About:

Al-Rafidain Center for Dialogue RCD is considered one of the qualitative centers in Iraq, where active political, economic and academic elites are guiding influential visions in decision-making and public opinion.

RCD was established on February 1, 2014 in Najaf, which oversees the form of a virtual group in the electronic world comprising a small number of politicians, academics and intellectuals. Later, the idea evolved to become legalized by registering RCD in the NGOs department of the General Secretariat of the Iraqi Cabinet.

Today, RCD has more than 700 Iraqi members from all political orientations, academic disciplines and religious doctrines, as it can be likened to a "Mini-Iraq", in which everyone agreed to adopt dialogue as a key pillar to face the decade and problems, producing strategic solutions that harmonize with RCD's vision in building a prosperous nation. There are 30 employees from different disciplines working in the RCD's administrative departments.

In a short time, RCD was able to accomplish a wide range of achievements by harnessing different energies and employing its outcomes for the benefit of the Iraq, taking advantage of modern technologies in online communications with the elites in the decision-making, by passing the barriers of geography, time and security necessities that may hinder direct dialogue. RCD has not only communicated online, but has also held a series of activities on the ground, including a number of seminars, conferences, workshops and specialized dialogue sessions, including but not limited to: the development of the banking sector and the stock market, the development of national reconciliation projects, the settlement of parties and the mediation of crises between the Governments of the Center and the (Kurdistan) Region, improving the service sectors, eliminating administrative bureaucracy and red tape, achieving water and food security, as well as extrapolating many contentious files such as the constitution, oil, foreign affairs, public mobilization, border ports, investments, social welfare, etc.

Vision:

RCD is the station where the views of elites and decision makers across all political, religious and national spectrums are shared, hence with a positive dialogue environment, the creation of common spaces improves contributing to the building of a prosperous country.

The message:

Encourage and develop substantive and serious dialogues between Iraqi elites and decision makers to enhance the democratic experience and achieve community peace and sustainable development in Iraq.

Goals:

Achieving social peace and working to sustain it by promoting constructive dialogue and intellectual exchange between Iraqi elites within comprehensive national rules and frameworks.

Promoting a sense of national responsibility in society by making public opinion towards sustaining the democratic experience and maintaining a balanced relationship and mutual trust between the elites on one hand and the state organs and institutions on the other hand.

Helping state institutions and entities developing solutions to the problems facing their work by providing strategic studies, consultations and insights by specialized researchers.

Expanding the base of participants between political and social entities by providing a neutral and substantive dialogue environment that guides dialogue in the common interest of the nation and the citizen.

Means:

Holding conferences, seminars and specialized meetings in the political, social, economic and cultural fields, providing appropriate media coverage and following up on their outcomes.

Issuing written and translated books, magazines, newspapers, publications and research in Arabic or other languages and publishing them in paper or e-book format.

Cooperative Agreements and partnerships, and the signing of memorandums of understanding with local and international institutions, organizations and centers that have the same orientations and goals with those of RCD.

Making agreements with high-level universities/colleges in Iraq and abroad to establish joint scientific events that contribute in achieving RCD objectives.

Establishing scientific, intellectual and cultural research and studies departments and forming specialized permanent or temporary committees that promote the movement of scientific research in order to contribute to achieving RCD objectives in issues related to the Middle East.

Holding dialogues between different people, whether ethnic, racial or political, to develop the mechanisms of understanding others as a prelude to discover the national common issues and making them the starting point for a constructive and creative dialogue to achieve social integration.