PRJ-2026-018At risk4ExecutionConstructionIn progressDelivered by:Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Government Fibre Backbone — Damascus–Homs Segment

Laying a government fibre backbone between Damascus and Homs that links the ministries’ directorates and the main and backup data centres — the first segment of the network that will reach every governorate.

Project managerEng. George HaddadProject sponsorEng. Khaled Al-KayyaliProgrammeNational Connectivity & Support Services Programme

Early warning: ⁦52%⁩ chance of slipping within ⁦45⁩ days

Budget (BAC)

SYP 3.3B

Actual cost

SYP 1.9B

⁦57%⁩ of budget

Progress

⁦55%⁩Awaiting acceptance ⁦10%⁩

Estimate at completion

SYP 3.4B

+SYP 102.1M

SPI · CPI

0.870.97

Forecast finish

⁦2027-03-05⁩

33 days behind baseline

ExecutionStage ⁦4⁩ of ⁦5⁩

Next gate:Closure12 December 2026

Pre-start · Complete
Initiation · Complete
Planning · Complete
Execution · Current stage
Closure · Not started

Change request

The change, its impact analysis and the approval decision

Electronic forms

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MunjazPMO PLATFORM

Execution

Change request

The change, its impact analysis and the approval decision

Form no.: PSA-PMO-F09
Template edition: 3.1
Version: V1
Form date: ⁦2026-10-19⁩

In approvalCR-2026-014Re-route the network in Homs’s Al-Waer district

Auto-filled — Filled by the platform from the project record, not typed.

Project code: PRJ-2026-018
Project: Government Fibre Backbone — Damascus–Homs Segment
Portfolio: Reconstruction & Infrastructure Portfolio
Sector: Digital Transformation Sector
Sponsor: Eng. Khaled Al-Kayyali
Project manager: Eng. George Haddad

1The change

TitleAuto-filled: Re-route the network in Homs’s Al-Waer district
KindAuto-filled: Scope
Requested byAuto-filled: Eng. George Haddad
Raised onAuto-filled: ⁦2026-10-19⁩

Reason

Homs City Council objected to digging on Al-Waer’s main streets

Justification

The side-street route gets a permit within two weeks

2Impact analysis

Cost

+SYP 30M

Schedule

+20 days

Risk

12 → 6

Benefits

Risk impact

Resolves the standing objection

Benefits impact

No effect on benefits

3The approval decision

The PMO’s recommendation

Impact analysis in progress at the national PMO

Change Committee decision: Not taken yet
Decided on: —
Decision number: —

Approval logChain: Change request approval · version ⁦5⁩

Every decision on the form — who, their role, the note and the time. It prints with the form.

#	Step	Kind	Name	Decision	Note	Date & time
1	Author	—	Eng. George HaddadDirector, Data Centres & Government Network	Submitted	—	⁦2026-10-19⁩ 14:17
2	Project manager	Technical acceptance	Approval engineProject manager	Pre-breach alert	—	⁦2026-10-20⁩ 08:00
3	Project manager	Technical acceptance	Approval engineEscalated automatically to Programme manager (Eng. George Haddad) on ⁦2026-10-21⁩	Automatic escalation	—	⁦2026-10-21⁩ 08:05

Signatures

Project manager

Eng. George Haddad

Awaiting decision

PMO review & impact analysis

Mariam Al-Zoubi

Later

Financial impact

Rasha Al-Mudarres

Later

Contractual impact

Abdullah Al-Ujaili

Later

Change Committee

Dr. Ziad Al-Atassi

Later

Change request

Prints the form and its approval log on A4.

The request in Change requests

Approval path

Read from the approval engine: the steps, their holders and the time limits in working days.

The chain in the approval engine

Chain: Change request approval · version ⁦5⁩

Submitted by Eng. George Haddad on ⁦2026-10-19⁩

Technical acceptance
Project manager
Eng. George Haddad · Project manager
6 working days overdueLimit 1 working day · Due ⁦2026-10-20⁩
Pre-breach alert at ⁦75%⁩ — sent ⁦2026-10-20⁩
Escalated automatically to Programme manager (Eng. George Haddad) on ⁦2026-10-21⁩
Waiting on Eng. George Haddad
Methodology review
PMO review & impact analysis
Mariam Al-Zoubi · PMO — analyst
Delegated to Dr. Reem Al-Qabbani
Limit 2 working days · Expected by ⁦2026-10-22⁩
Financial approval
Financial impact
Rasha Al-Mudarres · Finance
On the path because: Financial link?
Delegated to Omar Al-Nahhas
Limit 2 working days · Expected by ⁦2026-10-26⁩
Financial approval
Contractual impact
Abdullah Al-Ujaili · Procurement & contracts
On the path because: Contract link?
Limit 2 working days · Expected by ⁦2026-10-28⁩
Technical acceptance
Change Committee
Dr. Ziad Al-Atassi · Change Committee
Delegated to Dr. Reem Al-Qabbani
Limit 3 working days · Expected by ⁦2026-11-02⁩

Steps that do not apply to this record

National Projects Steering Committee — the condition «Cost impact above the Change Committee’s authority?» does not holdFrom the authority matrix
Authority Executive Council — the condition «Cost impact above the Steering Committee’s authority?» does not holdFrom the authority matrix

Previous versions

Every version is kept with its status and what changed.

V1In approvalCurrent⁦2026-10-19⁩
The request as raised
Eng. George Haddad

Only one version so far.