GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ
AMAR enjoys a strong working relationship with the Government of Iraq and collaborates closely with its ministries. Ties have been especially close with key ministries such as Health and Education. Ministry staff take part in delivering and monitoring many of AMAR's programmes. AMAR has provided ongoing training for ministry personnel, from medical capacity-building for front-line medical staff to human rights training for local and national staff in the local ministry directorates for Education, Health, Youth and Sports, Communications and Mail. AMAR has also delivered projects alongside local authorities.
UNESCO
In recent years, AMAR’s partnership with UNESCO has made it possible to teach thousands of children and illiterate young adults, while also promoting human rights and cultural tolerance. This greatly widens the opportunities open to beneficiaries, their families and their communities, helping to build a socially-conscious and skilled society for the future. By learning literacy and numeracy skills, many young adults have found ways to express themselves other than through conflict. The work was recently reinforced by a renewed MoU between AMAR and UNESCO, ensuring that every education project AMAR delivers meets UNESCO’s values and standards of professional practice. This helps sustain consistently high-quality teaching. In 2013 AMAR launched a new project with UNESCO aimed at thousands of out-of-school children.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
AMAR’s relationship with WHO goes back to the 1990s, when the two organisations first signed an MoU setting out the values and standards of professional practice in a development context. AMAR has kept this important relationship going since then through an LoU signed in 2008, and continues to rely on WHO to ensure professional standards of service delivery across all AMAR health projects so that the desired health outcomes are achieved.
THE WORLD BANK
AMAR’s partnership with the World Bank has focused on public health care in Iraq. The World Bank supplied funding to expand the capacity of Primary Health Care Centres, mobile health clinics for rural communities, professional training for medical staff and an integrated Women Health Volunteer programme. That funding supported preventative health care initiatives built around high-quality health education in schools and the community, aimed at long-term behavioural change. This aligns with the World Bank’s vision of a stable and healthy Iraq that helps reduce poverty and support development.
UNFPA
Since 2006 AMAR has worked with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Iraq to improve the reproductive health of women in underprivileged communities. UNFPA project funding enables AMAR to train medical professionals at the primary health care level, along with health education volunteers and traditional birth attendants, so that antenatal, natal and postnatal support can reach remote communities in the Iraqi Marshlands.
UNDP
In Iraq, AMAR works with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to help counter the threat of drug-resistant TB, using community health education events and community health volunteers to raise awareness of the disease. Tackling TB, one of the fastest-growing health threats in the region, brings long-term health benefits, particularly in communities that have had little information about the disease or access to care for it.
Each of these partnerships reflects AMAR’s commitment to working alongside established institutions to deliver health, education and community programmes in Iraq. By combining local knowledge with the standards and expertise of its partners, AMAR aims to keep improving the quality and reach of the services it provides.