The Directorate for Mine Action, one of the formations of the Ministry of Environment, organized a technical workshop of explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) and mass media in Erbil governorate/Iraqi Kurdistan Region.

The Director General of DMA, Eng.Dhafir Mahmood, said that the workshop which was organized by his directorate in cooperation and coordination with MAG (British Company)working within the Iraqi national mine action program, included presenting joint lectures with the technical staff of DMA regarding the electronic digital scene in Iraq and the reality of digital awareness within the Iraqi national mine action program as well as communication techniques through social media.

Mahmood added that the workshop also included the practical exercises on the development of digital content according to CAVA program and the mechanisms for managing the official pages of social media regarding the content strategy, as well as practical exercises of awareness video stories related to mines, explosive ordnance and cluster munitions risk education