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A joint donor team carried out
the second bi-annual review of the SFD on 8-15 December 2007.
The team included representatives of the World Bank (WB), UK
Department for International Development (DFID), the Nether
lands Embassy and the German Bank for Development (KfW).
The objective of the review was
to assess the progress in meeting SFD third phase objectives as
well as discuss and endorse SFD Medium-term Vision 2006-2010).
The team met with H.E. Mr. Abdulkarim Ismail Al-Arhabi, the Vice
Premier for Economic Affairs\Minister of Planning & Int'l
Cooperation and the SFD Managing Director, H.E. Dr. Abdussalam
Al-Joufi, Minister of Education, Mr. Ali Hilal, Minister of
Local Administration and Dr. Mohammad Al-Hamdi, deputy minister
of water and environment. The team later on attended a
presentation about SFD Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and assured
the importance of implementing it at the community level.
The team also looked into the
Poverty Assessment conducted by the Yemen Government, the World
Bank and the UNDP and confirmed that SFD's programs actually
target poverty and stressed the importance of updating.
On the other hand, the team
conducted field visits to Jibla, where they met some
beneficiaries and members in the local councils and community
committees; as well as the Grand Mosque in the Old City of
Sana'a to see the SFD restoration works there. |
elopment,
held in Sana'a on 15 December 2007 a workshop on the SFD's
medium-term vision. The event aimed to finally complete and
approve the vision developed in 2006 and discussed with its
donors and local partners since then. Through its vision, the
SFD aims primarily to enhance nature and balance in its
operations and maximize their impact in poverty reduction. In
developing the vision, the SFD took into account the social and
economic development context in Yemen as well as SFD's strength
and role in cooperation with its partners. The vision has been
prepared to contribute to the third Economic and Social
Development Plan for Poverty Reduction (2006–10). 
