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Government reforms to Dr. Haidar al-Abbadi (an objective presentation of the achievements and challenges)

Pages for the reform steps in the government Abadi, prepared by an ad hoc committee followed these steps since its inception derived from official sources, and studies and research centers, they are not an official document, although they are based on sources in most cases.

 Such an approach in the presentation of the challenges and achievements of more than a year of the reign of Iraq's primary purpose is to get closer to the objective approach in the assessment, away from the harassment and hostility, or Altazoiq
And exaggeration.

First: the ministerial crisis cell: In order to speed up the decision-making related to advancing the economic development and improve corporate performance

Minutes of the Council's decisions (1)

1. According to Article 34 of the federal budget for the year 2015 Act and the basis of the request from the Oil Minister to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, I got the approval of the bond issue forward to the dollar to reimburse oil companies operating in the country are directly or sold to the public and banks for the purpose of the same, the amount of five billion dollars in Iraqi dinars are purchased at a reasonable price payable after one year from the date of issuance of the bond.

2. In order to activate the economic activity of the different sectors, and to ensure the completion of ongoing projects, take the necessary measures to secure the amount of measures (500) billion Iraqi dinars, to pay payable dues of those projects, and the Ministry of Planning to provide revealed that in coordination with the ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry within a period of a week .

 To take into account the payment of dues to the following criteria:

a. The project will provide job opportunities to reduce unemployment.

B. The financial and physical achievement high proportion of the project.

C. To be an important project for the country's economy.

3. emphasis on resolving the pay fundamentalist crowd popular owed salaries, as well as employees of the ministries and the provinces of Anbar, Salahuddin and Nineveh salaries in accordance with the auditing rules adopted by the Ministry of Finance.


Minutes of the decisions of the Council (2)

1. Secure the amount of two trillion dinars to reimburse contractors for ongoing projects, and holds the ministries of planning and finance execute it.

2. Work on the adoption of other ways to pay for the completion of the payment of dues, including the guarantees offered by banks and contractors, or postpaid, or convert some of the projects to investment projects, and holds the Ministries of Planning and Finance and the Central Bank of Iraq to provide their recommendations.

3. allocation of two hundred and fifty billion dinars to the province of Basra to examine the crisis cell provincial finance successively in the light of the ongoing follow-up of government revenues.

 Minutes of the Council's resolutions No. (3)

1. The Minister of Finance asking what were traded during the meeting on the Kurdistan Regional Government in preparation for the session of talks between the administrations of the oil agreement contained in the general budget for the year 2015 in both the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to address the problems list.

2. Approval of the proposal to delete the CBI ratio of 8 percent, which represents customs duties and tax income from remittances.

3. Preparation of a study of the possibility of adopting the principle of the customs tax are met on the basis of the container (Alkontinr) and to ensure the feasibility of this approach.

4. Authorize the Central Bank of the subject of the local dollar bills in favor of the Ministry of Finance Management.

5. Secure the amount trillion dinars for the direct payment of financial dues to contractors under the tables prepared by the Ministry of Planning.

Minutes of the Council's resolutions No. (4)

1. study the possibility of adopting the principle of a tax on allowances except for marital allocations and children, and to adopt a start at half the real taxes and continue to work out gradually until it reaches the threshold required for the appropriate period of time.

2. that Mr. oil minister paid a visit to the Kurdistan region to discuss the issue of commitment to the Convention on the oil delivery, receipt of financial benefits for the region.

3. directive not to enter into contracts through the port of Ceyhan, but as far up to the reservoirs.

4. the Ministry of Finance to begin issuing national bonds as of the month of September 2015 of $ 500 trillion dinars as a down payment and work to adopt them as collateral it may be traded. As well as the issuance of treasury transfers to secure the liquidity necessary, so as to ensure the activation of the development process.

5. approve the recommendation of the Economic Committee on the proposals of the Ministry of Planning with regard to addressing the investment plan, including the benefits of projects and letters of credit problems.

6. The Ministry of Planning Select postpaid projects in light of the National Development Plan (2013-2017) and the priorities of the provinces.

Minutes of the Council's resolutions No. (5)

1. The Ministry of Electricity scrutiny allocations deposited with the Trade Bank of Iraq, and the possibility to take advantage of the ones that do not take advantage of them in the financing of investment projects, after they returned to the Ministry of Finance and re-allocated to the Ministry of Electricity fundamentalist.

2. If you can not take advantage of what is stated in paragraph (1) at the top, can be public companies affiliated to the Ministry of Electricity borrowing from Industrial Bank.

3. Due to the delay of the loan committee formed under it Diwani No. (51) for the year 2015 in the completion of tasks in the development and distribution terms for loans and follow up its implementation by banks and stakeholders identified by the customs clearance two weeks from the date of issuance of the order mechanisms, confirms the crisis cell on the rapid completion of the Commission for its work and submit its final report.

4. In order to organize and activate the collection of the electricity sector, provide the Ministry of Electricity in coordination with the Office of the Prime Minister as soon as the study of assigning the task of collection mixed company (public and private) and the adoption of efficient and modern ways.

5. Support of electricity production plants equipped with fuel (black oil and raw).

6. Secure the amount of 117 billion dinars to cover the employees of the Ministry of Defense salaries dues for the months of June and July.

7. financing the Department of Defense of $ 400 billion dinars for the remainder of 2015 for months to secure its members' salaries coverage.

Minutes of the Council's resolutions No. (6)

1. approve the lending program, which is funded by the Central Bank of Iraq at $ 5 trillion dinars distributed evenly between industry and agriculture and housing sectors and immediately proceed to implementation under the committee's findings.

 That seen those ratios in the light of the success of the sectors mentioned in the investment of the amounts allocated to them.

2. Adopt the exchange rate 1180 dinars per dollar in the calculation of the general budget for the year 2016 estimates.

3. Re stomach paper on the implementation of projects delayed by the Order of the committee formed for this purpose and submit it at a meeting of the crisis cell next review.

Second: the restructuring of ministries

Implementation of the package of reforms ordered by the President of the Council of Ministers and adopted by the government.

 He worked General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and in coordination with the Office of the Prime Minister to form a ministerial committees to review the organizational structures of the ministries of all, taking into consideration the basic tasks for each ministry.

It was formed (14) fourteen committee headed by two General Managers of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and the advisory board and the membership of general managers in the relevant ministry, in addition to representatives from the Office of Financial Supervision and the Ministry of Planning have undertaken a review of the laws governing the work of ministries and basic functions held each committee several meetings and in consultation with the concerned minister and the endorsement of the final recommendations of the Committee, where these committees worked on the review of the organizational structures of the ministries of the following: (financial, Displacement and migration, transportation, water resources, trade, communications, power, oil, industry, foreign affairs, agriculture, youth, labor issues social), these committees have submitted its final recommendations, except the relevant committee to review the organizational structure of the Ministry of oil, where still work due to preoccupation with the minister.

The table below a summary of the recommendations of the working at the level of ministries, committees and above as follows:


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