UNESCO Iraq & Sulaymaniyah Museum leaders meet with First Lady of Iraq, H.E Hero Ibrahim Ahmed

SULAYMANIYAH / IraqiNews.com: According to a UNESCO press release issued to IraqiNews.com, lead members of the agency met with the First Lady of Iraq, H.E Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, and directors of Sulyamania Museum to discuss the progress of the museum’s modernization project and UNESCO‘s possible involvement in future initiatives in the Sulaymaniyah region, including the development of a Kurdish online encyclopedia comprised of crowd sourced information.

After training the museum staff and building their capacities to suit the most recent museulogical practices, opening the education department, and finalizing the museum’s Collection inventory in 2011, UNESCO‘s Iraq office and in cooperation with the Iraq Trust Fund and the Department of Antiquities in the Kurdistan Regional Government, will extend its support to the managerial committee of the museum in order to finalize the Museum Master plan – including an exhibition and an interpretation plan – and set the educational programme that will include an educational kit and teacher training modalities.