Dutch Companies to invest in the Kurdistan Region
Erbil, 4/29/2012 – Dr. Ali Sindi, Minister of Planning of the Kurdistan Regional Government, received Mr. Jeroen Roodenburg, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Iraq. During a meeting, the Dutch ambassador expressed his happiness to visit Kurdistan and stated that an office of the Dutch Embassy would be opened in Erbil soon. He added that this step would consolidate the bilateral relations between the Kurdistan Region and Netherlands in various fields, which would encourage an ...
JICA to expand its Activities in Kurdistan
Erbil, 22 April 2012 – H.E. Dr. Ali Sindi, KRG Minister of Planning, received Mr. Takema Sakamoto, chief representative of JICA in Iraq and his accompanied delegation. The meeting discussed JICA's strong willingness to expand its activities in the Kurdistan Region to implement more projects, and strengthen the relationships between the Kurdistan Region and Japan at all levels. Currently, in coordination with the Ministry of Planning and other line ministries of the Kurdistan Regional G ...
Minister of Planning and UK Ambassador Discuss Latest ...
Erbil, 22 April 2012 – H.E. Dr. Ali Sindi, KRG Minister of Planning, received Mr. Michael Aron, the UK Ambassador to Iraq, Chris Bowers, the UK Consul General, and their accompanied delegation. In a meeting, they discussed the current situation in Iraq in general and the Kurdistan Region in particular, and the developments the region has witnessed recently. The two sides further discussed ways to develop bilateral relations between the Region and the United Kingdom at all levels, especia ...
Minister of Planning and WFP Discuss Implementation of Strategic ...
17 April 2012, Erbil – HE Dr. Ali Sindi, Minister of Planning of the Kurdistan Regional Government, received Mr. Edward Kallon, Representative and Country Director for the World Food Programme in Iraq, and the accompanying delegation. At the beginning, Minister of Planning appreciated the role of the United Nations agencies in the ongoing cooperation with the KRG in order to achieve vital projects in various fields in the Region. Later, the two sides discussed Iraq’s situat ...
Minister of Planning and WHO Discuss the Development of Health ...
16 April 2012, Erbil - H.E. Dr. Ali Sindi, KRG Minister of Planning, received Dr. Said Jaafar Hussein, Head of WHO’s Iraq Office, and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, the health situation in the Kurdistan Region and ways to improve it was discussed. This, of course will be achieved by providing better services to keep pace with those provided in the developed countries. They highlighted the primary health care project and the mechanism of activating it by opening special c ...
Ministry Events
Regional Employees Capacity Development Program
Spotlights: Facts Sheets
Int’l Training and Scholarship
In order to systematically organize participation of the government employees in the international training opportunities, in 2006 KRG mandated Directorate General for Development Coordination and Cooperation (DCC) within Ministry of Planning (MoP) to oversee the process. Now, DCC attempts in collaboration with the international agencies to provide training opportunities for KRG employees. Participation in any training course will require the nominees to go through a qualification test for which some criteria have been identified by DCC and the organization that provide the training program.
Regional Employees Capacity Development Project

Announcing the scholarship places for Ministries:
Ministry of Interior: 70 scholarship places
Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism: 60 scholarship places
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources: 60 scholarship places
Ministry of Education: 220 Scholarship places
Ministry of Health: 120 Scholarship places
Notes: please wait for other Ministries.
The preliminary results of the candidates of the RECDP Round 2
The preliminary results of the candidates of the Regional Employees Capacity Development Program – Round 2
| 1 | Kurdistan Region Presidency | ||
| 2 | Presidency of Parliament | ||
| 3 | Council of Ministers | ||
| 4 | Judicial Council | ||
| 5 | Ministry of Education |