Iraqi banks call for activating the initiative of the CBI for lending in Kurdistan
Shafaq News/ The head of the Iraqi Private Banks Association called, on Tuesday, to activate the initiative of the Central Bank of Iraq to lend in the Kurdistan Region.
The association’s media said, in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that the head of the Association of Iraqi Private Banks, Wadih Al-Handal, visited with his accompanying delegation the Tourism Authority in the Kurdistan Region, and he was received by the President of the Tourism Authority, Amal Jalal, the advanced staff in the authority and the Director General of the Tourism Department in Dohuk Khairy.
Ali, indicating that during the meeting, joint cooperation and ways to activate the tourism sector in the Kurdistan Region were discussed.
Al-Handal indicated, according to the statement, the necessity of activating the initiative of the Central Bank of Iraq in lending small, medium and large tourism projects, which receives full sponsorship and support by the Association as it is implemented by Iraqi private banks, including banks established in the region.
Al-Handal also presented a brief idea of the broad support programs provided by the Tamkeen Fund (which is managed under the umbrella of the Central Bank of Iraq with the active participation of the Association as it is funded by Iraqi private banks), with a focus on grants provided for the reconstruction of religious and cultural centers in various parts of Iraq, the latest of which is Reviving Al-Mutanabi Street, as well as restoring the Lalish Center for the Yazidi community in Kurdistan.
Al-Handal indicated that the association is studying a project that will be presented to the Tamkeen Fund to establish a civilizational and cultural center to be held in the historic Erbil Citadel.
For her part, Amal Jalal welcomed this visit to the head of the Association of Banks and Joint Cooperation between the two parties, and presented an idea of her continuous efforts to develop the tourism sector, which she has made since assuming the responsibility of the authority until now, and she has a strong orientation towards training human cadres in the authority and creating a tourism culture in the community, and pointed out that An ambitious program towards taking care of the many cultural and religious centers in the Kurdistan Region.