THE UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH LAUNCHES A LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT
The Rehabilitation, Employment and Follow-up Center at the University of Basrah launched a leadership initiative for development and employment, with the direct support of the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani.
The President of the University of Basrah, Dr. Saad Shaheen Hammadi, stated that the central appointment is no longer the panacea for accommodating the large numbers of graduates every year, especially after the large number of colleges and majors and the return of scholars from outside Iraq,the first step to solve this problem came with the establishment of the federal service council which reduced random appointments in state departments, but it could not include all the increasing and accumulated numbers of them especially  after most factories stopped ,lack of agriculture and lethargy of the private sector due to the lack of laws and an appropriate environment to sponsor and support investment.
He added, "We were very pleased with the launch of the Riyada initiative, which is considered central sponsorship for student projects and is better than individual initiatives with oil companies and some departments to appoint limited numbers of graduates. Therefore, Riyada came to activate the private sector in a smart way, invest youth energies and support their small projects after submitting feasibility studies."
The Director of the Center for Rehabilitation, Employment and Follow-up, Dr. Enas Abdel-Aziz Al-Nasser, indicated that I was nominated as a trainer in this initiative, for which a special application was prepared under the name of “trainee leadership” and contains an electronic form to register the participants and after their acceptance an invitation is sent to them as each center will host 20 students to receive intensive lectures for 5 hours per day. The number of students covered by the initiative reached 1995 students.