Community

ISG will perform evaluations of Relief International’s (http://www.ri.org) programming working with Iraqi Refugees in Jordan. The evaluation will focus on the performance of activities related to community centers operated by RI in the Greater Amman area that provide education and psycho-social support to Iraqis and Jordanians

World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org) has selected ISG to perform a know how and capacity building retreat for Jordanian teachers who will be working with World Vision’s Peace Clubs in the country.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia selected ISG to perform an evaluation of their Iraqi Networking Academies project in Iraq. The networking academies are learning centers for Cisco educational courses, providing graduates with internationally recognized certification.

ISG is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Anikawa Center for Employment in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq (http://www.ace-iraq.org). The Center is intended to provide workforce development for Erbil and the surrounding area and has already logged its first placements and mentorships.

Further details about the grand opening can be found at: http://www.hawlergov.org/news.aspx?page=news&c=news&id=2242

The United States Institute of Peace (http://www.usip.org) has selected ISG to perform evaluation activities for multiple projects throughout Iraq. ISG’s work will investigate past performance by grant recipients and make recommendations about how to improve program effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, impact and sustainability.

ISG build the capacity and know how on Monitoring and Evaluation and Results Based Management of 22 NGOs that have received funding from the United States Institute of Peace (http://www.usip.gov) and the Center for International Private Enterprise (http://www.cipe.org).

ISG’s week long workshop was delivered in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq.

ISG performed a training of trainers for NGO partners working in Iraq on the IMPACT project (http://www.impactiraq.org).

ISG has designed, developed and implemented a full scale Information Management System for the IMPACT project. This IMS allows IMPACT managers and partners to enter data about community vulnerability and receive analysis in real time. The system also provides a platform for communication between IMPACT project managers and implementing partners about program activities in all 18 governorates of Iraq. The IMPACT IMS is also a real time monitoring and evaluation tool that allows managers and partners to see the effectiveness of their work instantly.

The Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Company for Consulting (AGCON) ( http://www.agcon.com ) selected ISG to perform market research in the GCC countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.