CBF holds roundtable on NGOs [Archives:2004/794/Front Page]

The Cultural Bridges Forum (CBF) was to be held today, Nov. 29, its second roundtable discussion on “Activating the role of Yemeni NGOs” at the Taj Sheba Hotel in Sana'a.
The program was to last for four hours, and was to include a speech by CBF Chairman Dr. Abdulkarim Al-Iryani, followed by a speech by Mr. J.F.L. Blankenberg, the Ambassador of Netherlands to Yemen.
It included a thorough open discussion about means and ways to enhance the role of Yemeni NGOs in nation building and development.
The event is expected to conclude with a recommendation that would be circulated and kept as a reference for similar initiatives and for the local and donor communities.
NGO representatives, journalists, intellectuals, politicians, and diplomats were invited to attend the event, which is second to a similar roundtable held on October 10, also at the Taj Sheba Hotel in Sana'a.
The CBF is a Yemeni NGO established in January 2004 by Dr. Abdulkarim Al-Iryani, who is currently the Senior Political Advisor of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Its General Secretary, Jamal Al-Awadhi, who is also a journalist and a human rights activist, describes the CBF as “an entity the works to promote civil values in Yemen by carrying out activities to bring decision-makers, civil society, and other major players in the community together to help build a more developed and democratic nation.”
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