What works in Syria
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Syria
The evidence in the CONTEXT block shows Syria across multiple humanitarian and development domains. WFP/UNHCR pioneered a mobile food-voucher scheme for Iraqi refugees in Damascus starting in 2009, scaling to approximately 9,600 families (32,500 refugees) before Syria's 2011 civil war disrupted operations. Since 2013, UNFPA and partners have operated a growing network of Women and Girls Safe Spaces, expanding to 67 sites by December 2019 and reaching over 880,000 people nationally with GBV prevention and response services by 2023, though some sites have since closed due to funding cuts. Pre-conflict rangeland rehabilitation at Al-Talila Reserve near Palmyra successfully increased reintroduced oryx populations from 116 to 153 animals by 2010 and raised shrub survival from under 10% to over 90% through micro-catchment techniques, though ISIS occupation (2015–17) disrupted verification of post-war outcomes. Recent surveys of 564 medical students across three private Syrian universities document significant AI readiness gaps, with 77.8% reporting general awareness but only 27.8% having hands-on experience, and poor internet cited by 57% of students as the top barrier to technology integration.
Drawn from: WFP/UNHCR SMS Food Voucher Scheme for Iraqi Refugees in Syria · Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) — Syria Crisis Response · Reviving Syria's Badia — Talila Reserve and Micro-Catchment Rangeland Rehabilitation · AI Readiness Gaps in Syrian Medical Education — A 564-Student Ethics-Focused Readiness Survey
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Effectiveness +34 pts 100 here · 66 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Innovation level +18 pts 80 here · 62 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 47 average
Equity & inclusion -16 pts 33 here · 50 average
Evidence of learning impact -26 pts 0 here · 26 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -27 pts 0 here · 27 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Scalability & sustainability -62 pts 0 here · 62 average
Sustainability (ongoing) -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Evaluated outcomes -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Syria. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
WFP/UNHCR SMS Food Voucher Scheme for Iraqi Refugees in Syria · 76
Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) — Syria Crisis Response · 63
Reviving Syria's Badia — Talila Reserve and Micro-Catchment Rangeland Rehabilitation · 47
AI Readiness Gaps in Syrian Medical Education — A 564-Student Ethics-Focused Readiness Survey · 20
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Syria concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more