Coordination Committee of the Drainage Booster Project and Water Resources Management held a Meeting

Aqrab 22: November 12, 2020
This meeting was held to evaluate the programs implemented by the "SWIM" project in the last four years and the fifth year plan.
the meeting was attended by Hashmatullah Ghafoori, Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Natural Resources of the Ministry of Agriculture, Hapi Mazir, Director of the Project in Afghanistan, and Atiq-ul-Rahman Jalil, representative of United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Hashmatullah Ghafoori, Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Natural Resources of the Ministry of Agriculture, thanked the financial supporter of the third project and said, that this project is effective in Northern Afghanistan and has been useful in strengthening and managing water.
Hapi Mazir, Head of the »SWIM« project in Afghanistan said that Despite the difficulties of Covid-19, the third project in the world was able to achieve its goal and successfully implement the plans planned for 2020, and now on unfinished projects from previous years and new projects.
Atiq-ul-Rahman Jalil, on behalf of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is financing the Third Project, also thanked the officials of the Third Project and the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture for better management of the project.
The (SWIM) project is designed by the Department of Agriculture from 2016 to the end of 2021 to enhance Drainage and Water Resources Management in the country and is funded by USAID or the United States Agency for International Development.
It should be added, that the project to strengthen drainage and water Resources in the Northern of the country and led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock is being implemented.
In particular, (SWIM) rehabilitates water Infrastructure, strengthens the water monitoring environment, and enhances the technical expertise of Local Institutions to manage Water Resources.