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On Wednesday, the 2^nd of August 2, 2023, Erbil Polytechnic University, German organization (GIZ) and Westga (Station) Institution for Administration and Education of Iraqi and Kurdistan Youth organized a meeting entitled (Strengthening the Economic Position of Women in the Private Sector) in the Presidency of the Erbil Polytechnic University.

In the meeting where the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, the Deans of the Erbil Technical Engineering College, the Erbil Technical Administrative Institute, the Mergasor Institute, the representative of the German Embassy in Baghdad, the General Secretary of the Higher Council of Women and several directors of our university were present several speeches were delivered.

At the beginning, Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato presented the Rector’s statement in which he welcomed the participants and expressed the university’s pleasure to join and host the meeting, and pointed out that women the Kurdish society and in the political and social history of Kurdistan had a special role Motherhood and child rearing also directly and indirectly supported the Peshmerga struggle and the revolutions.

“Along with the government’s plan and strategy to protect the position of women in society in general and in the country institutions in particular, our university has paid attention to this field and in this context, some of the positions of our university are held by women and we have given them all kinds of support for their success and we will continue with the same view in the future.”

“With the progress of society and providing job opportunities for women, our university is working with a comprehensive plan to provide job opportunities for our graduates. So far, in collaboration with private sector companies, some of our graduates have been provided with job opportunities.”

After the speeches of the representative of the German Embassy in Baghdad and the Secretary of the Higher Council of Women, the panel discussed the role of women in economic development and their participation in all spheres of life and how to empower women to work and become independent in the public and private sectors and change some laws and regulations in the interests of women.

Then, the door of discussion was opened for the participants to express their questions, comments and suggestions and they had an intensive and productive discussion and the meeting ended.

On Monday, the 31 of July, 2023, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato, the Director of the International Relations Office Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, and Dr. Sarsam Khalil, the General Registry Director received our university students who had visited the Sultanate of Oman for summer internship.

In the interview with the Presidency of our university, the participants were asked to talk about their trip. The students mentioned that they gave seminars there and talked about the Kurdish leaders and culture of the Kurdistan Region to a large part of the people of the country.  Furthermore, they said their trip was successful and they enjoyed. They  hoped such trips will continue in the upcoming years.

In the presence of Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education and Mr. Kovan Omar, the Director of the Career Development Center Department, the Dean of Erbil Technology College, the Dean of the Erbil Technical Engineering, and the Dean of the Erbil Administration College, a three-day workshop for college students was held by The Station (Al-Mahata) Foundation.

The program was dedicated to prepare trainers and providing training to youth in the field of Business Building that is funded by the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and sponsored by the Korek Telecommunication Company, and implemented by the Station Foundation in which 160 students were participated.

At the end of the workshop, certificates were awarded to the participants by the Station Foundation in collaboration with GIZ and the Korek Telecommunication Company.

On July 24, 2023, as an active participant in the project managed by WFP and UNICEF, two teachers of the Erbil Polytechnic University participated in a workshop called (TOT) on developing the skills of youth and students in the community (Life Skills), which lasted for three days in Sulaimaniya at the Titanic Hotel.

This workshop is a part of the #Jassur (Bridge) program run by WFP and UNICEF to develop youth skills at the university level in Iraq and Kurdistan.

The academic staff from the Erbil Polytechnic University and several other universities participated in this workshop in order to train teachers to further develop the skills of students and youth in Kurdistan and Iraq.