Syria and Japan signed minutes of meeting of the Information Center of Water Resources Project in Syria

State Planning Commission and JICA Signed last 16 February minutes of meeting of the second phase of Information Center of Water Resources Project in Syria which will be implemented by General Commission for Water Resources, State Planning Commission and JICA.

Minutes of meeting includes creating information centers for water resources in Al Badia basin in Homs, Hama, Raqa and Sweida and providing computers and the necessary equipments for climate, surface and underground monitoring and connecting these centers with the main center to exchange information and having training sessions to enhance the efficiency of the staff and providing the center with advanced programs to process and analyze data. Also the second phase will include coverage of Al Badia, Barada , Al Awaj and Coast Basins.

The General Director of General Commission for Water Resources Mr. Hussein Makhlouf said "this project is one of the biggest grants provided by JICA in the region which indicates the importance and the successful evaluation of the previous phase of the project and it is incentive to develop our work."

The second phase will begin in May by sending number of Experts in various fields to work with counterparts in the General Commission for Water Resources.