FAO Project GCP/SYR/006/ITA, a 10-year undertaking launched in 1998 and extended until October 2007, is one of the successful initiatives carried out in Syria within the framework of the FAO-Italian Government Cooperative Program.
The mission of the Project is to assist Syria in the process of modernizing its social market economy by providing tools for enhancing agricultural development. To this effect, the Project, through the continued and fruitful cooperation among Syria, Italy and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, supported the establishment and development of the National Agricultural Policy Center (NAPC), a Syrian institution specialized in economic analysis applied to agricultural policies.
The Project's architecture is based on four pillars: Institutional Development, Policy Analysis, Training, and Information and Communications. The NAPC is becoming a focal point in Syria for the analysis and communication of agricultural and economic policies.
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