Damascus, SANA- Ministry of State for Environment\u00a0Affairs and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday signed a joint cooperation\u00a0framework on raising environmental awareness of the adolescent.<\/p>\n
UNICEF cooperation with the Ministry supports the\u00a0Ministry’s work in the field of spreading awareness and environmental sanitation\u00a0and enhances the community’s participation to guarantee raising this awareness\u00a0in order to achieve a healthy environment for children and adolescent,\u00a0Minister of State for Environment Affairs Nazira Sarkis said.<\/p>\n
The cooperation framework stipulates for the\u00a0implementation of a number of activities enrolled in the framework of the Global Hand\u00a0Washing Day (GHD), following up implementation of the ordinary program of raising\u00a0the environment awareness of adolescent through environmental hubs and camps and\u00a0cooperating with other associations.<\/p>\n
It also stipulates for the formation of a joint\u00a0team for following up the phases of carrying out activities laid down in the joint\u00a0work framework and providing technical support to the environmental media production unit\u00a0at the Ministry.<\/p>\n
The Ministry’s technical cadres will hold\u00a0activities to raise the awareness and enhance the participation of the local community in the\u00a0assessment of the water quality and safety in line with the needs of improving the public\u00a0health and environmental safety, Sarkis added.<\/p>\n
For her part, UNICEF resident representative in\u00a0Syria Hanaa Sinjer stressed the necessity of preparing an executive plan on setting the work\u00a0mechanism and tools in addition to the needed financial and human resources and the time\u00a0framework according to the scheduled activities.<\/p>\n
The framework will be put into effect as of\u00a0Wednesday 13 May till the end of the current year.<\/p>\n
Last February, the Ministry and UNICEF agreed to\u00a0implement several future projects with the view of enhancing school students’ engagement\u00a0in improving sanitary and environment situation.<\/p>\n
H. Zain\/ Barry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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