Conclusion of the Training Workshop on Water Resources Monitoring and Data Management Systems (3 – 30 July 2007)

A ceremony was held on 30 July 2007 at ACSAD’s headquarters in Damascus, Syria on the occasion of the conclusion of the Training Workshop on Water Resources Monitoring and Data Management Systems which was organized by ACSAD in cooperation with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) for 20 trainees from 14 English-speaking African countries.

Dr. Nabi Rasheed Mohammad, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in the Syrian Arab Republic, delivered a speech at the ceremony in which he spoke about the urgent need for the provision of the integrated databases to help identify the agricultural and development policies. He thanked both ACSAD and BADEA for organizing this important training workshop and stressed that: “the cooperation between these two organizations can be considered as a good example of the cooporation between the regional and international organizations”.

Prof. Dr. Farouk Saleh Fares, Director-General of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) delivered a speech in which he spoke about the importance of the cooperation between ACSAD and BADEA and mentioned that: “ACSAD is always ready to transfer its experiences to the friendly African countries to help achieve the sustainable development in these countries.
Ms. Fatima Abdulrahaman Yousef, representative of BADEA, also delivered a speech at the ceremony in which she spoke about the maximum importance of the water question in achieving the sustainable economic and environmental development in Africa. She mentioned that: “ACSAD has gained valuable experiences that enabled it to become an important expertise house at the Arab and international levels”.

After that Eng. Soni Elisha Johnfrom from Nigeria made a speech in the name of the participants in which he expressed gratitude to both ACSAD and BADEA for organizing this training workshop.

The ceremony was concluded with the distribution of certificates for the participants in the training workshop.