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Government Fibre Backbone — Damascus–Homs Segment

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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.

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

0.87Schedule performance index · 0.870.97Cost performance index · 0.97

Forecast finish

⁦2027-03-05⁩

33 days behind baseline

ExecutionStage ⁦4⁩ of ⁦5⁩

Next gate:Closure12 December 2026

  1. Pre-start · CompletePre-start · Complete
  2. Gate into «Initiation»DecisionGoDate12 March 2025Initiation · CompleteInitiation · Complete
  3. Gate into «Planning»DecisionGoDate11 May 2025Planning · CompletePlanning · Complete
  4. Gate into «Execution»DecisionGoDate20 August 2025Execution · Current stageExecution · Current stage
  5. Gate into «Closure»DecisionNot held yetDate12 December 2026Closure · Not startedClosure · Not started

Periodic update — October 2026

Filled by the project manager every period — progress, status, risks and support requested — prefilled from the previous card and the live data, then approved.

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Execution

Periodic update card

Progress, status, risks and support requested

Form no.
PSA-PMO-F07
Template edition
2.2
Version
V1
Form date
⁦2026-10-26⁩
DraftUPD-018-2026-10Periodic update — October 2026

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

1ProgressAuto-filled

From the live data: accepted deliverables, the schedule and finance on the period’s last day.

Actual progress

⁦55%⁩

+3 pts on the last period

Planned to date

⁦63%⁩

SPI

0.87

Actual cost

SYP 1.9B

Main achievements this periodFilled by the project manager

Work went to the approved plan for the period, with the due deliverables handed in.

Prefilled from the September 2026 card — edit it if it changed

2Status

Overall healthAuto-filled
At risk
StageAuto-filled
Execution
Forecast finishAuto-filled
⁦2027-03-05⁩

The PM’s comment on the statusFilled by the project manager

The variance from the baseline stands because of late integrations; the corrective plan is running and followed weekly.

Prefilled from the September 2026 card — edit it if it changed

3Risks and impedimentsAuto-filled

CodeRiskScoreOwner
RSK-0033City councils objecting to digging in built-up neighbourhoods12Eng. George Haddad
RSK-0032Higher reinstatement costs after network trenching9Eng. George Haddad
CodeImpedimentSeverity
ISS-0127Digging permit suspended in Homs’s Al-Waer districtMedium

4Support requested

What the project needs from leadership or the committeesFilled by the project manager

Approve change request CR-2026-012 for three integration engineers (SYP 24.5M), and the President of the Authority to press the Ministry of Interior on the civil-registry test environment.

Prefilled from the September 2026 card — edit it if it changed

Includes financial supportAuto-filled
Yes

Approval logChain: Periodic update approval · version ⁦1⁩

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

No decisions yet — the form has not been submitted.

Signatures

PMO check

Mariam Al-Zoubi

Later

Sponsor review & approval

Eng. Khaled Al-Kayyali

Later

Financial support requested

Rasha Al-Mudarres

Later

Issued from Munjaz — Planning and Statistics Authority · ⁦2026-10-28⁩Form PSA-PMO-F07 · version V1

Periodic update card

Prints the form and its approval log on A4.

Approval path

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

Chain: Periodic update approval · version ⁦1⁩

Not submitted for approval yet.

  1. Methodology review

    PMO check

    Mariam Al-Zoubi · PMO — analyst

    Delegated to Dr. Reem Al-Qabbani

  2. Technical acceptance

    Sponsor review & approval

    Eng. Khaled Al-Kayyali · Project sponsor

    Delegated to Dr. Reem Al-Qabbani

  3. Financial approval

    Financial support requested

    Rasha Al-Mudarres · Finance

    On the path because: Financial link?

    Delegated to Omar Al-Nahhas

Waiting on Eng. George Haddad

Previous versions

Every version is kept with its status and what changed.

  1. V1DraftCurrent⁦2026-10-26⁩

    The card as the PM filled it

    • Prefilled from the previous period’s card and the live data

    Eng. George Haddad

Only one version so far.

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