News and Events 2008

13th Scientific Committee Meeting

The thirteenth Scientific Committee Meeting took place at the NAPC premises on 21-22 December. The Scientific Committee is composed of two international members, Mr H. De Haen and Mr. D. Romano, and two national members, Mr M. Yassin and Mr M. Khazma. The Committee reviewed the NAPC Progress Report for the second half of 2008. and the quality assessment report of NAPC’s outputs for 2008 in the context of sustainability Monitoring System. In addition, it evaluated the recent activities in 2008 and the progress attained.

Training Course for Palestinian Engineers

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform; the Arab Agricultural Engineers Federation, the Islamic Development Bank, and the NAPC jointly organized a training course on “Agricultural Policies Management” for Palestinian agricultural engineers of the Palestinian National Authority. The course was held at NAPC premises on the period 17-28 of December...more

Under the patronage of Dr. Adel Safar Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, the National Agricultural Policy Center (NAPC), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, organized a Regional Workshop on " Agriculture-related Issues in the Preparation for Accession to the WTO” at its premises in Damascus, on 26-28 October, at 10:00 a.m...more

Under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, the National Agricultural Policy Center (NAPC) in cooperation with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) organized a training workshop on “Food Security Policies in the Arab Countries under the World Food Crisis” on 3 - 7 August 2008, at the NAPC premises in Damascus....More

Accompanied by Professor Mahmoud Yassin, summer training students of the Agricultural Economy Division of Faculty of agriculture in Damascus University visited the NAPC on 27 July.
The students spent a training day in the NAPC and were informed about its mission and activities. Chiefs of Divisions presented their divisions’ mission, duties, and activities.

In addition, students were trained to use the electronic Syrian Agricultural Database SADB to retrieve agricultural statistical data in a very easy technique.

The twelfth Scientific Committee Meeting took place at the NAPC premises in 3 July 2008. The Scientific Committee was composed of two international members, Mr H. De Haen and Mr. D. Romano, and two national members, Mr M. Yassin and Mr M. Khazma.
The Committee reviewed the NAPC Progress Report for the first half of 2008. and the quality assessment report of NAPC’s outputs for 2007 in the context of sustainability Monitoring System. In addition, it evaluated the recent activities in 2008 and the progress attained.

International Workshop on "The Contribution of Agriculture to the Process of Economic Reforms in Syria"

Under the patronage of Dr Adel Safar, the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, and in cooperation with The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the National Agricultural Policy Center (NAPC) held an international workshop about "The contribution of Agriculture to the process of Economic Reforms in Syria" at the NAPC premises in Damascus, on 1-2 July, at 9:00 a.m. click to visit the workshop page

Visit of the Agricultural Economy Division’ students of the Faculty of Agriculture of Damascus University

Accompanied by Professors Dr. Mahmoud Yassin and Dr. alil, students of the Agricultural Economy Division of Damascus University visited the NAPC on 14 April 2008. The visit aimed at closely being informed about the Center’s missions, activities and outcomes.
The NAPC Director opened the meeting and briefed on the Centre establishment and functions.... More