Al-Jawahiri proposes that the Council of Ministers form a Business Environment Committee

Although Iraq's position in the series is 165 of the 190 surveyed by the World Bank in Doing Business 2017, it is necessary to correct and initiate action to improve working conditions and conditions and develop competitiveness in all areas.
A member of the Baghdad Economic Forum Amer Jawahri said: The implementation of the actual work requires a serious pause, indicating that the business environment is an important factor in improving and increasing the participation of the private sector and direct investment in the development of the economy.
Al-Jawahiri suggested that the Council of Ministers form a subcommittee called the "Business Environment Committee" linked to the Higher Committee for Investment and Reconstruction formed on 18 May 2017 under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. The "Business Environment Committee" may include representatives of at least a director general of the government sector, An empowered board for representatives of private sector institutions and civil society, and that everyone should have a decision at the level of their institutions and in order to approach the higher authorities to take decisions seriously and smoothly.
The Iraqi economy suffers from a clear confusion in the investment environment, which represents the essence of the work and the most important motivations and tools to develop the national economy.


Division of goals
He added that the committee should be characterized by a national and professional nature and an executive nature that simulates and gives instructions to government institutions that have a long-term mission and work in the manner of dividing objectives in stages to achieve results and positive changes inevitable on the ground in the business environment from all administrative and executive aspects.
*And legislation.
He stressed that the committee should base its work on the report of the World Bank in the performance of the work by reference to the ten events on which it was based and the details contained in the annual report to make recommendations and propose and follow up the implementation of procedures to address the bottlenecks and disadvantages of each. Certainly, the responsibility for reform must be borne by state institutions, the private sector, civil society and the media.


Business environment
Al-Jawahiri stressed the importance of setting up a business environment committee to monitor and monitor the progress of work and achieve goals at all levels. To Iraq requires the identification of a certain number of priority projects for the economy and society with accurate diagnosis of the site, conservation and allocation of land and the formation of an executive team for each project takes full responsibility for the creation of all information and answer all inquiries and the promotion task The announcement until the signing of the investment agreement, where this trend represents a new element to attract investment makes it easier for companies to take a general idea of ​​the reality of work and the surrounding environment.
The cities throughout Iraq require a large and wide work force in the various productive and service joints, which have been greatly reduced by the wrong policies that they did not pay much attention to entering Iraq in the cycle of wars and siege.
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Single window
*He urged the preparation of an integrated promotion plan for each project package or for each strategic project with a comprehensive media campaign before embarking on any promotion campaign. All the requirements for starting the project must be successfully prepared before and when the investor is agreed to avoid any negative reactions resulting from the difficulties of starting the site. Ready to receive and provide images and information and film on the site, and to ensure the consent of all parties and relevant ministries to be a team as a single window, and must be prepared through practice and study the constraints encountered direct and the implementation of each project to guide and avoid and D direct other projects.
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Energy strategies
Al-Jawahiri said that investment can be either direct or in the form of partnership between the public and private sectors, in the various models of partnership proven globally, as stated in the energy and industry strategies until 2030 implementing the strategic projects that adopt the local raw materials in the manner of partnership, which is acceptable globally and locally, Investor confidence and strength and extra support. He stressed the need for an international consultant to cooperate with local consultants to promote and supervise the implementation of strategic projects in the form of partnership between the government sector and the local and foreign private sector, until completion of the actual work, completion and operation of the project in question.

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