UNDP Syria

UNDP has been operating in Syria since 1962, supporting the national efforts for achieving sustainable human development and reducing poverty. UNDP works with the State Planning Commission, as its primary counterpart, and partners with the different line ministries, public sector institutions, non-governmental organizations, private sector organizations, as well as donors. UNDP provides advice and technical backstopping on different issues to support national planning and policy-making to strengthen economic and social reforms. Through the Global Compact initiative, the following development projects are being discussed and two of which were launched.

“The UN Global Compact provides an umbrella for the best use of private sector CSR activity. We are keen to remind them and provide them with the best ways to strategically organize their fundraising and contribution responses to the society’s needs.”

-Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UNDP Syria Resident Representative

For Education

• Special Education Center (for people with Learning Disability)
• Promoting Literacy by Establishing Libraries
• Teacher Training & Active Learning center
• Sound and Lights in Palmyra

For Capacity Development and Human Resource

• ICT for All
• Entrepreneurship & Business Center
• Capacity Development Center in Damascus & Dreikiche
• Invest in Human Capital in Northeastern Region
• Business Solutions for Human Development Report

• A Cleaner Community & A Reduced Global Warming
• Grow 1 Million Trees in Syria by MAS Economic Group
• Plant Your Logo

• MTN Cancer Center
• Country Scan on Disability Cases
• Drug Use Control and Upgrading Medical Devices
• Gulfsands Medical Center
• Safety is a frame of mind.

• Vocational Institutes for the Disabled
• Integration of the Disabled into the Community
• Workforce Center for the Disabled
• Empowering Women through Community Kitchens
• Road Safety Awareness & Renovation
• Sponsor an Orphan

For Enhancing the Business Environment

• Reviving the Business Climate and Boosting Tourism in Der Ezzor
• Pilot Dwellings: Simple Architecture in Rural Areas
• Revival of the Old City of Damascus (Technology)

“The Global Compact can map where need is,” says Abdulsalam Haykal, Founder and CEO of Haykal Group and President of the Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association. “Syria is in transition and in recent years it has become clear in the world over that governments cannot deliver everything society needs. We need more private universities, more healthcare, more infrastructure.”