Tuesday, 17 December / 2 January 2012 12:14
{Baghdad} Euphrates News examined the advisers in the Office of the Prime Minister with the representatives of the World Bank and the concerned ministries progress in the implementation of projects financed by the World Bank in Iraq.
The statement said the agency received {Euphrates News} on Tuesday, a copy of it that "the Commission held a regular meeting of the committee monitoring the implementation of projects financed by the World Bank in the form of grants and loans, and discussed progress in the implementation of projects financed by the World Bank, and ways to address the obstacles and difficulties facing the implementation mechanism, the presence of representatives of the World Bank, the ministries concerned, and the central bank, and a number of experts and consultants in the body. "
The statement by the President of the advisers Thamer Ghadban, who chaired the meeting, saying that he "was a presentation of progress in the implementation of projects since the regular meeting held in August {2011}, and stand on the level of commitment and expenditure of the projects through the years {2010-2011} for each of projects funded through the granting of the World Bank, and a loan of the International Foundation for Development of the Bank, as well as discuss the reasons for the existence of gaps between planning, implementation and actual spending. "
He Ghadhban that "the Iraqi government is committed to cooperation with international organizations and the development of the capacity of ministries to implement the projects," stressing that "the obstacles that are similar in all the projects are trying to specialized committees to find solutions to them, as well as the need for registration of projects, grants and international loans in the state budget to ensure the success and follow-up To see the positive impact on the national economy. "
For its part, the Special Representative of the World Bank in Iraq, Mary Helen to "progress on some projects," and stressed the "improvement in a number of them after activating the mechanisms of spending-mail," bent on "the government's efforts in the project affiliation of Iraq to the Industries Transparency Initiative extractive and Mieksh the seriousness and commitment by the Iraqi government. "
According to the statement, the Commission oversee the implementation of projects and the World Bank agreed on the importance of continuing to hold periodic meetings and meetings between the two follow-up and support the band follow-up projects, in addition to the ministries to support the development of mechanisms and maintenance of the sustainability of projects and programs after the completion of implementation.
Participated in the meeting the representatives of the World Bank in Erbil, Amman and Beirut via circuit television. Finished. M
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