BUSINESS INNOVATION PROGRAMS

Articles - BIP Iraq 2022

Successful first training for establishment of incubator center for vocational education at MoE in Iraq 2023.

Vocational Education certified trainers and personnel from Vocational Education at the MoE in Iraq attended the 3 days mentor training level 1 in Istanbul in the period 13-15 June. Among the participants were also trainers from the Alola Org. and the Org. Leader. The Mentor Training focused on new skills in problem solving, handling difficult people, continuous improvement and management of growth in existing companies. The main goal of the training is qualifying staff for Incubator and Business Centers at the MoE. This will be the first stage in the development of MoE. The mentor training is an important element in making the project sustainable so that the Ministry can operate the program on their own. Both the content of the training and the performance of the trainers was rated 5,9 on a scale from 1 to 6.

The president of Alola Org. in the opening ceremony speech said “BIP training is one of the important tools for establishment of Incubator center anywhere. We in Alola Org. have use this material for several years for new and existing businesses.

Because of new technology and high-speed world change, its necessary for Incubator and Business Center in the Vocational Education System. Youth are clever, accepting the change and they are ready for trying new ideas.

Therefore we should have the right process and appropriate procedures. Therefore, we are here to draw the first step of establishment of Incubator and Business Center in Vocational Education- MoE.”

Mr. Mahmood Almaliky the General Manager of Vocational Education in the MoE, gave his thanks and appreciation to the Alola Org. and Norwegian BIP for very good work and good follow up of the result.

He went on to say: Programs like BIP with good trainers in the Alola Org, for sure will give very good result. I am advising vocational education teachers to look out for all students with innovate business ideas and bring them to our newly established Incubator centers.

We are writing a history for our new generation and will be there for them forever. It’s our duty.

At the same time, we need good partners like Alola and BIP to be our best.

Mrs. Rasha Tarik Abdali the Manager of Incubator Center in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs attended the event and told the participants “It’s nice to see you in the first step. We in the Labor Ministry had the same start in the 2015. In 2018 we took the action and established the first incubator in Iraq in the MoLSA.

Its new for us to take care of innovate business ideas or individual peoples way of thinking, but afterward you starting believing that our new generation is doing well by thinking differently and we should try our best to give them special care.

I wish you all happiness and success in your job.”

Student Enterprises Business Fair was held on March 22, in the Baghdad District

The Business Fair was held on March 22, in the Baghdad District to showcase 26 student projects from the 111 students that participated the event with their Training Leaders and Alola Mentor Trainer.

Alola president Layla Mahdi, General Manager of Vocational Education and Manager of Training Center+ VE also attend the fair. Mrs Altamimi had thanked Me. Almaliki for his good cooperation and the success of the program. At the same time Mr. Almaliki also expressed his thanks and appreciation to Alola Org. for its efforts in building of student’s capacity in the vocational schools.

More than 60 guest attends the fair. Many lively activities were held, such as the students’ presentations of their projects, gathering with other students, holding speeches, and having competitions with other students.

10 schools from this year season have participated the business fair and 3 others from last year. All together mean that BIP Students Enterprises is perfect program and fits in the vocational school system. Development of business ideas, teamwork, seeking customers, making products and participating in business fairs are very positive activity and give a very good feeling of the future.

All teachers said, “this program is very important for our students to think practically in how to start their own business after school, maybe now maybe later on.” Many teachers said, “We started thinking to start our own business, with BIP material covering everything that could happen”. It’s easy to start business when you know the methods.

IRAQ, SUCCESSFUL MENTOR TRAINING LEVEL 1 for BUSINESS CENTER

BIP certified trainers from Iraq attended the 4 days mentor training level 1 in Karbala in the period 20-23 February in cooperation with the Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs in Iraq.

Qualifying the Business Center personal is one of the BIP projects in Iraq, which are supported by Norwegian Foreign Affairs Department and supervised by the Embassy of Norway in Iraq.

Among the participants was the leader of Incubator Center in Baghdad Mrs. Rasha Tarik.

The Mentor Training focused on new skills in problem solving, handling difficult people, continuous improvement and management of growth in existing companies.

The main goal of the training is qualifying staff for Business Centers and Incubators in 15 cities in Iraq. The mentor training is an important element in making the project sustainable so that the Ministry can operate the program on their own. Both the content of the training and the performance of the trainers was rated 5,8 on a scale from 1 to 6.

The Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs is seeking to get more qualified personnel for their Business Centres. They mean this program is very important for following up the newly established business centers.