Erbil, Kurdistan. On 17 February 2016 Rwanga Foundation launched Foras program which covered Iraq including Kurdistan region. The Minister of Labor and Social affairs, representative of Ministry of Planning and Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Mr Yehia Houry the representative of Silatech organization attended the press conference.
FORAS project was born in April 2012, the first employability portal to bring together different resources, opportunities and initiatives for young people, who were eager to learn, grow and perform, and who just did not know where to start.
The aim of FORAS project is to connect young graduates to job providers (private sector) and to become a platform that would provide 24 X 7 learning for skills and certification through various online trainings along with direct trainings on employable skills.
The response for FORAS project was stunning – from Qatar to Libya to Morocco and the Middle East and North Africa region.
The FORAS project (funded by USAID) officially started in Iraq in 2013, managed by FHI360 until end of 2015.
Starting from January 2016, managed by Rwanga Foundation, the FORAS project will work all over Iraq virtually and will be called Rwanga FORAS. Silatech is funding the project for one year. Rwanga will provide those trainings for some selected universities all over Iraq. The training courses will be through Rwanga Foundation and some partners that have very good experience and reputation in this field.
The press conference sponsored by Hotel Divan in Erbil.
