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The Minister of Local Administration discusses with Al-Waer ways to increase cooperation with FAO in the environmental field

2022-05-12T15:43:42.184Z


Damascus, SANA- Minister of Local Administration and Environment, Engineer Hussein Makhlouf, discussed with the Assistant Director-General of the United Nations


Damascus-SANA

The Minister of Local Administration and Environment, Engineer Hussein Makhlouf, discussed with the Assistant Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization “FAO” Dr. between the two sides in the environmental field.

During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the environmental projects implemented and under implementation, noting that the project to support capacities, preparation and readiness for the years 2020-2021 was completed, and a cooperation agreement was signed between the ministry and the organization to support the preparation of a report on the state of the environment in Syria.

Minister Makhlouf pointed out during the meeting the importance of the project to enhance the capabilities of societies to confront climate change through the integrated management of natural resources in Eastern Ghouta in the Damascus countryside, funded by the Adaptation Fund in cooperation with the FAO, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Habitat, and the need to disseminate it to more than An area to serve as a model for local community development.

Makhlouf expressed his hope to continue supporting livelihood projects, rural development projects, alternative and renewable energies projects, and the possibility of providing support to the National Environmental Observatory in the field of capacity-building, training technical cadres, securing the necessary equipment, supplies and software for the work of the observatory, and cooperating to prepare a guide for environmental indicators at the national and local levels.

For his part, Dr. Al-Waer pointed to the importance of the existing cooperation projects and the need to follow up coordination to accomplish more of them by setting a joint and accurate program with the possibility of benefiting from the organization in the matter of training and qualifying cadres to build capacities within the ministry and the data it provides to raise the level of cooperation in the future.

The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister for Environmental Affairs, Moataz Duhji.

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Source: sena

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