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Energy and state-asset protection
Asset integrity, corrosion management and engineering inspection, to extend operating life and cut avoidable losses.
Independent Iraqi research organisation · Registration No. 1SB2303021
Research that never reaches the field is not finished
Asfar produces strategic studies and analysis that support decision-making and strengthen national and regional dialogue. It applies the AIM methodology to carry every issue from diagnosis, through knowledge analysis and a decision matrix, into initiative design, institutional implementation and measured impact.
The thesis
We measure ourselves by what changed after the study, not by how much of it we published.
Our remit
Strategic issues the Foundation works on
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Environment and sustainability
Environmental compliance, climate, carbon, water and waste, held inside an auditable framework.
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Foresight and decision support
Horizon scanning, scenario planning and early warning, to read risks and openings before they arrive.
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Policy and governance
Public policy analysis, regulatory frameworks and the institutional models that carry a decision.
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Economic and institutional security
The risks bearing on national resources, facilities and the continuity of vital services.
AIM — Asfar Impact Methodology
Six stages from diagnosis to measured impact
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Issue diagnosis
Detecting the early signals of a problem before it hardens into a crisis, and framing what is actually at stake.
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Knowledge analysis
Mapping the links between an issue’s causes and its effects, so a remedy does not simply move the damage elsewhere.
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Decision matrix
Testing the available options against several plausible futures rather than a single forecast.
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Initiative design
Tying every proposed action logically to the outcome it is meant to produce, with the assumptions made explicit.
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Institutional implementation
Running delivery against results rather than a list of activities, with a partner that holds the decision.
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Impact measurement
Measuring the change that actually occurred, publishing it, and feeding what was learned back into the next file.
Impact register
How far our studies have travelled
Stage 04 — Initiative design
Protecting state assets and the environment from corrosion risk
A national initiative proposing a protection and periodic-monitoring regime for pipeline networks and storage tanks, turning diagnostic findings into a procedure that can be formally adopted.
Stage 02 — Knowledge analysis
Carbon market readiness and the MRV system
Building a national capacity to inventory emissions and verify them against internationally recognised standards, ahead of carbon pricing mechanisms reaching Iraq’s exports.
Stage 05 — Institutional implementation
Technical inspection and certification partnership
A signed agreement carrying research output into accredited inspection and certification services delivered inside Iraq, rather than contracted abroad.
The applied arm
Environment & Sustainability
This is where a study reaches the ground: nine service pillars that turn environmental obligation into an auditable procedure, resting on ISO 14064, the GHG Protocol and the IFC Performance Standards.
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Climate, Carbon & Energy
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ESG & Sustainability
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Environmental Monitoring & Measurement
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Environmental & Social Assessment
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Methane, Flaring & Fugitive Emissions
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Water & Wastewater Sustainability
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Waste Management & Circular Economy
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CDW Recycling & Infrastructure
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Contaminated Land & Management Systems
Video
Signing the strategic partnership with CIS Egypt
Al-Yarmouk Hotel, Baghdad — Tigris Hall. Signed by Amir Al-Mousawi, Chairman of the Board of Asfar Foundation, and Adel Afifi, Regional Director of CIS.
Partners
Knowledge alone does not deliver projects
Consultative Center for Development and Training
Partner in capacity building, specialised training and institutional development — supporting the delivery of initiatives and converting knowledge into working capability inside institutions.
CIS Egypt
Technical and strategic partner in engineering inspection, asset-integrity and corrosion management, and the engineering services tied to critical sectors.
Research & publications
Latest from the Foundation
Policy paper
The National Programme for Protecting Iraqi State Assets, Energy Efficiency and Environmental Compliance
Technical dossier
Asset integrity, corrosion management and energy efficiency
Book
A forthcoming volume on the national asset-protection programme
Activities
Recent events and participations
Workshop
Protecting Iraqi state assets, energy efficiency and environmental compliance
Opened by the Chairman of the Board: “Protecting the value of state assets, raising their efficiency and reliability, reducing avoidable losses, and building a sustainable Iraqi capacity to manage them.”
Proceedings
Studies, Research and Follow-up Directorate, SCOP and partner bodies
Attended by the State Company for Oil Projects, the Occupational Health and Safety Directorate, the IT Directorate and the Oil Pipelines Company.
Visits & participations