{"id":122,"date":"2022-09-08T09:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.iurp.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:36:05","slug":"about-the-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/en.iurp.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?page_id=122","title":{"rendered":"About the Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3295&#8243; img_size=&#8221;Full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Establishment of the Center<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Literally transferring development models and methods of development from developed countries to developing countries is neither correct nor successful in implementation. This is due to the different needs, cultures, approaches and strategic requirements of these countries. Development plans need to be formulated with this vision and stem from the core of these needs and aspirations. Local planners, who are familiar with the reality, needs and cultures of their countries, should teach them.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Based on this, there was an urgent need for planners who work on setting the specifications and methods of planning in its various stages and levels (local, urban, and regional), in light of the movement of urbanization and development in the country. This is what came out of the scientific symposium that the Ministry of Planning held in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1970, and based on that, the law of the establishment of the Center of Urban and Regional Planning No. 116 of 1971 was issued at the University of Baghdad.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;124&#8243; img_size=&#8221;Full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;125&#8243; img_size=&#8221;Full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_js]JTNDc2NyaXB0JTNFJTIwdmFyJTIwdHJhbnNfcGFnZSUzRCUyMjE1MDAyJTIyJTNCJTIwJTNDJTJGc2NyaXB0JTNFJTBB[\/vc_raw_js][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-55\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-55\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Founders<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Faculty \/ Country<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Numan Amin Al-Jalili<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Representative of the Ministry of Municipalities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Ismail Alwan Al-Dulaimi<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Representative of the Ministry of Planning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dr. Ali Al-Mayah<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Representative of the University of Baghdad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Professor Abdullah Ihsan Kamel<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Representative of the University of Baghdad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Professor J. R. Ram<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Chief Expert of the United Nations Development Programmes \/ Beirut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Professor Jimmy James<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Professor Sutherland<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Professor K.C. Katambo<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Professor Shenz<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-55 from cache -->\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3295&#8243; img_size=&#8221;Full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text] Establishment of the Center Literally transferring &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":126,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-122","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Center of Urban &amp; Regional Planning for Post Graduate Studies About the Center -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Established to meet the need for planners who work on setting the specifications and methods of planning in its various stages and levels.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/en.iurp.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?page_id=122\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Center of Urban &amp; 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