The Ministry of Trade and Economy (MoET) Directorate for Planning and Enhancement of Competitiveness and GIZ have organized a training of staff of the ministry and state-owned (SOE) enterprises under MoET, e.g. silos and storage services, on results-based monitoring and evaluation in combination with financial and economic analysis during February/ March 2011.

Within the framework of its initiative of support to the Syrian Ministry of Industry, MoI, the GIZ Programme to Support Syrian Economic Reform organised in the 9th of February 2011 a workshop on Strategy, Policy and Programme Development and a second workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation on the 23rd of February 2011.

During January 2011, the Syrian Export Development Agency (SEDPA) has implemented a further stakeholder workshop in order to develop specific subsector export strategies for the country.

During December 2010, GTZ asked two experts of the German Federation of Consumer Organizations (VZBV), Drago Trbojevic and Markus Saller, to inform and train Syrian stakeholders in the field of consumer policy on subjects, methods, and organization of consumer advice services.