28 high officials attend advisory session on work-related pressure and time management
EUAM Iraq held two advisory sessions on Work-related Pressure and Time Management for 28 high-ranking Heads of General Directorates of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. The modules took place on 20 and 21 September at the ministry’ Commanders Qualification and Training Centre in Baghdad.
The EUAM Iraq advisory sessions focused on Work-related Pressure and Time Management
The aim of the session was to enhance the participants’ capacity to handle work-related pressure and time management hazards, while improving work efficiency and stress resilience.
Among the participants, there was one Lieutenant General, 26 Major Generals and one Brigadier General. The attendees expressed their deep interest by actively sharing experience and participating in discussions.
Sessions were interactive with high-ranking MOI senior officers actively sharing their experience
“The method used by the EUAM Iraq senior strategic adviser conducting the sessions was valuable, also based on direct consultation with the participants,” declared one Head of General Directorate attending the event, while another underlined the “good organisation and the seriousness in the implementation of the session’s modules.”
On her part, Cristina Meuller, EUAM Iraq senior strategic adviser who developed and led the advisory sessions, noted that ”the event was undoubtedly a milestone.”
EUAM Iraq Senior Strategic Advisor Cristina Meuller conducting the sessions
“Several participants found the discussion-based delivery method of the advisory session both "engaging and useful" and presented "very valuable information" according to them,” Mrs Meuller noted. “They also stated that such a method provided them with the "freedom to engage in dialogue and discussion," which offered an opportunity to have an idea about the challenges faced by their colleagues and ways to respond to them”, she added.
“Participants commended the level of organization and attention to detail in the delivery of the sessions items", Cristina Meuller concluded.
EUAM Iraq Head of Mission Anders Wiberg attending the event with Major General Ziad Taha Ali, Director of the Training and Qualification Directorate
Anders Wiberg congratulating one of the seminar participants during certificates hand-over ceremony
EUAM Iraq Head of Mission Anders Wiberg opened the sessions and attended the closing ceremony, handing over the attendance certificates to all distinguished participants. “It is very encouraging for EUAM advisers and myself to witness MoI senior level commanders so engaged, taking out from their precious time for gathering and sharing experience and lessons learned, so as to move forward together with the Strategic Sector Reform”, observed Head of Mission Wiberg.
Read more about previous EUAM Iraq advisory activities:
Basra: 39 MoI strategic planners participated in a workshop facilitated by MoI and EUAM Iraq (17 to 21 July 2022, Basra)