In cooperation with the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce – Baghdad Chamber of Commerce, the College of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Information Technology and Communications organized a workshop on establishing small businesses. The workshop, delivered by Ms. Muntaha Turki from the Entrepreneurship Department at the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce, aims to develop students’ skills and enhance their awareness of entrepreneurship concepts and company establishment procedures. Such workshops, in collaboration with specialized entities, seek to build students’ professional abilities and open up new horizons and practical opportunities for them, as well as achieve the seventeenth Sustainable Development Goal, which is “partnerships for achieving goals”.

The College of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Information Technology and Communications organized a seminar on drugs and their health, psychological, and social harms. The seminar addressed types of drugs, the main causes of drug abuse, and how to avoid them. It also highlighted the activities of the National Security Agency in controlling and reducing the spread of drugs to protect the security of the nation and its citizens, presenting several real-life stories. The seminar aims to raise students’ awareness of the dangers of drugs and their negative effects on the psychological and social health of individuals and, consequently, society as a whole. It also fulfills the third and seventeenth Sustainable Development Goals (Good Health and Well-being) and (Partnerships for the Goals).