1. 11 May 2005 1 InfoCom Division

2. 11 May 2005 2 Mission providing suitable specialised technical services and by communicating the Centre’s work to the national and international community

3. 11 May 2005 3 The main activities Intranet site & Internet site Syrian Agricultural Database (SAD) Library Agricultural Policy Forum Newsletter Publishing activities

4. 11 May 2005 4 8 Members Usama : Coordinator / Newsletter Bashar & Yahia and Nadia : Database Maamoun : Librarian Hassan : Web & Intranet Nawal & Arwa: Policy Forum, Publications

5. 11 May 2005 5 Syrian Agriculture Database New version of Database (2004)

6. 11 May 2005 6 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.

7. 11 May 2005 7 NAPC Newsletter The sixth issue has been published.

8. 11 May 2005 8 Intranet & Internet The Website of the center is available online www.napcsyr.org

9. 11 May 2005 9 Library 800 records have been inserted 20 new books & 217 electronic titles have been added

10. 11 May 2005 10 Publications Produced & 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 team About to be finalized SOFAS 2004 Six working papers by the Comparative Advantages team The proceedings on Agriculture and Rural-Urban Migrations