PROFESSIONALS FOR A BETTER IRAQ

Iraq’s civil society has assumed a critical role in filling the service provision and local organizational void created by inefficiency and corruption within the country’s political establishment. Today, these civil society organizations are vibrant, diverse, and competently-led after a decade of growth and international support. However, many still lack capacity as they face outsized need for their services while Iraq moves past its ISIS nightmare.

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Professionals for a Better Iraq (PBI) connects Iraqi civil society organizations with skilled members of the country’s vast diaspora by developing a database of Iraqis in the United States willing to share their resources with in-country organizations. Iraq’s multi-generational diaspora represents a vast, yet largely untapped reservoir of talent that we mobilize to build civil society capacity at a critical moment in Iraqi political and social development. Such an effort showcases the involvement of the Iraqi diaspora in the country’s present and future, and facilitates increased exchange between Iraqis at home and abroad.

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