The International (Dubai Ports) plans to invest in Iraq
28 March 2008 (Iraq Directory)
The international Company of Dubai Ports, owned by the Government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, announced its intention to invest in Iraq and to take advantage of investment opportunities available in it.
Mohammed Al-Muallim, Director General of the Company, said on the sidelines of the First International Saudi Forum of Ports and Shipping, "Iraq is one of the developing countries where good investment opportunities are available, and we put in our future strategies the appropriate solutions to take advantage of these opportunities.
But, we are still waiting for the suitable time to start implementing our plans." However, Director General of the Company did not mention any details of those plans and the size of investments which (Dubai Ports) plans to pump into Iraq.
The First International Saudi Forum of Ports and Shipping, held in the Kingdom for two days, concluded its work in the Saudi capital, Al-Riyadh, last Tuesday.
KRG announcement for Kurdistani engineers
Erbil, 29 March 2008 (KRG)
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) policy is to achieve sustainable development and strengthen construction activities in the Kurdistan Region.
To accomplish these goals, the KRG is planning to reorganise the Region’s engineers and engineering-related scientists into contracting engineering and design firms. This will enable them to play a more active role in the implementation of construction projects in the Region.
As a first step, the KRG is organising a conference for Kurdistani engineers living in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, or currently living abroad and originally from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
At the conference participants will discuss this proposed reorganisation and formulate necessary implementation modalities. The conference will be in Erbil for three days, from 27th to 29th May 2008. The background to the conference and the overall aims of this policy are described here.
Kurdistani engineers living in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, or living abroad and originally from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, are invited to apply to attend the conference. Participants coming to the conference from outside the Kurdistan Region in Iraq will bear their own travel and accommodation costs.