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شكرا لإهتمامكم باطار السيادة الأول لسوريا. ستلاحظون أن هذه الصفحة موجودة بشكل جزئي باللغة الإنجليزية. نرحب بمساعدتكم لنا بترجمة كل ما استطعتم للغة العربية أو مساهمتكم بتحسين ومراجعة الترجمة . ان رغبتم بالمساعدة يمكنكم التواصل مع:

 karen.dickman@sovereigntyfirst.com

سوف نقوم بمراجعة الترجمة ، والتعديل عليها في حال كان الحاجة لذلك وسنقوم بنشره علی الموقع الالكتروني. مساعدتك لنا تجعل من الممكن ان ننشر ترجمة سريعة و بدقة عالية لتحقق هدفنا في التواصل مع جميع المشاركين والمجموعات المهتمة الاخری وخاصة متكلمي العربية. مرة اخری شكرا لك.

The Sovereignty First Framework in Iraq - We are currently seeking funding to launch the Sovereignty First Framework in Iraq (including Iraqi Kurdistan), working with local, regional, and international actors. Iraq faces not only conventional warfare and terrorism from ISIL but also the repercussions of a largely failed previous reconstruction. It is of paramount importance that the relationship between Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region is managed effectively. Addressing these threats and building stability amid conflicting and confused perspectives, damaged and suspicious relationships, and constantly shifting conditions demands a deliberate and structured means of gathering, distributing, and reaching an agreement about information fundamental to the future of the country: what prime actors are influential and why, and the economic, political, social, and cultural capacity of the country to adapt. The Sovereignty First Framework is the only methodology capable of gathering the open-source economic, social, and legal information to enable the relationship-building and baseline understanding actors need to begin the work of creating a peaceful, strong, and healthy Iraq. Click here to learn more.

Contact Us - 

Craig Coletta
Sovereignty First
1901 N. Fort Myer Drive Suite 405 Arlington, VA 22209
(M) 001 (443) 500 - 9650
(E) craig.coletta@sovereigntyfirst.com

The Sovereignty First framework implemented in Iraq will engage with Iraqi, regional and international actors, actors influential in the life of the country. In order to elicit the broad range of perspectives and objectives of actors in Iraq, Sovereignty First implementing staff will travel throughout the country, meeting with all actors identified as influential in Iraqi life, whether they are considered “good” or “bad.”

Funding the Iraq project will help place teams in the field in order to ensure inclusion of all prime actors. It will also support:

  • Travel to ensure that all actors have an opportunity to participate.
  • A training and capacity transfer program to prepare Iraqis to take over the project.
  • Implementation of the framework in a way that will enlist perspectives from actors across economic, political, military, social, and cultural spectrums. 
  • Sovereignty First has begun building a network of supporters and potential partners for funding, training, implementation, and a media campaign in the Kurdish region of Iraq and is beginning an initiative to build partnerships and infrastructure throughout the rest of the country. The world will hear Iraq's story. 

Implementing the Sovereignty First framework in Iraq  is estimated to cost approximately $10 million per year to implement, with a goal of transferring operations to Iraqis at a time acceptable to both parties. We are currently seeking $500,000 to initiate the framework for Iraq, which will allow us to begin work immediate work in the Kurdish region and soon thereafter to start in the rest of the country. 

Our Partners

  • IMPLEMENTING PARTNER, IRAQ

The Kurdish Heritage Institute - We are in discussions with the Kurdish Heritage Institute, which was founded in 2003 by Mazhar Khaleqi, an internationally renowned Kurdish singer and recording artist. The Institute’s purpose is to preserve Kurdish traditional arts, music, and other forms of folklore, promote appreciation of traditional Kurdish arts, and ensure continuation of Kurdish cultural heritage by providing opportunities for people to learn traditional arts. KHI maintains extensive video and audio archives of performance arts, a library of over 5000 volumes (in Kurdish, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and English), and a state of the art audio and video recording facility. The KHI also publishes print, audio, and video materials about Kurdish folklore and folklife, organizes festivals and exhibits, and presents cultural seminars. The Kurdish Heritage Institute is based in Sulaimaniyah and Dohuk, with additional representation throughout Iraqi Kurdistan.

Our Network