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1 List of ongoing EC-funded projects MEDA: Bilateral s Institutional and Sector Modernisation Facility (ISMF) State Planning Commission 21 million (+ 1.5 million Syrian Contribution) Date of the Financing Agreement 19 October 2000 Final Date of Implementation 31 December 2008 Ahmad Hassan, Director Telephone +963 (11) ahmasan@aya.sy ismf@ismf-eusy.org Higher Institute for Business Administration (HIBA) Ministry of Higher Education 14 million Date of the Financing Agreement 10 February 2001 Final Date of Implementation 31 December 2007 Talal Aboud, Dean Telephone +963 (11) idara@mail.sy Cultural Tourism Development Programme (CTDP) Ministry of Culture 3.1 million Date of the Financing Agreement 10 February 2001 Final Date of Implementation 28 February 2007 Hazar Emmran, National Co-Manager of the PMU Telephone +963 (11) /7 Haz-ctdp@scs-net.org Water Supply and Sanitation in Two Palestinian Refugee Camps (Khan Dannoun, Khan Eshieh) (WSSPRC) Ministry of Housing and Utilities 8 million Date of the Financing Agreement 19 December 2002 Mohammad Sutari, Manager Telephone +963 (11) m.sutari@unrwa.org Health Sector Modernisation Programme (HSMP) Ministry of Health 30 million Date of the Financing Agreement 30 April 2002 Final Date of Implementation 30 April 2010 (might be extended until 31 December 2010) Isaac El-Mankabadi, Programme Co-director Mahmoud Dashash, National Deputy Coordinator 1

2 Telephone +963 (11) (11) (11) Modernisation of Vocational Education and Training (VET) State Planning Commission 21 million Date of the Financing Agreement 08 December 2004 Ann Justice, Team Leader, LOT1 Maurice Patnaik Team Leader, LOT 2 Ghayna Haj Ali, Head of PMU Telephone (11) ann.justice@gfa-group.de mauricepatnaik@rediffmail.com ghali@postmaster.co.uk Municipal Administration Modernisation (MAM) Ministry of Local Administration and Environment (MLAE) 18 million (+2,5 million Syrian Contribution) Date of the Financing Agreement 08 December 2004 Final Date of Implementation 31 December 2009 (might be extended till 30 June 2010) Peter Ross, Acting Team Leader Erfan Ali, Director Telephone +963 (11) / / p.ross@mam-sy.org e.ali@mam-sy.org Modernisation of the Ministry of Finance (MMoF) Ministry of Finance 8 million Date of the Financing Agreement 08 December 2004 Final Date of Implementation 31 December 2008 Mohammad Issa, Director Telephone +963 (11) mofproj@mail.sy mofissa@mail.sy Banking Sector Support Programme II (BSSP II) Central Bank of Syria 6 million Date of the Financing Agreement 23 June 2005 Peter Munch Eriksen, Team Leader Tayseer Arbini, Director Telephone Fax +963 (11) (11) / tuwbsmil@latnet.lv Dir.Administration@bcs.gov.sy 2

3 SME Support Programme (SSP) Ministry of Economy and Trade (delegated to the Syrian Enterprise and Business Center (SEBC)) 15 million Date of the Financing Agreement 26 June 2006 Final Date of Implementation 30 June 2010 Poul Gadegaard, Team Leader Noha Chuck, SEBC-CEO/ Programme Director Telephone +963 (11) Improving employability of Palestinian refugees in Syria UNRWA 2.5 million Date of the Financing Agreement 20 September 2006 Final Date of Implementation 31 December 2010 Severine Meyer, EC Manager Telephone +963 (11) /42 (Ext. 470) Upgrading the Higher Education Sector in Syria (UHES) Ministry of Higher Education Date of the Financing Agreement 14 June 2007 Final Date of Implementation 30 June 2011 Mihael Breckin, Interim Team Leader Batoul Diab, PMU Director Telephone +963 (11) /7 Quality & Standards Programme Ministry of Economy and Trade 12 million Date of the Financing Agreement 27 December 2007 Daniela Clejanu, Team Leader Georges Ghadban, Director Telephone +963 (11) Trade Enhancement Programme (TEP) Ministry of Economy and Trade 15 million Date of the Financing Agreement 31 December 2009 Ghassan Al-Habash, Programme Director David Fenning, Team Leader 3

4 Business Environment Simplification Programme (BESP) Ministry of Economy and Trade Date of the Financing Agreement 31 December 2009 Soulfa Akili, Programme Director Douglas Aitkenhead, Team Leader MEDA: Regional projects Euro Arab Mashreq Gas Market (EAMGM) Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Syria Ministry of Energy and Water, Lebanon Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan Ministry of Petroleum, Egypt 6 million Date of the Financing Agreement 26 July 2005 Final Date of Implementation 31 December 2009 Richard Kupisz, Team Leader Naeem Danhash, Director Telephone +963 (11) (11) Richard.kupisz@ipaenergy.co.uk ndanhash@yahoo.com Energy efficiency in the construction sector in the Mediterranean (MED ENEC) Ministry of Energy of 10 MEDA Countries 4 million Date of the Financing Agreement N/A, Contract: 25 October 2005 Klaus Wenzel, Team Leader Telephone +961 (1) Klaus.Wenzel@gtz.de med-enec@ibdaaco.com Regional Action Programme (RAP) Euromed Cultural Heritage (partly managed by the Delegation to Syria) million s in support to Iraqi refugees: Support to Health 9 million 4

5 Support to Education Phase I - UNICEF 3 million Support to Education Phase II - UNICEF 4 million Emergency support to Syria Education Support to Syria waste management Direct Assistance to Iraqi female-headed Families and Victims of Trafficking in Syria - IOM 1,5 million s funded under Thematic and Horizontal budget lines: 1) European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Date of Decision 21 May 2003 Final Date of Implementation 31 December , Date of Decision 21 May 2003 Final Date of Implementation 22 December , ) Support to NGOs Training on Human Rights of people with disability NARD (National Association for the rights of Disabled people in Lebanon) (Lebanese) Arab Organisation of Disabled People (LB) Out of Home Childcare Professional Development SOS Syria (Syrian Arab Association for SOS Children s Villages) (Syrian) /Contract Establishing a Village Business Incubator for Women s Micro & Small Enterprises in the Coastal Midland Area of Syria AIDOS (Associazione Italiana Donne Per Lo Sviluppo) 408, (total with other contributions: 552,112) Final Date of Implementation 31 March 2009 Telephone +963 (41) (11) Shouk Abdel Aziz, National Coordinator, FIRDOS Fajer Ghadban, Manager s.abdelaziz.vbi@syriatrust.org f.ghadban.vbi@syriatrust.org vbi@mail.sy 5

6 /Contract Strengthening the capacity of the Syrian Family Planning Association (SFPA) Clinics to serve as health counselling centres (HCC) for women, adolescents and men: a pilot experience in the Halbuni Clinic in Damascus. AIDOS (Associazione Italiana Donne Per Lo Sviluppo) 728, Final Date of Implementation 31 December 2011 Telephone +963 (11) (11) hccenter@scs-net.org 3) Youth In SFPA: Lama Mouakea, Executive Director Dr Khawla Akel, HCC Manager YOUTH programme phase III Syrian Commission for the Family Affairs (for Syria) for Syria Date of the Financing Agreement 24 December 2006 Sira Astour, Chairperson Telephone +963 (11) / info@scfa.gov.sy 4) Environment "Promotion of concerned sustainable local development planning in Syria - LOCUS" through LIFE Third Countries Programme Ministry of Local Administration & Environment and the Fund for Integrated Rural & Development of Syria (FIRDOS) 512,600 (EC contribution: 358,820 ) Final Date of Implementation 31 January 2008 SMAP II: Integrated Waste Management for the Olive Oil Pressing Industries in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan UNDP 2,196,790 (EC contribution 1,738,411 ) End date of activities 30 November ) Higher Education Tempus Programme Ministry of Higher Education Tempus III ( ): 9.5 Million Tempus IV ( ): 14 Million for the Mediterranean region Final Date of Implementation End of 2013 Syria Tempus Office, Rami Ayoubi Telephone +963 (11) ntosyria@scs-net.org 6

7 Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window (EMECW) Ministry of Higher Education 29 million for ENPI, out of which 3 million for Lebanon, Syria and Jordan (for the academic year ) Final Date of Implementation EMECW ( ) Future Bilateral s Support for political and administrative reform: Promoting decentralisation and local development Annual Action Programme million Reforming and modernising the judiciary Support to the Association Agreement Programme (SAAP) Support for economic reform: Supporting Public Finance Reform Annual Action Programme 2008 Promoting business development 20 million Support for social reform: Secondary Education Reform Programme Annual Action Programme 2008 Social Protection Programme Annual Action Programme 2009 Modernising the health sector Annual Action Programme million In-service training 7

8 Environment / Sustainable energy: Support for investment projects (including interest-rate subsidies) Future Regional s Regional Action Programme (RAP) Euro-Arab Mashreq Gas Market phase II 2009 Future Thematic s Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development 150,000 * s in red are completed 8

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