workshop discussions and a number of interventions from the participants of the Organization (UNIDO) and international partners and representatives of the ministries and the national investment, stressing the need for cooperation and coordination of higher between the relevant authorities to speed up the completion of the steps.
And overcome obstacles, and provide necessary backing to the executive bodies and take advantage of all the expertise in establishing industrial zones developed in response to the growing need for Iraq to develop its capabilities and programs concerned with encouraging the private sector and provide the competitive environment and sustainable attractive for investment.
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