Syria: Study on the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Resource Management, adaptation and mitigation measures - SABIR Project

Aug 15, 2025 (Deadline: 2025-08-30) | Expertise France
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About Expertise France:
Expertise France (EF) is a public agency part of the AFD Group, merging six agencies under the supervision of the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economy and Finance with a strong inter-ministerial vocation. EF offers programme engineering and technical assistance by developing and implementing international cooperation actions worldwide. EF operates in various development and institutional cooperation fields, including safety and security reform, post-crisis/stability, public health, human rights, strengthening of institutions and NGOs, and governance.

Expertise France designs and implements projects which aim to contribute to the balanced development of partner countries, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda and the priorities of France’s external action.

About Expertise France in Syria:
Since 2013, Expertise France has been implementing direct non-humanitarian assistance programmes across Syria. EF developed and implemented several stabilization projects targeting conflict-affected communities in Syria through local Syrian NGOs and CSOs with whom EF built strong partnerships. Expertise France’s main fields of intervention cover the following sectors: health, livelihoods, early recovery, and support to civil society.

PROJECT COMPONENTS AND RESULTS
Supported by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Syria Area Based Integrated Recovery (SABIR) project is implemented since 2020, in defined geographic areas in the North-East of Syria. The project is aiming at improving (I) access to essential services through public infrastructures rehabilitation (II) access to livelihoods opportunities, support to agriculture, livestock, technical and vocational education, training, entrepreneurship, (III) enhanced social cohesion and finally (IV) strengthened social capital by delivering tailored capacity building activities to local partners.

The SABIR project's overall intended impact is to contribute to addressing the post-crisis recovery challenges to pave the path towards sustainable development. The sub-objective of SABIR IV is to build more resilient local communities towards greater stabilization in the northeast of Syria.