Investment Advisor
USAID (US Agency for International Development)
Total years of experience :33 years, 9 Months
As a USAID-DAI / Takamul project, contracted specialist, I have provided the following :
1.The criteria for selecting the members of the Technical Working group.
2. Ability to analyze citizens opinions and come up with logical treatments , collect the citizens opinion in Hamdaniya on the basic services that must be taken into account in the selection of investment projects, and then analyzed and filtered, and the preparation of a preliminary draft list of projects to be included in the investment plan.
3. Experience in training and in the preparation of training courses for employees of government offices and civil society organizations social accountability in how to collect and analyze data and come up with recommendations as in the training course on how to conduct the process of collecting citizens opinion and analyzing.
4. Enhance cooperation in the work between (NGO s) the Technical Working Group and the Social Accountability Group and the Civil society organizations in al-Hamdaniya district.
5. Holding a training course on how to prepare the necessary investment project plan in order to include it in the investment plan to be presented at the Ninewa Investment Conference.
6. Setting the objective criteria in the selection of priority projects.
7. Organizing conferences supporting the private sector and encouraging small and medium enterprises.
8. Preparing the mayor’s speech and PowerPoint presentation, That was shown at the Ninewa Investment Forum.
9. Supporting local and foreign investment companies, especially small and medium companies, to achieve the goals of comprehensive economic development.
As a GIZ is the German Organization for International Cooperation project, contracted advisor, I am responsible for encouraging and supporting investment (local and foreign/private sector) and paying great attention to small and medium Enterprises in Iraq by finding solutions to obstacles and problems that hinder investors and proposing resolutions to address them to ensure that business plans are implemented properly, my tasks were as follows:
• Professional advice to partners on reform procedures and processes, especially with political partners (Office of the Prime Minister - Economic Reform Unit, Adviser’s commission / Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Office)
• support the Ministry of Finance on the following topics:
- support the efforts of the Ministry of Finance and the Customs department to facilitate the customs procedures to the private sector by reducing the work time to complete the customs documents and reduce the costs.
- support the efforts of the Ministry of Finance to develop the performance of public and private banks in the issues of loans granted to small and medium enterprises.
- support the Efforts of the Ministry of Finance to re-activate the work of free zones as a good platform for economic development and an outlet for the entry of foreign companies to the country.
• support the government to a monitoring system is established for investment projects of national interest.
• Support the Ministry of Planning in the field of monitoring the investment projects, as well as preparing a draft law on (PPP) partnership between the public and private sectors, and supporting the efforts of the staff responsible for preparing the yearly national development plan, the five-year plan and strategic national development plan through the participation of the staff in training courses, workshops and capacity building.
•Supporting local entities to invest in local investment projects.
•Supporting and developing the capacity of the Integrity Commission, and strengthening the control measures to combat corruption.
• support the ministry of trade in reviewing the issues:
a - a complex mechanism for registration of domestic and foreign companies with the Registrar of Companies
b - The weakness of the import and export system and its failure to cope with global economic development
• Monitoring and evaluation of the work of government and private banks in supporting small, medium and large projects and finding the best ways to overcome the old complex ways of financing those projects
• Open a dialogue between the public and private sectors in order to bring the views of the two sides closer to change the country's economy
• Supporting private sector companies in accessing the latest international technologies and the experiences of other countries in their fields with the possibility of holding meetings with their counterparts from companies in other countries.
• Working with relevant parties to improve the business and investment climate in Iraq.
• Coordination, cooperation and exchange of information with international organizations working in Iraq, which has working on similar projects of our organization projects such as (Usaid, Cipe, W. B, Donors, .... etc.).
• coordination and holding frequent meetings and visits to the National Investment Commission and the local investment commissions in order to find new ways to encourage investment in Iraq, and work to encourage the relevant parties to invest to reduce the procedures that hinder the facilitation of these measures in terms of reducing time and reduce costs and review some legislation in the investment law, Thus reducing the state of the bureaucracy and the lack of cooperation among those relevant parties.
• Reporting to the political client.
The tasks of the Department of Economic Relations are related to the formulation of the foreign economic policy of Iraq and to follow up the work of the joint committees and bilateral economic agreements linking Iraq with the rest of the world, as well as participating in global conferences and seminars and regional and international organizations in economic, trade and financial.my tasks in this department in below:
- Support foreign trade for the Iraqi private sector
- Follow-up the implementation of trade agreements between Iraq and the rest of the world
- Encourage and support foreign investment in Iraq through commercial departments abroad
- Submitting proposals and recommendations related to the foreign economic policy of Iraq
- Support and development of Iraqi exports to other countries and through promotion through commercial departments
- Strengthening the diplomatic and economic personality of the employees in this department
- Direct supervision of administrative affairs and human resources (HR) in all commercial departments.
One of my most important tasks as a commercial attaché in India as below:
- Consolidation and development of economic, financial and trade relations between Iraq and India
- Promote Iraqi products and find new markets for them
- Encourage foreign companies to take advantage of investment opportunities in Iraq
- Transferring the experiences of other countries to serve the Iraqi economy
- Participation in conferences, seminars and exhibitions held in that country
- Finding job opportunities for displaced Iraqis who are present in that country, especially in companies that have large commercial dealings with Iraq
- Responsible for the management of personnel in the commercial department, and the human resources available to accomplish tasks and duties
- Perform the work of the Accounts Manager in the Commercial Department through the organization of bank checks, follow-up the balances of the Commercial department with the Indian banks, organize and sign remittances from the Commercial department Account to Iraq, as well as receipt of remittances received from Iraq, organize the accounting records of the Section, and all financial matters. In the Commercial Section, the Commercial Attaché is the person responsible for accounting payments.
- Supervision, coordination and follow-up financial and administrative tasks for the selection of accountants and management staff to work in the commercial department.
- Conduct a review of financial transactions prior to approval on it in accordance with the powers granted to the commercial attaché.
- Prepare a report on the costs resulting from the work of the Commercial department and the possibility of reducing it in a way that does not affect its work, in addition to preparing a list of proposals related to the annual budget.
- the head of the Furniture and Assets Inventory Committee in the Commercial department, with the organization of annual inventory records.
- Training the accountants of the Commercial department on our approved accounting programs, with the possibility of benefiting from the accounting data in the management of accounting programs.
- Supervising the annual audits of the commercial department accounts and supporting the audit team.
- Preparation of studies and research on the development of the private sector
- Preparation of reports on ways to promote the Iraqi economy
- Analyze economic, financial and commercial data and give perceptions to the higher authorities
- To benefit from research and reports related to the economies of other countries
- A large number of reports and research have been submitted on the Iraqi economy, including addressing unemployment, addressing the problems of the private sector, contingency plans, and others.
- the head of the Inventory of Assets and Furniture committee Annual
- Determine the necessary quantities of foodstuffs to be provided to meet the monthly need of citizens
- Director for the spare parts and follow up the work of the import department.
- Provide the necessary Spare parts to maintain the work of equipment and trucks necessary in the work of warehouses and offices
- Responsible for the file of the memorandum of understanding (oil for food and medicine) with the WFP, to pursue justice in the distribution of rations.
- Deputy Head of the Iraqi delegation to liquidate the financial assets of the memorandum of understanding with the United Nations.
- Direct administration and supervision of the customs clearance offices at Trebil port border with Jordan for three years, Al Waleed port border with Syria two years, port of Umm Qasr port in Basra one year.
- Continuous daily coordination with the Office of International Observers (Cotecna and before Lloyd's) to implement the follow-up and monitoring of materials entering into Iraq related to the memorandum of understanding, and prepare daily reports accordingly.
- Verify all documents related to the goods received, and then stamped and signed.
- Monitor and evaluate the equitable distribution of goods to all Iraqi governorates according to the quotas prescribed for them in line with the population density.
- Member of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the World Food Program (WFP) to implement the Memorandum.
- Standardize monthly reports with WFP on the quantities shipped and the share of each governorate and ensure fair distribution.
- Assist WFP representatives (called geographers) by conducting monitoring and evaluation at warehouse locations in each governorate and checking warehouse statements of Quantities received / Quantities delivered to citizens.
- Member of the Central Committee of the Memorandum of Understanding (oil for food and medicine) responsible for the transfer of the value amount of 13% of the Government of Kurdistan to the general budget of the country.
- Direct supervision of warehouses
- Follow up and check the receipt of goods in good condition
- Ensure that the documents accompanying the shipments are correct
- Coordination with the competent medical authorities to ensure the safety of warehouses from pests as well as ensuring good hygiene and ventilation
- Ensure the safety of goods upon receipt of damage and refilling of shredders
- Issuance of receipt documents with signature and seal
- Conduct inventories in accordance with the deadlines as well as a sudden inventory when needed
- Putting explanatory cards for each stack of goods indicating the name, type and size of the material.
- Organization of official records of the movement of the balance in the warehouse by type of material.
- Confirmation of the permeability of the material to avoid the expiry of the material.
- Prepare checks
- Follow up the company's balance with banks
- Conducting calculations (entries, statements, schedules, financial settlements, financial transfers, etc.)
- Organizing the accounts records and maintaining them on a daily basis
- Check the balance on a daily basis before granting approval for disbursement
- Conducting transfers between accounts when needed.
- Work on the general ledger.
- Record daily calculations according to the unified accounting system of the Ministry of Finance
- Completion of annual accounts statements before the end of the fiscal year .... and other accounting and financial work.
- Member of the annual inventory committees for furniture and assets.
- Auditing all accounting and financial transactions.
- Auditing the financial statements of the Ministry's accounts with banks
- Checking the arithmetic records and recording the daily arithmetic data
- Monitoring the state of storage of goods in warehouses in terms of the date of validity and the extent of the safety of storage.
- Checking the inventory statements of all the ministry's assets such as goods, equipment, machinery, furniture, etc.
- Checking the salaries and expenses of the Ministry's employees to ensure fairness in the salaries granted.
- Many other monitoring and auditing work.
- Member of the annual inventory committees for furniture and assets.
The study included everything related to economic, financial and commercial issues, as well as a study of all international economic ideas and schools