The World Bank: This {white paper} is needed by any country that is currently going through the circumstances of Iraq

Time: 05/09/2021 19:02:51   Read: 5,980 times
 
{Economist: Al Furat News} The regional representative of the World Bank in Baghdad, Ramzi Numan, said that the "white" reforms proposed by the Iraqi government are needed by any country going through similar conditions to the country now.

A statement of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, a copy of which was received by Al Furat News Agency, stated that “The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Abeer Mahdi Chalabi held an expanded meeting with Numan and his accompanying delegation today, Sunday, to discuss ways of joint cooperation in the field of supporting the government reform program.”

The meeting was attended by members of the ministerial team formed to implement the Cabinet’s directives

to start implementing the projects that fall under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labor within the government reforms program for the year 2021.  Chalabi stressed “the importance of starting practical steps to implement real reforms away from the theoretical side, by giving time limits for procedures and mechanisms. "Their implementation, and ensuring that the ministerial team submits monthly reports to the Supreme Committee for Reform, which includes all its activities in this field, as well as proposals that support reform steps and the most important obstacles and difficulties that can prevent this."

Chalabi also called for "cooperation with civil society organizations and benefiting from their experiences, as well as the correct investment of international grants to support many segments of society, including the displaced, poor families and youth seeking work by relying on decent work according to what the labor market requires in terms of finding suitable job opportunities without accreditation." Completely over the public sector. "

She indicated, "The importance of the reform plan to include returning vocational training centers from the governorates to the ministry, directed to establish a table that includes the number of centers, their needs and the requirements required to enhance their activities."

For his part, the representative of the World Bank affirmed "the complete readiness to provide full support for all the reform steps of the ministry," noting that "the reform paper includes proposals similar to the proposals of the International Monetary Fund, but it is recent in terms of compilation and formulation," indicating that "any country is going through the circumstances it has gone through." Iraq at the present time needs such reforms, adding that the reforms paper will be feasible in the event that all parties concerned come together to implement them.

Ammar Al-Masoudi

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