Tatweer’s partnership with the U.S. Army teaches ministry officials advanced use of Information Technology
12 Nov 2008
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The once restive Anbar province is now seeing the hustle of busy streets and people walking everywhere, but the best sight of all is Anbar’s Provincial Government Center open for business.
Not too long ago the downtown lay in ruins. The Anbar Provincial Government Center was the only building standing and the Americans were holding onto it at all cost. Surrounding the Center was nothing but destruction; the streets, buildings and cars, were reduced to rubble. Ramadi looked like Dresden with insurgents attacking every day.
This day in September 2008 was particularly special; in the Governor's compound a class of mid and senior level managers were receiving their certificates for completing an advanced level information technology class taught by the USAID-funded Tatweer project. The members of the class were part of the Technical Affairs Division for the Governor of the province.
Atia Moor, Tatweer's regional advisor, started discussions with the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Anbar about collaborating on training. As a result, an IT course was created for twenty Government of Iraq (GoI) employees. “Although this course is not the first of Tatweer activities in Anbar, it certainly marks the first collaborated effort with the PRT in Ramadi to assist Iraqis,” said Moor. “Tatweer partnership with the PRT and the GoI departments is meant to empower Iraqis at the middle management level and initiate sustainability.”
Tatweer (Arabic for development) is part of the United States Government’s program to “build the capacity of key Iraqi ministries to deliver core services.” The Tatweer project provides comprehensive assistance to critical Iraqi ministries and offices delivering services to the Iraqi people. Tatweer helps the Government of Iraq rebuild its civil service as part of a general U.S. commitment to a strong, independent Iraqi government providing its people with food, medicine, power and a better future.
Specifically, the IT course marks a successful partnership with the G9 – the Civil Affairs division of the U.S. military in Ramadi. It is another example of how the U.S. military and Tatweer share a common objective and complement each other. In February, 2007, 5th Battalion, 10th Marines, an artillery battalion based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, deployed to Iraq after retraining and reorganizing to take over the Civil Affairs mission in Al Anbar Province – the G9.
While the G9 assisted several GoI departments procure and install nineteen new computers, Tatweer provided the technical assistance to the recipients of those sets through the provision of a ten day computer course. The training provided twenty GoI employees with a new learning opportunity through which they would improve performances on the job. The course was held at the governor's compound.
Lt. Colonel Rick Pauley, collaborating with Tatweer, is responsible for mentoring the provincial government in components of project management. “Never before has Iraq, across the board, planned and managed a project from cradle to grave or kept records,” he said. “We are teaching them how to put projects in a database from the beginning, to automate and create data points that will be useful to them.”
Raja Al Ekaby is with Tatweer and based in Mosul, she was in Anbar to help facilitate the workshop. “This is wonderful, the people taking the class are very enthusiastic about the skills they have learned,” she said. “In fact they have been saying they want a more advanced class, they would like a class in website design to help them design a site for the office of the Governor.
The PRTs are important tools in helping Iraq achieve economic and political stabilization by bolstering moderates, promoting reconciliation, fostering economic development and building provincial capacity. They do this by assisting provincial and local governments to deliver essential needs like schools, roads and sewage and water services. A major focus is to build local and regional capacity in governance.
The once restive Anbar province is now seeing the hustle of busy streets and people walking everywhere, but the best sight of all is Anbar’s Provincial Government Center open for business.
Not too long ago the downtown lay in ruins. The Anbar Provincial Government Center was the only building standing and the Americans were holding onto it at all cost. Surrounding the Center was nothing but destruction; the streets, buildings and cars, were reduced to rubble. Ramadi looked like Dresden with insurgents attacking every day.
This day in September 2008 was particularly special; in the Governor's compound a class of mid and senior level managers were receiving their certificates for completing an advanced level information technology class taught by the USAID-funded Tatweer project. The members of the class were part of the Technical Affairs Division for the Governor of the province.
Atia Moor, Tatweer's regional advisor, started discussions with the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Anbar about collaborating on training. As a result, an IT course was created for twenty Government of Iraq (GoI) employees. “Although this course is not the first of Tatweer activities in Anbar, it certainly marks the first collaborated effort with the PRT in Ramadi to assist Iraqis,” said Moor. “Tatweer partnership with the PRT and the GoI departments is meant to empower Iraqis at the middle management level and initiate sustainability.”
Tatweer (Arabic for development) is part of the United States Government’s program to “build the capacity of key Iraqi ministries to deliver core services.” The Tatweer project provides comprehensive assistance to critical Iraqi ministries and offices delivering services to the Iraqi people. Tatweer helps the Government of Iraq rebuild its civil service as part of a general U.S. commitment to a strong, independent Iraqi government providing its people with food, medicine, power and a better future.
Specifically, the IT course marks a successful partnership with the G9 – the Civil Affairs division of the U.S. military in Ramadi. It is another example of how the U.S. military and Tatweer share a common objective and complement each other. In February, 2007, 5th Battalion, 10th Marines, an artillery battalion based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, deployed to Iraq after retraining and reorganizing to take over the Civil Affairs mission in Al Anbar Province – the G9.
While the G9 assisted several GoI departments procure and install nineteen new computers, Tatweer provided the technical assistance to the recipients of those sets through the provision of a ten day computer course. The training provided twenty GoI employees with a new learning opportunity through which they would improve performances on the job. The course was held at the governor's compound.
Lt. Colonel Rick Pauley, collaborating with Tatweer, is responsible for mentoring the provincial government in components of project management. “Never before has Iraq, across the board, planned and managed a project from cradle to grave or kept records,” he said. “We are teaching them how to put projects in a database from the beginning, to automate and create data points that will be useful to them.”
Raja Al Ekaby is with Tatweer and based in Mosul, she was in Anbar to help facilitate the workshop. “This is wonderful, the people taking the class are very enthusiastic about the skills they have learned,” she said. “In fact they have been saying they want a more advanced class, they would like a class in website design to help them design a site for the office of the Governor.
The PRTs are important tools in helping Iraq achieve economic and political stabilization by bolstering moderates, promoting reconciliation, fostering economic development and building provincial capacity. They do this by assisting provincial and local governments to deliver essential needs like schools, roads and sewage and water services. A major focus is to build local and regional capacity in governance.
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