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InfoCom Division. Mission. Provide suitable specialised technical services and communicate the Centre’s work to the national and international community. The main activities. Intranet site & Internet site Syrian Agricultural Database (SAD) Library Agricultural Policy Forum Newsletter
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Mission Provide suitable specialised technical services and communicate the Centre’s work to the national and international community
The main activities • Intranet site & Internet site • Syrian Agricultural Database (SAD) • Library • Agricultural Policy Forum • Newsletter • Publishing Activities
8Members • Usama: Coordinator • Bashar & Yahia and Nadia : Database • Maamoun : Librarian • Hassan: NAPC NET • Nawal & Arwa: Newsletter,Policy Forum, Publications
Syrian Agriculture Database Version 2004 • It is available on-line • Available on CD-ROM • About 1000 CD-ROMs of version 2004 were disseminated
Version 2005 • Updating the data of agriculture and agricultural production sector for 2004 • Upgrading the data of agricultural trade for two years 1994-2003 • Adding new disaggregate figures up to district level (“Mantika level”) 2001 to 2004 • Training
Agricultural Policy Forum • Agriculture in the Syrian –Eu Association Agreement, on 23 March 2005 jointly by Mr A. El Hindi and Mr L. Zeller, Eu Delegation in Syra. • New Orientations of Syrian Agricultural Policy, on 22 June 2005 byMr Erfan Alloush, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture
NAPC Newsletter • The sixth issue was published in April 2005. • The seventh issue is being produced, to be published in October
Intranet & Internet • Regular updates • Creating new web pages • Creating divisional web pages • Translating NAPC English web pages to Arabic
Library • 1453records have been inserted • 55new books and magazines & 255 electronic titles have been added • Librarian visit to FAO Headquarter in Rome in April 2005
Publications • SAT 2004 • SOFAS 2005 • Newsletter N˚ 6 • Proceedings • Working paper on GAFTA monitoring • Six working papers by the Farming Systems team • Comparative advantages study