The Syrian Ministry of Water Resources and ACSAD/ cooperation
The Minister of Water Resources in the Syrian Arab Republic, Dr. Engineer Tammam Raad, discussed with Dr. Nasr Edin Obaid, the General-Director of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands (ACSAD), the affairs of cooperation between both sides, and the ways of enhancing and developing it.
During the meeting at ACSAD’s headquarters in Damascus, the Minister praised the rule playing by ACSAD to achieve Arab water security, the level achieved by the organization in its practical scientific and applied performance, especially in the recent period, and the high confidence it has gained and the remarkable scientific status it has reached in all its work areas.
The Minister also praised the support provided by ACSAD to Syria in the water domain, indicating that it implemented more than 15 mathematical models for managing the groundwater and more than six mountain lakes in the coastal region and dozens of training courses for the Ministry of Water Resources cadres.
For his part, Dr. Obeid expressed ACSAD’s appreciation and thanks for the support it received from the Syrian Arab Republic, confirming the organization’s permanent readiness to provide all that can contribute to achieving a sustainable agricultural and water renaissance in Syria in particular, and in all Arab countries in general.
Dr. Obaid pointed out that the Arab Center (ACSAD) is keen to strengthen scientific and technical cooperation with the Syrian Ministry of Water Resources to achieve the optimum utilization of modern technologies, apply the sound management of water resources, raise irrigation efficiency and apply sustainable management of natural resources in the Syrian Arab Republic.
He emphasized that ACSAD stand ready to contribute to the technical capacity-building of the Ministry’s cadres in the areas of climate change and its impact on water resources, the management of groundwater using mathematical models, the use of remote sensing and GIS technologies in water studies, rainwater harvesting and the construction of mountain lakes.
