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The advisers looking internationally funded projects
18/01/2012
BAGHDAD - Al Sabah
Examined the advisers in the Prime Minister's Office during the regular meeting of the committee monitoring the implementation of projects financed by the World Bank in the form of grants, loans, advances 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 advisers in the body. The head of the advisory board Thamer Abbas Ghadban, who chaired the meeting: During the meeting, a progress in the implementation of projects since the regular meeting held in August last (2011), and stand on the level of commitment and expenditure of the projects during the years (2010 -2011) for each of the 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 projects, confirming the presence of obstacles similar in all the projects are trying to specialized committees to find solutions to them, as well as the need for recording projects, grants and international loans in the state budget to ensure the success and follow-up and see their positive impact on the national economy. For its part, indicated the Special Representative of the World Bank in Iraq, Mary Helen to progress in some projects, and confirmed the improvement in a number of them after activating the mechanisms of spending mail, bent on the government's efforts to project identity of Iraq to the initiative of transparency in the extractive industries and Mieksh the seriousness and commitment by the Iraqi government. The parties agreed (to the monitoring committee implementation of projects and the World Bank) 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 implemented after the completion of.
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