List of ongoing EC-funded projects

MEDA: Bilateral Projects

Project / Institutional and Sector Modernisation Facility (ISMF)
Beneficiary / State Planning Commission
Amount / € 21 million (+ €1.5 million Syrian Contribution)
Date of the Financing Agreement / 19 October 2000
Final Date of Implementation / 31 December 2008
Contact Name / Title / Ahmad Hassan, Project Director
Telephone / +963 (11) 516 10 18
E-mail /

Website / www.ismf-eusy.org
Project / Higher Institute for Business Administration (HIBA)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Higher Education
Amount / € 14 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 10 February 2001
Final Date of Implementation / 31 December 2007
Contact Name / Title / Talal Aboud, Dean
Telephone / +963 (11) 514 26 01
E-mail /
Website / www.hiba.edu.sy
Project / Cultural Tourism Development Programme (CTDP)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Culture
Amount / € 3.1 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 10 February 2001
Final Date of Implementation / 28 February 2007
Contact Name / Title / Hazar Emmran, National Co-Manager of the PMU
Telephone / +963 (11) 232 0743/7
E-mail /
Project / Water Supply and Sanitation in Two Palestinian Refugee Camps (Khan Dannoun, Khan Eshieh) (WSSPRC)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Housing and Utilities
Amount / € 8 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 19 December 2002
Final Date of Implementation / 30 June 2009
Contact Name / Title / Mohammad Sutari, Project Manager
Telephone / +963 (11) 683 35 51
E-mail /
Project / Health Sector Modernisation Programme (HSMP)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Health
Amount / € 30 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 30 April 2002
Final Date of Implementation / 30 April 2010 (might be extended until 31 December 2010)
Contact Name / Title / Isaac El-Mankabadi, Programme Co-director
Mahmoud Dashash, National Deputy Coordinator
Telephone / +963 (11) 334 04 57
+963 (11) 391 75 04
+963 (11) 391 0143
E-mail /
Project / Modernisation of Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Beneficiary / State Planning Commission
Amount / € 21 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 08 December 2004
Final Date of Implementation / 30 June 2009
Contact Name / Title / Ann Justice, Team Leader, LOT1
Maurice Patnaik Team Leader, LOT 2
Ghayna Haj Ali, Head of PMU
Telephone / +963 932 622 538
+963 (11) 232 6011
E-mail /


Project / Municipal Administration Modernisation (MAM)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Local Administration and Environment (MLAE)
Amount / € 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)
Contact Name / Title / Peter Ross, Acting Team Leader
Erfan Ali, Project Director
Telephone / +963 (11) 313 2988/313 2496/ 313 2897
E-mail /

Website / www.mam-sy.org
Project / Modernisation of the Ministry of Finance (MMoF)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Finance
Amount / € 8 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 08 December 2004
Final Date of Implementation / 31 December 2008
Contact Name / Title / Mohammad Issa, Project Director
Telephone / +963 (11) 245 95 77
E-mail /

Project / Banking Sector Support Programme II (BSSP II)
Beneficiary / Central Bank of Syria
Amount / € 6 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 23 June 2005
Final Date of Implementation / 30 June 2009
Contact Name / Title / Peter Munch Eriksen, Team Leader
Tayseer Arbini, Project Director
Telephone
Fax / +963 (11) 236 87 25
+963 (11) 222 13 73/ 236 87 33
E-mail /

Project / SME Support Programme (SSP)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Economy and Trade (delegated to the Syrian Enterprise and Business Center (SEBC))
Amount / € 15 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 26 June 2006
Final Date of Implementation / 30 June 2010
Contact Name / Title / Poul Gadegaard, Team Leader
Noha Chuck, SEBC-CEO/ Programme Director
Telephone / +963 (11) 613 38 65
E-mail /
Website / www.sebcsyria.com
Project / Improving employability of Palestinian refugees in Syria
Beneficiary / UNRWA
Amount / € 2.5 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 20 September 2006
Final Date of Implementation / 31 December 2010
Contact Name / Title / Severine Meyer, EC Project Manager
Telephone / +963 (11) 613 30 35/42 (Ext. 470)
E-mail /

Website / www.unrwa.org
Project / Upgrading the Higher Education Sector in Syria (UHES)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Higher Education
Amount / € 10 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 14 June 2007
Final Date of Implementation / 30 June 2011
Contact Name / Title / Mihael Breckin, Interim Team Leader
Batoul Diab, PMU Director
Telephone / +963 (11) 212 98 84/7
E-mail /

Project / Quality & Standards Programme
Beneficiary / Ministry of Economy and Trade
Amount / € 12 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 27 December 2007
Contact Name / Title / Daniela Clejanu, Team Leader
Georges Ghadban, Project Director
Telephone / +963 (11) 611 32 32
E-mail /

Project / Trade Enhancement Programme (TEP)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Economy and Trade
Amount / € 15 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 31 December 2009
Contact Name / Title / Ghassan Al-Habash, Programme Director
David Fenning, Team Leader
E-mail /

Project / Business Environment Simplification Programme (BESP)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Economy and Trade
Amount / € 5 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 31 December 2009
Contact Name / Title / Soulfa Akili, Programme Director
Douglas Aitkenhead, Team Leader
E-mail /

MEDA: Regional projects

Project / Euro Arab Mashreq Gas Market (EAMGM)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Syria
Ministry of Energy and Water, Lebanon
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan
Ministry of Petroleum, Egypt
Amount / € 6 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / 26 July 2005
Final Date of Implementation / 31 December 2009
Contact Name / Title / Richard Kupisz, Team Leader
Naeem Danhash, Project Director
Telephone / +963 (11) 612 65 80
+963 (11) 611 04 48
E-mail /

Project / Energy efficiency in the construction sector in the Mediterranean (MED ENEC)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Energy of 10 MEDA Countries
Amount / € 4 million
Date of the Financing Agreement / N/A, Contract: 25 October 2005
Final Date of Implementation / 30 June 2009
Contact Name / Title / Klaus Wenzel, Team Leader
Telephone / +961 (1) 352 035
E-mail /

Website / www.med-enec.com
Project / Euromed Cultural Heritage (partly managed by the Delegation to Syria)
Regional Action Programme (RAP) / 2007
Amount / € 17 million

Projects in support to Iraqi refugees:

Project / Support to Health
Amount / € 9 million
Project / Support to Education Phase I - UNICEF
Amount / € 3 million
Project / Support to Education Phase II - UNICEF
Amount / € 4 million
Project / Emergency support to Syria Education
Amount / € 10 million
Project / Support to Syria waste management
Amount / € 10 million
Project / Direct Assistance to Iraqi female-headed Families and Victims of Trafficking in Syria - IOM
Amount / € 1,5 million

Projects funded under Thematic and Horizontal budget lines:

1) European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)

Project / Training on Human Rights of people with disability
Beneficiary / NARD (National Association for the rights of Disabled people in Lebanon) (Lebanese)
Arab Organisation of Disabled People (LB)
Date of Decision / 21 May 2003
Final Date of Implementation / 31 December 2008
Amount / € 84,888.00
Project / Out of Home Childcare Professional Development Project
Beneficiary / SOS Syria (Syrian Arab Association for SOS Children’s Villages)
(Syrian)
Date of Decision / 21 May 2003
Final Date of Implementation / 22 December 2009
Amount / € 80,000.00

2) Support to NGOs

Project/Contract / Establishing a Village Business Incubator for Women’s Micro & Small Enterprises in the Coastal Midland Area of Syria
Beneficiary / AIDOS (Associazione Italiana Donne Per Lo Sviluppo)
Amount / € 408,563.41 (total with other contributions: € 552,112)
Final Date of Implementation / 31 March 2009
Contact Name / Title / Shouk Abdel Aziz, National Project Coordinator, FIRDOS
Fajer Ghadban, Manager
Telephone / +963 (41) 443 943
+963 (11) 612 50 26
E-mail /


Project/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.
Beneficiary / AIDOS (Associazione Italiana Donne Per Lo Sviluppo)
Amount / € 728,648.33
Final Date of Implementation / 31 December 2011
Contact Name / Title / In SFPA: Lama Mouakea, Executive Director
Dr Khawla Akel, HCC Manager
Telephone / +963 (11) 331 03 96
+963 (11) 223 08 71
Email: /

3) Youth

Project / YOUTH programme phase III
Beneficiary / Syrian Commission for the Family Affairs (for Syria)
Amount / €200 000 for Syria
Date of the Financing Agreement / 24 December 2006
Final Date of Implementation / 30 June 2009
Contact Name / Title / Sira Astour, Chairperson
Telephone / +963 (11) 612 26 35/ 612 26 37
Email: /

4) Environment

Project / "Promotion of concerned sustainable local development planning in Syria - LOCUS" through LIFE Third Countries Programme
Beneficiary / Ministry of Local Administration & Environment and the Fund for Integrated Rural & Development of Syria (FIRDOS)
Amount / 512,600 € (EC contribution: 358,820 €)
Final Date of Implementation / 31 January 2008
Project / SMAP II: Integrated Waste Management for the Olive Oil Pressing Industries in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan
Beneficiary / UNDP
Amount / 2,196,790 € (EC contribution 1,738,411 €)
End date of activities / 30 November 2008

5) Higher Education

Project / Tempus Programme
Beneficiary / Ministry of Higher Education
Amount / Tempus III (2003-2006): €9.5 Million
Tempus IV (2007-2013): €14 Million for the Mediterranean region
Final Date of Implementation / End of 2013
Contact Name / Title / Syria Tempus Office, Rami Ayoubi
Telephone / +963 (11) 213 99 70
E-mail /
Website / www.tempus-nto.org.sy
Project / Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window (EMECW)
Beneficiary / Ministry of Higher Education
Amount / € 29 million for ENPI, out of which € 3 million for Lebanon, Syria and Jordan (for the academic year 2007-2008)
Final Date of Implementation / EMECW (2007-2013)

Future Bilateral Projects

Support for political and administrative reform:

Project / Promoting decentralisation and local development
Annual Action Programme / 2009
Amount / € 20 million
Project / Reforming and modernising the judiciary
Annual Action Programme / 2010
Amount / € 5 million
Project / Support to the Association Agreement Programme (SAAP)
Annual Action Programme / 2010
Amount / € 5 million

Support for economic reform:

Project / Supporting Public Finance Reform
Annual Action Programme / 2008
Amount / € 10 million
Project / Promoting business development
Annual Action Programme / 2010
Amount / € 20 million

Support for social reform:

Project / Secondary Education Reform Programme
Annual Action Programme / 2008
Amount / € 10 million
Project / Social Protection Programme
Annual Action Programme / 2009
Amount / € 5 million
Project / Modernising the health sector
Annual Action Programme / 2009
Amount / € 15 million
Project / In-service training
Annual Action Programme / 2010
Amount / € 10 million

Environment / Sustainable energy:

Project / Support for investment projects (including interest-rate subsidies)
Annual Action Programme / 2010
Amount / € 10 million

Future Regional Projects

Project / Euro-Arab Mashreq Gas Market Project phase II
Regional Action Programme (RAP) / 2009
Amount / € 5 million

Future Thematic Projects

Project / Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development
Amount / € 150,000

* Projects in red are completed

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