BRIDGE TtF for Iraq’s IHEC staff

IFES Iraq organized in cooperation with Iraq’s IHEC (Independent High Elections Commission) a BRIDGE TtF workshop in Erbil – Iraq. Twenty-six IHEC staff members attended this workshop that took place from March 29 to April 08, 2015, only 2 of them were women. Seven BRIDGE facilitators participated in the preparation and delivery of this TtF:

1. Ossama Kamel (Independent BRIDGE expert facilitator)
2. Mazin Swadi (IHEC BRIDGE accrediting facilitator)
3. Ahmed Abdullah Nori (IHEC BRIDGE workshop facilitator)
4. Raad Thiaa Nouman (IHEC BRIDGE workshop facilitator)
5. Hazim Kasim Naho (IHEC BRIDGE workshop facilitator)
6. Mariwan Arif (IHEC BRIDGE workshop facilitator)
7. Intessar Gazi (IHEC BRIDGE workshop facilitator)

Six of the seven facilitators were IHEC staff. The facilitation team met the week before the workshop to prepare the material and divide the roles. All of the team members worked hard before and during the workshop where all the facilitators were available to assist participants till late hours. The participants took their role very seriously and spent long hours preparing their activities and discussing with the facilitation team and other participants. Although there were 13 pair presentations, all participants were actively involved in all the sessions. At the end of the workshop, all the participants earned their certificates thanks to their commitment and hard work.