March 1, 2022 - Erbil Polytechnic University

On Tuesday 1^st of March 2022, Erbil Polytechnic University introduced EPU Youth Mappers Chapter Program at the EPU Presidency Celebration Hall. Our university Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani, the Higher Education and Scientific Research Ministry Consultants Dr. Sabah and Dr. Amir, the EPU Council Members, Experts, and Lecturers attended this event.

The university Rector explained this program and its establishment background for the participants at the beginning of the ceremony and welcomed them for participating in the program introduction. He said, “Youth Mappers consists of many Students, Researchers, and lecturers who use available technology and general data to determine and introduce the obstacles that face any country development. In the whole world, university students actively join a program available for all people, called the OSM platform. The students digitize a map of where they live to benefit their community.

The primary purpose of opening this chapter in the Erbil Polytechnic University is to develop and build our youth capacity to lead and develop our country through a mapping.

Later, Engineer Mohammed Faisal delivered a seminar. He talked about how those students of Erbil Polytechnic University work on this program. He clarified the program’s goal and benefits in general for Kurdistan and experts, governmental and non-governmental institutions, private sectors, and citizens. He also spoke about recent Erbil City disasters that caused several damages because of floods and constant raining. He also talked about avoiding such catastrophes, pre regulations and procedures to prevent them, and the factors of these natural events.

Then, the university Rector rewarded the active students of this program. Later, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research consultants offered the Honorary Certificate to the lecturers and students.

EPU Youth Mappers Students Chapter consists of several EPU students who work throughout the world to support humanity through digitizing a map of their places where they face disasters because of nature or man-made tragedies to help and support citizens by humanitarian sanitation and facilitation. This step will be a support for governmental and non-governmental establishments and humanitarian organizations.

The Director of Youth mappers and a Co-Founder of the network Dr. Patricia Solis congratulated the Erbil Polytechnic University for creating the Youth-Mappers chapter and welcomed them to join more than 300 youth net groups and campuses in 65 countries around the world, which can make a big difference by mapping their world. She also said that we would support the EPU Youth Mappers to benefit from the other students’ inspiration around the network. To know more information about this network, you can visit this link.

On Tuesday 1^st of March 20022 at 03:00 PM, Erbil Polytechnic University arranged a seminar “Barzani, Immortal as a Leader in the Twenty’s Century” for the Author and Journalist Mr. Dlshad Wasani in the Celebration Hall of the EPU presidency.

In this session, the University Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Sherwani, the Cultural and political Consultant of Mr. Masud Barzani, the Head of Aso Zanko Sector Mr. Lawand Dizayi, the Head of Ainda Sector Mr. Kwan Qasab, the General Director of the Cultural Ministry, Mr. Halgurd Jundyani, several University Council Members, lecturers, and students were present.

The EPU presidency arranged this seminar for the 43^rd anniversary of president Mullah Mustafa Barzani. At the beginning of the event, the University Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani presented a speech where he welcomed the panelists, guests, and governmental and party’s official members.

Then, the panelists started presenting the seminar, and Mr. Dlshad Wasani talked about the early life period of Mullah Mustafa Barzani. He spoke about Barzani’s role in the 1931-1932 revolutions to defend Mergasur and Sherwan Centers.

He talked about the establishment of the Mahabad Republic as they appointed Mullah Mustafa Barzani as an Army General in the Kurdistan Republic. He also mentioned the post- Mahabad Republic when Barzani and his accompanied group went together to the past Soviet Union and received them as glow and victory symbols by people.

Mr. Dilshad Wasani spoke about the Aylul (September) Revolution in which Mullah Mustafa Barani announced against the Baghdad Authority and continued till the 11^th of March 1970. Aylul Revolution led by Barzani obliged the Iraq regime to negotiate and agree on March 1970 Agreement. According to this agreement, the Kurdish People will share governing Iraq, and for the first time, the Kurdish Language became a formal language. Furthermore, Autonomy System was implemented in Kurdistan; accordingly, Kurdish People would govern themselves in their region.

Later, Mr. Wasani mentioned many historical events in which Barzani symbolized peace and fairness among the minority with different religions. He was surrounded by many official people who were not Muslim and Kurdish.

A part of this session was dedicated to attendees’ees’ discussions and questions which the panelist responded.

At the end, his Excellency our university Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Aboulkareem Sherwani expressed his appreciation and gratitude towards Mr. Dilshad Wasani and offered him the EPU Placket.