Opening of the personnel survey training program for five governorates in Damascus Details: The head of the Planning and Statistics Authority, Anas Raduan Salim, opened the training program for personnel survey data collectors at the authority's training center in Damascus. The program was implemented in cooperation with the International Labor Organization and the European Union, and in cooperation with the Ministry of Welfare and Labor, targeting five districts: Damascus and its countryside, Daraa, As-Suwayda and Quneitra. The program included training teams in accurate data collection mechanisms, implementing approved protocols in field interviews, in addition to professional security and safety capabilities to protect field teams. The training focused on ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of the information and personal data for the families participating in the survey process. The training is designed to give data collectors the necessary tools to enable them to apply them in the field, in order to collect accurate data on the size of the workforce and its demographic and economic distribution.