• Kirkuk Town Hall Meeting — Partner: CIPE (Center for International Private Enterprise) — Grant: Not specified — Duration: 2011 — Sector: Livelihood / Economic Development — Location: Kirkuk, Iraq. Overview: The project convened a town hall meeting in Kirkuk to foster dialogue between local decision-makers, local authorities, an Investment Directorate representative, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), business owners, and small traders to identify investment opportunities, address security-related trade obstacles, and help revitalize Kirkuk's local economy. The event gave small dealers, merchants, and local enterprise owners a platform to voice operational challenges directly to municipal decision-makers, and supported public-private dialogue aimed at building long-term trust and collaborative links between the public sector, civil society, and local micro-to-small enterprises (MSEs).
• Livelihood Training and Life Skills for 75 IDP Women — Partner: UNHCR — Grant: USD 20,000 — Duration: 25/10–25/12/2014 — Sector: Livelihoods / Life Skills — Location: Samarra, Salah al-Din. Overview: The project delivered livelihood and life-skills training to 75 internally displaced women to support their economic self-reliance, aiming to enhance their income by establishing new small enterprises to build self-reliance. Trainees received livelihood skills training in sewing, hair/barbering, embroidery, and photography. Every trainee received the essential equipment upon successfully completing the training. The project covered the age group of 20–45 years for returnees in Samarra, but no specific age group was set for IDPs.
• Livelihood Skills and Interest-Free Loans — Partner: Internal / Local Donors — Duration: Not specified — Location: Not specified (Salah al-Din region). Overview: Provided livelihood skills training for 20 vulnerable women and issued interest-free loans up to 500,000 IQD to help female-headed households launch small projects (targeting families with more than 6 members). Successful project owners receive half of the loan amount as a reward waiver; 5 beneficiaries have successfully launched to date.