Republic of Yemen

Since reunification in 1990, Yemen has committed itself to undertake democratic reforms. However, one key challenge to Yemen's development remains the inability of its institutions to respond to the needs of ordinary people; to integrate their aspirations into decision-making processes and to deliver the basic services most needed in Yemeni society.
Towards this end, UNDP supports Yemen's move to enhance democratic governance in an array of issues, including decentralization and local governance, promoting human rights and justice, enhancing women's empowerment and gender equality, strengthening anti-corruption efforts, supporting constitutional, legal and electoral reform and delivering fair and transparent elections at all governance levels. This includes developing national, regional, local and civil society capacities and ensuring that processes are more accessible to the greater public, particularly poor and disadvantaged groups, such as youth, women, rural populations, the disabled and people living with HIV and AIDS. Yemen is currently implementing rigorous economic, administrative and judicial reforms, in recognition of its commitment to bridge existing gaps and address governance problems.
One of the countries of the 'Arab Spring' in 2011, this year Yemen faced particular challenges, and the Democratic Governance Team is actively supporting the transitional phase towards free and fair presidential, parliamentary and local elections, National Dialogue and constitutional and electoral reform.

The following are some UNDP projects that aim to enhance governance practices:

Service Line 2.4: Justice and Human Rights

• Enhancing National Human Rights in Yemen II
• Strengthening the Capacity of the Media and CSOs in Transparency

Service Line 2.6: Decentralization, Local Governance and Urban Development

• Advisory Support to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC)
• Local Governance Support Project (LGSP)
• The EC-UNDP Joint Electoral Assistance in Yemen

Last Modified on 2012-01-22