Date:10 March 2010

Time:13:00

Attendants:Ms. Majid Khadam, Ms. Ruba Khanji, Ms. Ola Izze Dine,Ms. Nour Darwich, Ms. Lamis Makhoul

Objective:Discussion on the Data Collected with respect to Projects Supported by UN Organizations

Ms. Majid Khadam has pointed out that SPC doesn’t have information for projects supported/implemented by the organizations mentioned below since they are dealing directly with the relevant ministries.

-UNRWA

-FAO

-WHO

-GEF

-UNEP

-UNHCR

-UNESCO

-ILO

Ms. Ruba Khanji has inquired about the type of projects that should be included in the database and her queries could be summarized as follows:

-Do the projects implemented by UNRWA & UNHCR should be included? Her argument is “these projects are humanitarian aids and according to her, the beneficiary parties are not Syrian (e.g. Iraqis, Palestinians), so these projects should not be included”.

-Do the projects and programs that aim for staff capacity building should be included (Ruba gave the example of missions to Holland on yearly basis)

-Do we need to include the regional projects in the database?

-Do we need to include projects supporting workshops and seminars?

Further, in response to Ms. Khanji comments that the Syrian Contribution should be indicated, the project team replied that the project matrix contains the major information that will enable us to get hold of the project document that contains all relevant data

Following, the above conversation, the meeting attendants went through the list of projects one by and one and they agreed on the following:

-Ms. Majid Khadam will provide the project team with the projects that are recently signed since the project matrix,SPChas, includes all collected data as of 1 Feb 2010.

-In response to the project team inquiry regarding the projects that are supported by more than one donor, Ms. Khadam will check all the projects and advice the project team accordingly since the project team is aware of projects jointly funded by UNDP/SDC only

-Ms. Khadam will double checked the information related to the projects appeared in annex 1

Annex 1:

Project No. / Action Required
Project No. 224 / Confirmation of the Data
Project No. 442 / Confirm the data related to this project and its status
Project No. 443 – 447 / Is this project two phases? If not, accurate information about the project is required
Project No. 481 / Need to be double checked
Project No. 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508 / Need to be double checked