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This report presents the results from a regional training workshop on MASSCOTE which was held at Aleppo, Syria in 2009. A total of twenty Irrigation and Agriculture engineers from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria participated in the training workshop focusing on MASSCOTE application in Mounshaat-Al-Asad scheme in Aleppo Governorate. It was organized to achieve the following objectives: a) To launch FAO’s regional initiative on modernization of irrigation management in the Near East; b) To introduce the MASSCOTE and RAP methodologies to participants from different countries in the region through real-case applications; c) To increase the capacity of the participants on usage of modern techniques and approaches of irrigation management and operation; d) To develop insights on the performance of management in Mounshaat-Al-Asad irrigation system and suggest some specific strategies to managers of the scheme on conceptualising the modernization of irrigation management; e) To produce food for thought for decision-makers in Syria before they engage in investment plans and on how to ensure these diagnoses and solutions are investigated properly in modernization projects; f) To validate a specific module of MASSCOTE- MASSLIS which is dedicated to lift irrigation system; g) To prepare follow up studies in Egypt and Jordan; and h) To produce some key recommendations for the concluding regional workshop.
