World Bank allocates 200 to support liberated areas in Iraq


26/09/2017 09:50 | Number of readings: 200

Trend Press / Baghdad

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs announced that the World Bank has allocated $ 200 million to implement the emergency project to support stability in the liberated areas.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Ammar Menem said in a statement received by "Trend Press" a copy of it on Tuesday, "The World Bank allocated $ 200 million to implement the emergency project to support the stability in liberated areas, will be coordinated with the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers And ministries of planning, health and work for the implementation of the paragraphs of this project.

"The ministry has agreed with the World Bank and a number of ministries and the Women's Empowerment Department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers on the general framework for implementing the project in the liberated areas," he added.

The Central Bank, under the supervision of the Ministry of Labor, launched an emergency project to achieve social stability in Iraq, especially in the areas liberated from the "Da'ash" terrorist, and cooperate with the Ministries of Planning, Health and Education and the Department of Empowerment of Women as well as local governments in the provinces. Rehabilitation of those areas prior to the return of displaced persons. He pointed out that the project is a temporary initiative which aims to achieve the economic and social stability of these families in order to achieve economic and social stability. For one year.

He pointed out that the project will be launched at the end of September, adding that the provinces included in the program to support stability are Nineveh, Anbar and Salahuddin.

He pointed out that the bank will cooperate with the Ministry of Labor to adopt databases for the poor and unemployed families in those areas, especially returnees, in order to encourage them to work for a certain period to restore the wheel of life to normal, adding that the projects included in the initiative (pay for work) Such as the removal of rubble and debris from those areas, which allows reconstruction and service activities and basic to it.

He added that the World Bank stressed that the project requires good monitoring and management to encourage these families to work, as well as other activities related to mental health programs that are scheduled to be implemented in those areas as well as coordination with the Ministry of Education to implement some activities for schools and how to qualify.

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