Kirkuk
Kirkuk
The Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team is responsible for the broad implementation of U.S. policy in an ethnically and religiously diverse province. It is the primary civilian platform for U.S. Government efforts to increase ethnic tolerance; to develop a sustainable economy; to strengthen the rule of law, and to create partnerships to build durable political solutions to status and land disputes, as well as for internally displaced persons. Since 2004, the PRT has helped to implement U.S. financial assistance within the province. The Kirkuk PRT is led by a senior State Department Foreign Service Officer who oversees civilian team members, representing the Departments of State, Agriculture, Justice and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The civilian staff is augmented by members of the U.S. military, as well as by locally-engaged staff.
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PRT Kirkuk Hosts IVLP Alumni Program
Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Kirkuk hosted a lunch and briefing event on July 7, 2011 for Kirkuk-area alumni of State Department educational and professional exchange programs. Invitees included 25 alumni of the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) and two former grantees from the Fulbright summer scholars program.
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Embassy English Teaching Specialist Helps Kirkuki Teachers Develop Their Skills
The Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) recently hosted the English Language Teaching Specialist from Embassy Baghdad, Christina Chandler, for a 5-day program of training and engagement with public school, private school and university English language teachers.
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Kirkuk PRT catches the Spirit of Soccer
Representatives from the US Embassy’s Weapons Removal and Abatement Program Office and from the Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team joined in the dribbling, penalty kicks and discussions about playing fair and playing safe at the “Spirit of Soccer” Youth Soccer and Mine Awareness Festival in Kirkuk on July 12.
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PRT brings American diversity to Kirkuk’s Youth Summer Camp
Kirkuk’s PD section gathered representatives from the PRT’s Agricultural and Operations Sections for a visit to one of the five sites of Kirkuk’s first NGO-implemented Youth Summer Camp.
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PRT Kirkuk highlights women’s health, connecting Kirkuk’s Health Directorate and US Air Force physicians
On Saturday June 12, 2010, PRT Kirkuk and the US Air Force partnered with the Kirkuk Directorate of Health to conduct Kirkuk’s first Women’s Health Conference.
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Kirkuk College of Law and American Law School initiate cooperation and exchange
April 27, 2010, Kirkuk -- On April 26, Kirkuk University's College of Law welcomed Professor Patrick Hugg of Loyola University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, for a historic visit to Kirkuk to sign a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions.
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Kirkuk PRT Highlights Legal Education with Workshop on Criminal Defense
April 14, 2010, Kirkuk – The Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) hosted Thomas Hillier, a Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Washington state, as part of a three-city tour of Iraq organized by the US Embassy in Baghdad.
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Ambassador Stafford Talks Anti-Corruption with Kirkuk Media at PRT-Organized Roundtable
The Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) hosted a media roundtable event March 30 for Ambassador Joseph Stafford with twelve local journalists from Kirkuk.
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PRT and Local NGO Mark Women's History Month Together in Kirkuk
Women of all ages gathered at the Government Building in Hawija on March 24, 2010 to mark Women's History Month at a gathering jointly organized by local non-partisan NGO "Hawija Women's and Orphans Group" and the Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).
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Kirkuk PRT Sponsors the Mud House Players for "The Golden Vote"
The Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) partnered with the famous comedic theater company, the Mud House Players, for three USG-funded performances of their latest hit play "The Golden Vote" in Kirkuk.
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Kirkuk PRT and US Army Discuss the U.S. with University Students at Kirkuk University
The Kirkuk PRT joined the US Army on a visit to Kirkuk University to meet and speak with students and professors.
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Kirkuk PRT and US Air Force Protect and Return Iraqi Antiquities
PRT staff, Air Force Civil Engineers and Iraqi Ministry of Culture officials and archeologists inspect and pack up ancient pottery found on FOB Warrior in Kirkuk.
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Kirkuk PRT Helps Empower NGO Speak-Out to Help Local Women
PRT staff mentored representatives from 16 women’s focused NGOs on how to identify the needs of the women in their communities.
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Visit of U.S. District Judge Highlights Importance of Rule of Law, Human Rights
Judge Robert W. Sweet, a senior U.S.federal judge serving on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, visited Iraq October 4-9.
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Basketball Speaks Volumes in Kirkuk
American soldiers and staff from the Kirkuk PRT participated in an outdoor, public, exhibition game of basketball against a local team.