A consortium comprising GOPA Infra, Sweco, INTEC, GOPA Middle East and Dar al-Omran was awarded the consulting contract to support the Reconstruction Fund for Areas Affected by Terroristic Operations (ReFAATO) in the management and monitoring of GCFI activities. ReFAATO is the primary Iraqi entity responsible for coordinating reconstruction operations in liberated territories of Iraq.

Administered by KfW Development Bank, the GCFI is to contribute towards permanently returning Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their home locations in Iraq. It will support investments in the restoration of local economic and social infrastructure, through rehabilitation, construction or supply of equipment.

The main objective of the assignment is to provide smooth and efficient management and monitoring support to ReFAATO in its role as Project Executing Agency, in all aspects relating to the implementation of the GCFI Programme.

HE Dr Mustafa Mohamed Amin Al-Hiti, President of ReFAATO, and Mr Mathias Lueg, Managing Director of GOPA Infra, signed the consulting contract at KfW headquarters in Frankfurt on 1 December 2017.