“Enhancing the capacities of CMC, the only converged regulator in the region, helps to provide the Iraqi people with the information they need to make informed choices during an electoral process, a critical pillar of democracy,” said George Papagiannis from UNESCO’s Iraq Office during the presentation.

The event was attended by CMC’s staff from the Media Office, the Media Monitoring and Licensing Departments, the Legal Department, as well as by representatives of the Board of Commissioners.

In addition to CMC, the UNESCO project is also building the capacity of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) and of the independent media sector, in order to enable them to play their respective and complementary roles in providing stakeholders with timely, accurate and impartial information during elections.

CMC, together with IHEC, is one of the key Iraqi stakeholders engaged in the UNESCO-led Media Elections Project.