Technology and Digital Transformation

The Council believes that digital transformation is not a separate path from industry, development and education, but rather the thread that connects all sectors. Therefore, the tasks are divided into three axes:

1- Supporting digital transformation in government institutions:

• Assist ministries, municipalities, and public institutions in automating services, digitizing procedures, and improving data management.

• Benefit from German expertise in e-government, digital identity management, and civil and financial registry systems.

2- Developing the national technical reality and supporting civil technical organizations within a government program such as "Zaka":

• Empower digital innovation incubators and labs, and organizations working in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and cybersecurity.
• Providing capacity building programs and seed funding for the tech communities (developers, young researchers, startups) to become part of the digital transformation ecosystem and not just a recipient of it.

3- Moving the economy through partnerships with German tech companies:

• Encouraging German companies to open branches or development centers in Syria, especially in software, technical support services, smart call centers, and testing and verification services.
• Presenting Syria as a platform for low-cost and highly flexible innovation, while linking these investments to local vocational and academic pathways, so that Syrian youth become part of German-European digital value chains.

With this map, the Syrian-German Business Council is working to build an integrated system: schools that facilitate the return of talent and produce a digitally conscious generation, universities and institutes that develop knowledge and research, vocational training that fills the labor market vacuum, and a digital transformation that leads management and the economy towards a more efficient and humane model.