Media and Communications, World Bank discusses IT strategy in Iraq

INA- Baghdad 


Chairman of the Media and Communications Commission, Ali Al-Muayyad, discussed on Friday with the World Bank the IT strategy in Iraq.

A statement of the commission, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), said that" Chairman of the Media and Communications Commission, Ali Al-Muayyad, discussed with a high delegation of World Bank experts the ICT strategy in Iraq and the support that the bank can provide in this field, as well as the efforts exerted by Iraq to accelerate the pace of digital transformation and spread digitization in various Government joints, which came on the sidelines of the World Bank’s Digital Summit 2024 in Washington.

The statement added that "during the meeting, they discussed the projects and programs adopted by Iraq in his digital strategy through the development of infrastructure and the legislation of laws that are in favor of digital transformation, and also discussed ways of support provided by the World Bank to develop Iraqi strategy in the field of Communications, which was attended by the World Bank’s Digital Development Practice Manager for Africa and the Middle East, Michel Rogy , and experts in digital development Abdullah Jabbour and Essam Khayat”.

The statement pointed out that "the World Bank’s Digital Summit 2024, held in Washington, hosts senior officials and Ministers in Governments and the private sector, with the aim of exploring opportunities and accelerating the pace of digital transformation and reviewing the reality of development in world’s countries, as well as revealing the latest technologies and scientific visions in the field of innovation, communication and digital transformation”.