Visiting American USAID Organization Economic / Iraq Mission Delegation Holds Bilateral Meetings with IBC Members

The visiting USAID economic delegation that included a number of economic specialists in the USAID economic Section; Mr. Georges Fadhil, Ms. Ann Bernier and Ms. Rana Abbas held on January 28th – 29th, 2018 bilateral meetings with IBC members to identify the most important challenges that encounter the Iraqi private sector, the facilities provided by the Iraqi government to attract investors and the mechanism for business environment development for the purpose of issuing the USAID report on economic growth in Iraq, which the USAID would provide IBC with once issued.

During its visit, the delegation met with IBC Vice Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji who spoke of IBC participation in the work teams implementing the Iraqi private sector strategies (2014 – 2030) and the role of IBC as a consultant to a number of economic organizations including the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

IBC Board members; Mr. Turkey Al-Qaisi and Mr. Mekki Al-Faiz, IBC members; Mrs. Hadeel Hassan, representatives of IBC companies: Mr. Ibrahim Al-Safi, Mr. Usama Al-Safi (representatives of Al-Safi Group), Mr. Alaa Omar and Mr. Muhammad Al-Absi (representative of ABB) and IBC CEO participated in the meetings.