It opened with a speech delivered by the Executive Director of the Baghdad Riwaq Center for Public Policy, Mr. Adnan Abdul Hussein, speaking about the Baghdad Riwaq Center and its cognitive and research role in presenting constructive visions and ideas and the process of crystallizing them and reaching the decision-maker. This was then followed by a speech by the project director at the International Institute for Democracy and Elections IDEA, Mr. Zaid Al-Ali, who addressed the objectives of The project to evaluate the 2005 Iraqi Constitution and the possibility of presenting its outcomes in a transparent and practical manner to those interested and decision-makers