Infrastructure & Finance news in South Kurdistan

[alan131210]

15/09/2011

Erbil, Sep. 15 (AKnews) - British companies are eager to invest in the Kurdistan Region.

The British Deputy Consul General, Bernadin Greene, announced that the majority of British companies that come to the Erbil International Fair next week, will pay their first visit to the Kurdistan Region.

"15 British companies specialized in the field of construction will participate in the Erbil International Fair and 13 of them come to Kurdistan for the first time," Greene said.

Bernadin Greene told AKnews, "Britain gives great importance to the Kurdistan region and wants to participate in its construction so we encourage British companies to come to the region and invest in it."

Previous visits of British companies have paid off, according to Greene. Most of the 30 British companies that took part in last year's fair have opened branches in the Region, Greene said.

"PROJECT IRAQ 2011" the 4th International Trade Exhibition for Construction Technology, Building Materials and Equipment takes places in Erbil, starting September 19.

Reported by Riben Hasan

AKnews.com

[alan131210]

Kurdistan importers and exporters Federation signed a cooperation agreement with Italian Veneto chambers of commerce and industry federation, while an Italian source disclosed inviting representatives from 500 Kurdish companies.

In a press conference in Erbil, attended by News, head of Kurdistan federation said that the region has about 6000 companies.

The Italian delegation praised the developments made in Kurdistan region.

Iraqi-Italian relations are on progress following the exchange of visits, as well as the relations with Kurdistan region, which witnessed the opening an Italian consulate in Erbil.

The Kurdistan-Italian Economic Forum was opened Monday with the participation of 40 Italian companies.

Volume trade between the two countries reaches 650 million dollars, with over 600 Italian companies working in Iraq.

[alan131210]

Pukmedia.com

Agricultural minister Jamil Haydar announced today that a Brazilian company is currently working on constructing a Sugar producing factory. he stated that 600m2 of land has been allocated for the project .
he also said that an Italian company is working on olive producing factory in a new future.

http://www.pukmedia.com

[Kulka]

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[alan131210]

Maybe i can get a job then - i am already experienced in factory working (close to sugar, coz its chocolate factory ) - i am good at QC job.

get in contact with them kulka !!??

[alan131210]

2.10.2011

During a recent visit by PUK to China , the delegation met with CNBM executive and they invited to company to come to kurdistan for work opportunities in return the executive accepted the offer .
they are one of the biggest cement , building facilities and engineering companies in the work .

source: knwe.org

[talsor]

zor supas heval Alan for maintaining this thread , great job and great news as always .

[Kulka]

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[alan131210]

zor supas heval Alan for maintaining this thread , great job and great news as always .

you are more than welcomed i will keep these threads alive so we kurds abroad know whats going on back home, there will be a time when we will all meet in a cafe sit down and have a laugh , bki kurdistan .

First i have to speak kurdish like a normal human, then i will think about job in Kurdistan

it will take you prob 1 year to be fluent if you live there , its the easiest way i think plus you have some basic knowledge already

[alan131210]

Samir Abdulla , municipality minster told aknews that "currently a Canadian company has signed a contract with Erbil to build 2 recycling factories in Erbil and there are several companies that are trying to sign contracts with KRG to build more of them" . he explained "they will take the rubbish and produce electricity out of it which will be supplied to KRG for free by the company." . he told aknews after 10 years the factories will fall under KRG's ownership.

he said "14 more of these recycling factories will be built across KRG , 5 in Erbil 5 in Suli and 4 in Duhok and complete cost of the project is undertaking by the companies building them.

[alan131210]

12/09/2011

Erbil, Sept. 12 (AKnews) - Kurdistan Region and Jordan vowed Monday to cooperate and deepen bilateral economic relations.

The two sides signed in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan Region, seven memorandums of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the fields of agriculture, health, transport, planning, and trade.

The MoUs were signed by respective ministries of both sides in the presence of the Jordanian and Kuridsh Prime Ministers.

Kurdish officials are seeking to attract Jordanian investment to the semi-autonomous region to boos their economy. The opening of the Jordanian consulate in Erbil today is believed to greatly contribute to increasing the volume of trade exchange volume between Kurdistan Region and Jordan.

Kurdistan Region's minister of trade Sinan Chalabi expected today that the number of Jordanian companies working in the region will double by the end of the year from current 50 to 100.

He said some of the Jordanian businessmen and investors accompanying the Jordanian Prime Minister have already showed willingness to work in Kurdistan in the future.

The Jordanian delegation arrived in Erbil on Sunday headed by the Prime Minister. The delegation included a number of the country's ministers as well as government officials and businessmen.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/261541/

[alan131210]

09/09/2011

Erbil, Sept.9 (AKnews)- Next week a 48-bed governmental cardiac surgery center will be opened in Dohuk, an official from the Iraqi Kurdistan region said today.

Taher Hawrami, health minister, told AKnews the construction of the new center, first of its kind for Dohuk province, cost Kurdistan regional government 10.5 billion Iraqi Dinar (approx US$8.925 million).

There are two other cardiac surgery centers in Sulaimaniya and Erbil, the other provinces of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Daily two surgeries will be done in the new center, along with 10 balloon catheterizations.

Asked about the surgical expenses for the patients, Mr. Hawrami said compared to the previous years government has reduced the cost four times.

Before the patients from across Kurdistan had to pay 12m ID (US$ 10,000) but now all over the region it is only 3m ID (US$2,500). The minister added charity medical organizations have also promised to introduce experts to the new center.

Ministry figures show there are over 5,000 heart patients in Kurdistan.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/260964/

[Kulka]

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[alan131210]

2011-10-03

The foundation stone was laid on Monday for a 200-bed maternity hospital with an estimated cost of 27 billion Iraqi Dinar in Erbil.

The foundation stone was laid in a ceremony attended by KRG minister for health.

Erbil governor, Nawzad Hadi, said the hospital, which will be built on Erbil-Kasnazan road, was necessary for that area and it would reduce the crowding in the maternity hospital based in central Erbil.

PUKmedia.com

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Erbil, Oct. 4 (AKnews) - Only two weeks after the last Kurdish-Italian business conference, the Italians are back in town for a new round of talks.

Since yesterday, Italian and Kurdish businessmen are attending a conference, as always, in Erbil's Rotana Hotel

Again, Sinan Chalabi, minister for commerce and industry in the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG), and Jamil Suleiman, KRG's minister for agriculture and water resources, met with representatives of 55 companies. This time, Italy's Economic Development Minister, Paolo Romani, was also present.

It was no surprise that the participants promised to boost bilateral economic relations, as it was announced by Fathi Mohammed, advisor at the Kurdish Commerce and Industry Ministry. Also, the participants vowed again to attract more Italian companies to Kurdistan and to offer them opportunities in the region.

Observers are confused, why Italian and Kurdish businessmen have to meet that often to "strengthen relations" and to promise more investment. Last month, both sides even signed two memoranda of understanding on that issue at the alleged first economic conference. Back then, everything that had been done seemed to be enough.

"We hope that now more Italian companies come and do business in the Kurdistan region, because this region offers many opportunities for foreign investors," said Sinan Chalabi in September.

And Antonio Pawetti, deputy head of the Italian Chamber of Commerce, had been confident that the agreements would increase the trade exchange volume between Italy and Kurdistan and Iraq.

"Italy already has the biggest trade volume of all European countries with the Kurdistan Region and Iraq," Mr Pawetti claimed. "We also like to assist Iraq and the Kurdistan region in the areas of agriculture and health."

It seems, as if Kurds and Italians like these announcements, even if concrete deals are missing or never made public. When the conference in September was announced, promises were made that Italian businessmen want to open branches in the Kurdistan Region. "The Italians want to open branches in the Kurdistan Region," Dara Jalil Khayat, head of Kurdistan Region’s Commerce Chamber, had said. During or after the conference, there were no announcements of concrete deals that were made.

After all these Kurdish-Italian economic conferences, even the officials seem to be confused. Khayat claimed that the conference in September was the first of its kind between Kurdistan and Italy. However, Khayat had already announced a very similar "Kurdish-Italian Trade Conference" in Erbil in early June.

By Fryad Mohammed

LH/CU/AKnews