Calls to accredit engineers from outside Syria’s AANES to supervise projects
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, members of the Chamber of Engineers in Raqqa, north Syria, called on the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) to accredit engineers from outside its institutions to supervise the implementation of service projects.
On Sunday, engineers in Raqqa held their third annual conference under the title “Aims and Challenges,” where they discussed the most prominent challenges and obstacles that face the urban movement in Raqqa and all of northeast Syria.
The conference was held in al-Ard al-Saeda hall in the center of Raqqa city. Representatives from service institutions, the municipality of Raqqa, and the Local Administration and Municipalities Board in the Raqqa Civil Council attended the conference.
“The AANES must accredit engineers from outside its institutions to supervise the implementation of projects that service institutions are implementing,” Hamud al-Ahmed, member of the Chamber of Engineers in Raqqa, told North Press.
“Allowing service departments of the Raqqa Civil Council alone to implement services will contribute to slowing down urban movement and lowering the level of services provided to the residents,” al-Ahmed added.
At the end of August, co-chair of the Local Administration and Municipalities Board Medya Bozan told North Press that institutions affiliated with the AANES or the Raqqa Civil Council have the right to subjectively implement projects according to the requirements of the public interest.
However, she added that giving the technical departments the exclusive right to carry out projects is “a huge mistake committed by the AANES and the Raqqa Civil Council that may hinder the fulfillment of the desired results.”
Al-Ahmed pointed out that the AANES can establish a company directly affiliated with it to implement the projects, independent from the service departments, which were founded to assist residents rather than implement projects.
Al-Ahmed added that transforming the service departments in Raqqa into a body that studies, plans, and then implements the projects, “is a matter that makes monitoring and accountability difficult in the event of any failure by the implementing department.”