First workshop natural resources

IMCK, together with Masallah and Kirkuk Journalists Group (KJG), started the first of three workshops on Natural Resources. On Saturday October 22, a group of 30 journalists from all over Iraq came to Erbil for a first training on Oil, Water and Gas. The project is initiated and funded by Norwegian People's Aid (NPA)

Trainers are James Gavin, who is specialized in the subject and trained a group of Kurdish journalists for IMCK before, and Khaled Suleiman, who is one of IMCK's trainers and publishes on the subject in Kurdish and Arabic media. The workshop takes place at the IMCK training hall in Erbil.


The workshop is the first of three; the 20 best participants will pass on to the next workshops in December and March. Participants come from all over Iraq. Working language is Arabic.

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