David Wells and Zainab Al-Ribhawi (Iraq Country Manager) were pleased to attend the Iraq Britain Business Council’s (IBBC) Spring Conference SME Forum, at the Royal Over-Seas League in London. Chaired by Richard Cotton, Commercial Adviser to IBBC, the event was held for Iraqi and British SMEs to discuss mutual business opportunities in Iraq. The forum covered multiple sectors including construction and engineering.

David commented ‘the event was a worthwhile exchange of knowledge and ideas as well as a good networking opportunity. We meet many new contacts as well as reaffirming existing ones’.

EAME is pleased to announce that its Managing Director, Steve Rowan, has been appointed to the advisory board of the Journal of the Planner and Development. This journal is published by the Center of Urban and Regional Planning for Postgraduate Studies at the University of Baghdad.

Steve commented ‘it is an honour to be appointed to the board and associated with the Journal. I think proper urban planning and regional strategic development plans are essential to the growth of Iraq. I get the sense that things are starting to progress in Iraq in a positive way from a development perspective’.

EAME is an environmental consultancy based in UK and Iraq who offer a range of environmental services including Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), contaminated land risk assessment, investigation and remediation, geotechnical site investigations, metocean studies, environmental auditing and environmental monitoring.

You can find out more about the Center of Urban & Regional Planning for Postgraduate Studies – University of Baghdad from http://www.iurp.uobaghdad.edu.iq/