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InfoCom Division

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Mission

providing suitable specialised technical services and by

communicating the Centre’s work to the national and international community

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The main activities   Intranet site & Internet site Syrian Agricultural Database (SAD) Library Agricultural Policy Forum Newsletter Publishing activities

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8 Members

Usama : Coordinator / Newsletter Bashar & Yahia and Nadia : Database Maamoun : Librarian Hassan : Web & Intranet Nawal & Arwa: Policy Forum, Publications

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Syrian Agriculture Database

New version of Database (2004)

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Agricultural Policy Forum

Accession to the WTO: Options for Syria, on 20 Oct 2004 by Mr D. Mc Clatchy.

Agriculture and Rural-Urban Migrations in Developing Countries: facts and policy implications, on 12 December 2004 by Mr J.Vercueil.

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.

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NAPC Newsletter

The sixth issue has been published.

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Intranet & Internet

The Website of the center is available online

www.napcsyr.org

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Library

800 records have been inserted 20 new books & 217 electronic

titles have been added

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PublicationsProduced & Distributed • SAT 2004• Newsletter N˚ 6 • Proceedings • Options for Reforming Syrian Agricultural Policy Support

Instrument in View of WTO Accession• Accession to the WTO: Procedures, Issues and Lessons for

Syria from Recent Experiences • Working paper on GAFTA monitoring• Six working papers by the Farming Systems teamAbout to be finalized • SOFAS 2004 • Six working papers by the Comparative Advantages team• The proceedings on Agriculture and Rural-Urban Migrations