The Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD) was tasked to deliver two 5-day Project D Pro training courses in Arabic and Kurdish to a total of 15 Directorate of Mine Action (DMA) staff in Baghdad and 13 staff from the Iraqi-Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA) in Erbil as part of the UNMAS Iraq Country Program Strategy. Project D Pro developed the learner’s (DMA Planning and Projects Sections) ability to apply Project
management concepts and tools in order to deliver a more effective and efficient Mine Action response. The training prepared the participants to undertake the Project D Pro examination at the end of the course to become certified as a project management professional.