Signed an agreement with the United Nations to monitor the implementation of the Japanese loan

09/01/2013 12:35 am

Baghdad morning
and signed the Japanese Agency for International Cooperation and the UNDP United Nations under the supervision of the advisers to the prime minister's office Broccola to monitor the implementation of cooperative projects Japanese loan to Iraq of more than $ 4 billion spread over 19 projects across the country.

said head of the advisers in the Prime Minister's Office Engineer Thamer Ghadban during a speech on the sidelines of the signing ceremony in the presence of a limited number of media, including the "morning" The renewal of the signing of the Convention on the control of UNDP UN Japanese loan projects, which exceeded four billion dollars is something very important to provide better services to citizens throughout the country.

, adding that the projects implemented under the Japanese loan included several axes as oil-related energy sector, electricity and industry as well as interest in infrastructure projects, noting that loan projects included all provinces, including Kurdistan, adding that 15 projects are currently being implemented and that the four other projects have not are initiated because of the referral to the Council of Representatives for approval, but that the latter did not approve of it so far. pointed out that projects that have not been initiated concerning the reconstruction of the health sector, which has allocated $ 126 million and projects private communications and allocated $ 144 million to the Baiji refinery development project, which has allocated $ 33 million project to develop the Basra refinery, which has allocated $ 523 million urging the House of Representatives to ratify these vital projects to proceed implemented as soon as possible.

Ghadban stressed that the Japanese loan made ​​more generous of the Government and people of Japan to the Government and people of Iraq to activate projects related to the protection of the citizen and the most important services. between the advisers and the coordination with the Ministries of Planning and Finance deliberately every now and then to monitor the projects that are implemented and 15 projects amounting to focus on choosing the best project managers first three mattresses and you Bmkavothm Besides, the Commission held with the Japanese Agency for International Cooperation and Development Programme United Mahdh and that was have a significant role to monitor the implementation of projects and solutions for projects that suffer from lag.

For its part confirmed UNDP representative of the UN Jacqueline PTC program that works to monitor the implementation of projects for Japanese loan emphasizing the organization's commitment to international support Iraq in coordination with all the parties and the need to speed up the implementation of projects.

As the representative of the Japanese Agency for International Cooperation "JICA" said the Japanese side is committed to supporting the Iraqi government through this loan and work on the development of infrastructure projects and the development of capabilities Iraqis in project management.

mention that the 15 projects being implemented now included all provinces, including Kurdistan as improvement project includes the provision of water in the Kurdistan region, which has allocated $ 303 million reconstruction project the electricity sector in the province, which has allocated $ 14.7 million project to build hydroelectric Derlok station in the region of $ 165 million, in addition to the water sector project in central and western Iraq, which has been allocated $ 401 million project to build station Electricity crutch gaseous $ 287 million reconstruction project roads and bridges Samawa $ 30 million project to improve water processing Basra $ 370 million and the rehabilitation of a fertilizer factory project Khor Al-Zubair $ 156 million and the project re- Emaar export facilities with crude oil at $ 432 million and the project rehabilitation of the port sector in the amount of $ 272 million and Basra refinery development project engineering services in the amount of $ 18 million rehabilitation project Musayyib thermal station in the amount of $ 331 million and the project improve sewage facilities Baghdad $ 19 million reconstruction project the electricity sector in the amount of $ 281 million of the latest project for the development of the irrigation sector in the amount of $ 86 million.