Research Triangle Institute - Revision history

Claire Robinson at 16:28, 17 November 2008

2008-11-17T16:28:45Z

Paul: clarification

2008-05-17T16:06:58Z

clarification

Paul: add affiliation

2008-05-17T16:05:29Z

add affiliation

Paul: add principals

2008-05-17T16:04:01Z

add principals

Paul: retooling textbooks

2008-05-17T15:57:03Z

retooling textbooks

David: /* Iraq Chapter */

2008-05-17T15:43:15Z

Iraq Chapter

David: /* Iraq Chapter */

2008-05-17T15:42:39Z

Iraq Chapter

Paul: stub

2008-05-17T15:40:48Z

stub

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'''Research Triangle Institute''' is a North Carolina based think tank and contractor specializing in "building civic society" and elections promotion.

==Iraq Chapter==
:North Carolina's '''Research Triangle Institute''', charged with carrying out local governance projects under a far larger $598 million U.S. grant, had seen its own momentum stall when fighting first erupted in 2004. After losing several Iraqi staff to assassinations, it, too, had carried out much of what little training it did in Kurdish areas. This changed when Marine Brig. Gen. John Allen arrived in Anbar province in January of 2007 -- within weeks of Parhamovich's death -- and took the mantle of "democracy-building" on himself.<br>At the time, Allen said, civil government was "gasping for breath," with al-Qaida threatening or killing elected local council members. Working with tribal sheiks, he has since won acclaim for pushing al-Qaida out of Anbar and strengthening the local governments through transparent, funded projects.<br>The institute, led there by Texan Ron Johnson, was then able to carry out its own work at the PRT in Anbar and other areas and helped to launch local and provincial council associations that meet regularly and lobby the Iraqi parliament.<br>:"We have been so much in need of this kind of training because local government is just something new in Iraq and having no specific local government academy that could train and (improve) the capacity of councilors," said the local association's chairman, Abd Al-Khadom. He credits the troop surge for "fruitful" political progress at the local level.<ref>Anne Usher, [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/363420_iraqonline18.html Democracy funding for Iraq under more scrutiny], Seattle Pi, 16 May 2008.</ref>

==Principals==
*[[Ron Johnson]]

==Contact, References and Resources==
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===References===
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[[Category:Democracy "Promotion" or manipulation]]

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 ===Retooling Textbooks===
-RTI together with [[Creative Associates International]] obtained a contract for education system reform in Iraq.  The project also entailed rewriting Iraqi textbooks and reorganizing its curriculum.
+RTI together with [[Creative Associates International]] obtained a contract for education system reform in Iraq.  The project entailed rewriting Iraqi textbooks and reorganizing its curriculum.
 ==Principals==

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 ==Iraq Chapter==
-:North Carolina's '''Research Triangle Institute''', charged with carrying out local governance projects under a far larger $598 million U.S. grant, had seen its own momentum stall when fighting first erupted in 2004. After losing several Iraqi staff to assassinations, it, too, had carried out much of what little training it did in Kurdish areas. This changed when Marine Brig. Gen. [[John Allen]] arrived in Anbar province in January of 2007 -- within weeks of Parhamovich's death -- and took the mantle of "democracy-building" on himself.<br>At the time, Allen said, civil government was "gasping for breath," with al-Qaida threatening or killing elected local council members. Working with tribal sheiks, he has since won acclaim for pushing al-Qaida out of Anbar and strengthening the local governments through transparent, funded projects.<br>The institute, led there by Texan Ron Johnson, was then able to carry out its own work at the PRT in Anbar and other areas and helped to launch local and provincial council associations that meet regularly and lobby the Iraqi parliament.<br>:"We have been so much in need of this kind of training because local government is just something new in Iraq and having no specific local government academy that could train and (improve) the capacity of councilors," said the local association's chairman, Abd Al-Khadom. He credits the troop surge for "fruitful" political progress at the local level.<ref>Anne Usher, [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/363420_iraqonline18.html Democracy funding for Iraq under more scrutiny], Seattle Pi, 16 May 2008.</ref>
+:North Carolina's '''Research Triangle Institute''', charged with carrying out local governance projects under a far larger $598 million U.S. grant, had seen its own momentum stall when fighting first erupted in 2004. After losing several Iraqi staff to assassinations, it, too, had carried out much of what little training it did in Kurdish areas. This changed when Marine Brig. Gen. [[John Allen]] arrived in Anbar province in January of 2007 -- within weeks of Parhamovich's death -- and took the mantle of "democracy-building" on himself.<br>At the time, Allen said, civil government was "gasping for breath," with al-Qaida threatening or killing elected local council members. Working with tribal sheiks, he has since won acclaim for pushing al-Qaida out of Anbar and strengthening the local governments through transparent, funded projects.<br>The institute, led there by Texan Ron Johnson, was then able to carry out its own work at the PRT in Anbar and other areas and helped to launch local and provincial council associations that meet regularly and lobby the Iraqi parliament.
 ==Principals==

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 ===References===
 <references/>
-[[Category:Democracy "Promotion" or manipulation]]
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 *[[Allen W. Mangel]] &ndash; Senior VP
 ==Contact, References and Resources==
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