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Agreement to implement the strategy of private sector development

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Agreement to implement the strategy of private sector development

13/1/2018 12:00 am

Agreement to implement the strategy of private sector development

Baghdad / Al-Sabah
The Ministry of Planning signed with the United Nations Development Program, the agreement on the implementation of the private sector development strategy, indicating that the strategy includes key axes that go to the private sector at a clear pace for the country and encourage it to engage in real work in general economic development.
Deputy Minister of Planning for Technical Affairs Maher Hammad Johan said in a statement after signing the agreement with the country director of the UN programin the Middle East, Munir Thabet, "We continue to cooperate with the United Nations Development Program, we have a continuous partnership in many programs," noting that " The topic is a sequential part of these programs that we share in the implementation of the strategy of developing the
private sector . "
"This is a national strategy is not the strategy of the Ministry of Planning, which was prepared by sectoral bodies and in partnership with international bodies represented by the United Nations and the United Nations Development Program, which was approved by the Council of Ministers in 2014," noting that "this strategy has been implemented by The Ministry of Planning represented by its sectoral departments, the Department of Economic, Financial, Private and other departments.
He said Johan, that " the strategy prepared in the development of the country was quite different but thought one that this sector should play a key role in building the country in development, partnership and economic diversification in general," pointing out that "we desperately need to be the role of the private sector corresponds to the fact that
our words "He said.
He pointed out that "this strategy includes basic axes that go to the private sector at a clear pace for the country and the surrounding countries encourage it to enter a real work in the development of the general economic," noting that "the issue is mainly related to the private sector in order to absorb the bulk of unemployment expected due to the cessation of employment opportunities provided by the State For the public sector and this is an important part because it is reflected on the many categories too, as he graduated annually more than 200 thousand graduates in colleges
and institutes. "
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 to benefit and win from every framework of economic development experienced by the country."
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 on the subject of employment opportunities The challenge may be job creation, the biggest challenge now in post-liberation Iraq. "
"The big challenge is the economic advancement, which should be a comprehensive recovery that includes all citizens, especially young people who unfortunately have not been able to enter the labor sector enough to meet their wishes and ambitions, there must be a role for the private sector."
He explained that "the development of the private sector and its mode of development is part of the strategy of the Ministry of Planning," stressing "its readiness to cooperate with the Ministry to implement this strategy. The important role for us is to support the ministry in developing a framework to help the Ministry to monitor the implementation of this strategy. This gives a brief account of the nature of the cooperation that will take place between the Ministry of Planning and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

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