Zig’s Place Chatroom News Sunday 6-27-21

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butterfly   Police Officers successfully Complete e-Learning Courses,,,,,,,,27th June 2021 in Iraq Education and Training News, Security,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,First Iraqi police officers successfully complete UNDP's e-learning courses

"This is the most valuable and scientific learning and training course I have ever had in my career as a police officer, in policing in general, and homicide investigating and e-learning in particular, thanks to a dedicated team of UNDP professionals and efficient trainers, for explaining international experience, and simulating real life situations on the use of IT and forensic technology." says a participant describing UNDP's new e-learning platform.

Designed for the Iraqi local police to provide opportunities for training, career development and specialised education, the new UNDP-supported e-learning platform www.iqshorta.com offers easy access and enrolment to all police officers in Iraq and is the first initiative of its kind under the Government of Iraq's Ministry of Interior (MoI).

The platform provides courses on standard operating procedures for criminal investigations, homicide investigations, financial investigation techniques, and mid-level management. The courses complement existing offline courses on investigation for police officers such as homicides and suspect interviewing, also supported by UNDP.

The first police officers who completed the online courses were excited to share their stories. Here are some of their comments:

"Besides the iqshorta.com training platform, which I was first to register and pass, the way in which we were guided and tutored by UNDP brings the best out of every participant in terms of theory and practice."

"The platform for me is like a professional trainer, with excellent facilitation, easy registration steps, and a design that makes building and transferring knowledge very smooth."

butterfly  "There are many takeaways that I have acquired by the end of the course, none more so than [having received] an excellent file full of knowledge and references for streamlining our procedures of daily tasks that concern homicides, forensic science and DNA tracing."

"Unfortunately, we lack knowledge in the use of technology, especially IT. The user-friendly techniques, guidance and follow up by UNDP staff was an opportunity to me and my fellow officers to get acclimatised to the use of the [e-learning] platform, from which we can capitalize on our potential and hunger for learning to expand our knowledge."

This initiative is implemented through the UNDP Iraq Security Sector Reform and Rule of Law Programme, generously supported by Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and USA. This programme aims to strengthen security and justice sector governance in Iraq.   (Source: UNDP)

butterfly  Al-Maliki rejects the call to postpone the elections under the pretext of the instability of the security situation

Sunday 27 June 2021 15:08..............The head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, rejected the call of some foreign parties to postpone the elections under the pretext of the instability of the security situation.

The media office of the head of the coalition said in a statement: "Al-Maliki met in his office today, Kuwait's ambassador to Iraq, Salem Ghasab Al-Zamanan. During the meeting, the future of bilateral relations and the overall political and security situation in the region and the world were discussed."

Al-Maliki stressed: "Iraq continues to strengthen its regional and Arab role, and is preparing to hold elections that will pave the way for the formation of a strong government capable of imposing the prestige of the state and meeting the demands of the citizen." Some foreign parties have called for the elections to be postponed under the pretext of the instability of the security situation.

In turn, the Kuwaiti ambassador affirmed his country's support for Iraq and its people in order to achieve development and stability, pointing to the importance of communication between the two brotherly countries.

butterfly   Iraqi warplanes escort Sisi's plane as it enters Iraqi airspace

Sunday 27 June 2021 16:29.............Iraqi warplanes escorted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's plane as it entered Iraq's airspace today, Sunday, to welcome him, to participate in the tripartite summit that started today, Sunday in the capital, Baghdad, in the presence of Jordan's King Abdullah II and Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

butterfly   Al-Kazemi: The visit of Arab leaders to Iraq is an important message to our peoples that we are mutually supportive and complementary

Sunday 27 June 2021 16:37 ...............Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi affirmed that the visit of King Abdullah II and President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to Iraq is an important message to our peoples that we are mutually supportive and complementary.

In his opening speech to the tripartite summit, Al-Kazemi said: “I welcome my guests of Iraq, King Abdullah II and President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Baghdad, the city of peace.

He added, "This visit takes place at a time and at a dangerous historical turning point in the region and all countries of the world, especially with the challenges of the Corona epidemic. It is no secret to anyone that the most important challenges we are facing are the Corona pandemic, the difficult economic conditions, security challenges and the fight against terrorism."

He stressed: "Iraq has gone through a harsh experience in the face of terrorism, and thank God, we succeeded in eliminating these groups, although some small pockets remain for these Kharijites, the Kharijites of the age. We must work and coordinate between our three countries to confront these challenges and work to dispel them in order to serve our peoples and the peoples of the region."

He pointed out: "Joint action requires consolidation and unification of positions in order to work on the path of development and the development of the region and its peoples. We hope to take advantage of all the possibilities available through geographical communication between the three countries in terms of economic fields, as well as in order to serve the social side in light of the delicate circumstances that The region is going through it.”

butterfly   2021-06-27 07:24  Shafaq News/ The Prime Minister's Adviser for Financial and Economic Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, ruled out setting a supplementary budget at the end of this year.

Salih told Shafaq News Agency, "During the past years, after the increase in oil prices, the government created a supplementary budget in which the budget was corrected by adding some projects and other things the country needs," noting that there will not be a supplementary budget under these circumstances, especially that there is an election year in November.

"Next year's budget is supposed to be set by the end of the current year", he added.

He hoped that the 2022 budget will be submitted, discussed, and approved by Parliament as soon as the elections are held and a new government is formed.

According to what was voted by the Iraqi Council of Ministers, early elections are scheduled to be held on the tenth of next October of this year.

Parliament and the government often fail to approve the budget before the end of the year due to political tensions between the blocs.

butterfly   2021-06-27 04:52  Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) sales in the currency auction amounted to about $216 million today.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent reported that CBI sales settled at $228,560,634, %5.56 above Thursday's closure at $216,426,634. The weighted average rate of the U.S. dollar against the Iraqi dinar was specified at 1 to 1460.

Our correspondent explained that 17 banks and 11 companies cashed out $36.24 millions, while the $192,320,240 went to boost funds abroad in the form of non-cash and credit transactions, with 35 banks meeting those requests.

butterfly   Finance Minister: We are moving steadily towards maximizing non-oil revenues to support public budget resources

Sunday 27 June 2021 16:58,,,,,,,,,Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi, confirmed the continuation of efforts and work towards maximizing non-oil revenues and moving towards reducing the financial expenses borne by the state budget as a result of the burdens of financial support for public companies with high rates, which cast a shadow of negative effects on the development and development of the rest of the productive sectors .

Allawi chaired a follow-up session on the implementation of the projects of the white paper, in the presence of the advisor to the Prime Minister and the Executive Director of the Economic Reform Committee Alaa Al-Saadi, the Undersecretary, the advisors of the Minister of Finance and a number of general managers, in order to follow up on the implementation of the projects approved by the financial and economic reform plan, related to the axis of government expenditures, including the project to reduce the gap The public budget deficit is at safe levels.

In addition to discussing the public spending project and working towards directing it to enhance the investment aspect with positive returns for the benefit of the overall national economy, as well as studying government support for public companies and focusing support towards productive sectors and companies contributing to the gross domestic product.

butterfly   Al-Kazemi’s advisor rules out setting a supplementary budget and acknowledges the difficulty of approving the 2022

2021-06-27 03:52   Al-Kazemis advisor rules out setting a supplementary budget and acknowledges the difficulty of approving the 2022 budgetShafaq News/ The Prime Minister’s Adviser for Financial and Economic Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, ruled out on Sunday setting a supplementary budget at the end of this year.

Saleh told Shafaq News Agency, “During the past years, after the increase in oil prices, the government has created a supplementary budget in which the budget is corrected by adding some projects and other things that the country needs,” expecting that “there will not be a supplementary budget under these circumstances and with the presence of an election year in November.” “.

He added that “the next year’s budget is supposed to be 2022 by the end of this year,” wondering “how to solve this problem with the end of the parliament’s life.”

Saleh expressed his hope that “the 2022 budget will be presented and approved by Parliament, discussed and approved before it dissolves or as soon as the elections are successful and a new government is formed quickly and a new parliament will be presented by the Ministry of Finance to present the new budget to Parliament in the first or second legislative session of Parliament for discussion and approval quickly.”

Early elections are scheduled to be held on the tenth of next October of this year, according to the vote of the Iraqi Council of Ministers, and the House of Representatives voted to dissolve itself three days before the elections.

Parliament and the government often fail to approve the budget before the end of the year as a result of political tensions between the blocs.  shafaq.com

butterfly  A Kurdish deputy is likely to pass the oil and gas law during the next parliamentary session

2021-06-27 08:08   A Kurdish deputy is likely to pass the oil and gas law during the next parliamentary sessionShafaq News/ Kurdistan Democratic Party MP Dana Muhammad suggested on Sunday the approval of the oil and gas law during the electoral parliamentary session, returning it to “a solution to the oil disputes between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.”

Muhammad told Shafaq News Agency, “The disruption of the approval of the oil and gas law since 2007 until now is due to differences between all political forces, not certain forces or components,” noting that “it was not put on the parliament’s agenda over the past years because of the political disputes and disagreements over its provisions “.

Muhammad suggested, “the approval of the oil and gas law during the next parliamentary session for its importance in resolving the oil disputes between Baghdad and Erbil and determining the powers of the federal government and the powers of the region,” and considered it “an end to the long political debate between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.”

He added, “The adoption of the law will put the Iraqi parliament in permanent knowledge of the powers of the federal government and the regional government,” stressing that “the Kurds and the Kurdistan Democratic Party with the approval of the oil and gas law in a manner that suits the interest of the region and the federal government with regard to its details and provisions.”

Butterfly   The differences between the blocs and the parties over the past years have resulted in more than three formulations of the oil and gas law. The first has existed since 2007 and was rejected after the Kurdistan Alliance’s objection. As for the second version, it was developed in 2010, but the National Alliance expressed its objection to the law and withdrew from the voting session on the project. The third is a proposed law drawn up by the Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee in 2011, but it was also rejected by various political parties. shafaq.com

butterfly  General Electric announces a plan to transform the energy sector in Iraq and end the electricity crisis

Sunday 27 June 2021 | 12:24 pm   General Electric announces a plan to transform the energy sector in Iraq and end the electricity crisisGeneral Electric announced, on Sunday, an integrated energy sector transformation plan, which includes a number of main pillars that support the Iraqi government’s goals to develop the infrastructure of the energy sector in the country, enhance decarbonization efforts and diversify energy generation sources to end the electricity crisis .

The company said in a statement, “The activities of the Iraq Reconstruction Conference were held in the capital, Baghdad, which is a high-level summit organized through close cooperation with the Prime Minister’s Office and the National Investment Commission in the country .”

“We have constantly focused on supporting and developing the energy infrastructure in Iraq using comprehensive solutions, from securing financing to advanced technologies, ” said Abdul Rahman Khalidi, chief technology officer of GE Gas Energy in the EMEA region, according to the statement .

“Therefore, it is of paramount importance today to stimulate efforts to shift towards cleaner energy systems that yield three main benefits to the country, from using diversified sources of energy to meet growing demand, fulfilling decarbonization commitments by exploiting more efficient gas and clean energy resources, to laying foundations A stable structure that delivers safe, reliable and cleaner energy in the future. These benefits shape the ambitious strategy of Iraq’s energy sector transformation plan and embody the most comprehensive approaches to the energy sector and cover all solutions that Iraq can benefit from .”

butterfly  Khalidi indicated that “the plan lays out a strategic set of solutions and technologies designed in a specially designed manner and supports the endeavors to decarbonize the energy sector, which is unique in Iraq, and starting from high-efficiency gas turbines holding world records and modernization solutions to fast and flexible air derivatives, the “General” team can Electric, which includes a group of local and international experts, transforming decarbonization efforts into a tangible achievement in Iraq.   aynaliraqnews.com

butterfly   A new drop in dollar exchange rates in Iraq

2021-06-27   A new drop in dollar exchange rates in IraqThe exchange rates of the dollar fell today, Sunday, against the Iraqi dinar in the main stock exchange in the capital, Baghdad, and the exchange shops.

Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya Central Stock Exchange in Baghdad recorded 147,300 Iraqi dinars for every 100 US dollars, after it registered during its opening yesterday, Saturday morning, 147,375 Iraqi dinars for 100 dollars.

Selling prices in money exchange shops in the local markets in Baghdad decreased to 147,750 Iraqi dinars, while buying prices amounted to 146,750 dinars per 100 US dollars.

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