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AFKAR III in Deir el Ahmar
13-12-2017
A team from AFKAR III program funded by the EU and managed by the ministry of administrative reform (OMSAR) toured the projects implemented by the program in Deir Ahmar to assess initial results so far. The delegation visited Beit Abu Sleibi village and was briefed on the Lake Mallaha project before meeting with women beneficiaries from the Women Association Deir Ahmar. During the tour, Yumna Gharib AFKAR III officer disclosed that projects carried out in the semi-arid region of Deir Ahmar are aimed at the environmental improvement of sustainable management of irrigation and household water consumption at a cost of 500,000 Euro. She said that local civil society groups, women and agricultural coops and municipalities have taken part in the development and management of a sustainable irrigation system to the end of preserving the environment. Such projects, she said, will improve agricultural productivity and reduce drought, in addition to training local farmers, women and students on how to rationalize the use of water. Similarly, the project coordinator from the Institute for University Cooperation (ICU), Carol Hashem, noted that the implementation began in June 2016 and will be completed in May 2018. For her part, the minister of state for administrative reform, Dr. Inaya Ezzedine, underlined during a meeting yesterday with a program delegation, the work plan of AFKAR aimed to institutionalize civil society organizations, develop their capacities and promote accountability among them according to principles of good governance. “We also seek to benefit from the experience in order to streamline it,” Ezzedine added. (Al Diyar, December 13, 2017)
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