An Economic Conference on Unemployment
2007-07-26
An economic conference is being held in Baghdad under the slogan
(Rebuilding Iraq by Iraqis Hands) on Monday. This was announced by
Mr. Raad Ommar, Executive Director of the Iraqi American Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, the executive agency of the conference. He
said that the conference will be attended by Iraqi companies, the
Office of Rebuilding Iraq, representatives of donor countries, the
American embassy in Iraq and representatives of a number of
ministries and the Iraqi government.
Ommar explained that over two days the conference will discuss the
phenomenon of unemployment and ways to develop solutions through the
creation of successful employment opportunities within the campaign
of rebuilding Iraq and the reduction of unemployment in cooperation
with concerned bodies.
He said that the conference will also focus on ways to find proper
mechanisms for the recruitment of unemployed individuals to serve
and to urge Iraqi companies to benefit from such employment.
A number of economic reconstruction projects will be highlighted in
this forum before the business community. Later, a questionnaire
will be distributed. The conference is the largest of its kind
intended to support and provide jobs for the unemployed in the
private sector working on reconstruction.
Meanwhile, Director of the Business Center at the Baghdad
International Airport, Mr. Majid Michel said that the conference is
of particular importance because it will signal the start of
reconstruction there with the announcement of several projects
exclusively for Iraqi companies.
Mr. Muhannad Abdul Hassan, the Public Relations Director, said a new
questionnaire will be used to create employment opportunities for
the unemployed registered in the training institutes of the Ministry
of Labor and Social Affairs and programs to place them on projects
directed towards Iraqi companies.
Translated by IRAQdirectory.com - [24/07/2007]
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