Full coverage: Syria

08.12.2006 Disabled students attend a computer training course in the newly established UNDP ICT-centre for the motor handicapped in the Barzeh area of Damascus. Ahmad, a 17-year old student on crutches, comes every day from a village 30 km outside of Damascus to attend computer courses at the Computer Training Centre.

15.06.2006 Poverty is subjective, complex, and multidimensional. While poverty is primarily about income, limited access to the necessary natural resources for agricultural production is a major constraint to poverty alleviation in the dry areas.

31.08.2005 A Unesco sponsored three day workshop entitled “Writing Skills in a Pluralistic and Updated Approach” gathered correspondents of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) in Damascus from 23 to 25 August 2005.

11.01.2004 Syria has set up an online disaster management database in all 14 governorates and trained 350 government staff on how to respond to natural and man-made disasters.