Popular participation in development plans [Archives:2005/878/Front Page]
Yasser Mohammed Al-Mayyasi
ADEN- Sept. 13- The city of Aden hosted on Saturday the consultative meeting on goals of the third five-year plan for development and poverty alleviation. The plan stretches from 2006 to 2010.
The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, covered the governorates of Aden, Lahj, Abyan and al-Beida.
The event included official and popular activities of the said governorates staged in the presence of a number of representatives from the private sector, civil community organizations, and other research and academic institutions.
The meeting was opened by governors of Aden, Lahj and al-Beida who stressed the importance of such meetings in enhancing the popular participation for decision-makers in the layout of development plans.
These officials asserted the specification of the needs of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation as a well-planned initiative due to contribute to the participation of concerned people at the central and local levels in the assessment of plans and policies.
The initiative is expected to set visions and outlines necessary for the coming period of time. These activities reinforce the non-central directives and practices of the local authority and will help achieve the millennium development goals.
Dr. Yahya al-Mutawakil, Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation confirmed there is a number of meetings and activities due to be held in Aden, Hodeida, Hadramout, Taiz and the capital.
The scheduled events are planned to review moves of the third five-year plan for development and poverty alleviation in the shadow of internal and external changes and their impacts on efforts for achieving the development goals and poverty alleviation.
Additionally, the planned activities are due to view the local successful initiatives including efforts of the private sector and civil community organizations pursued for enhancing partnership between the private sector, civil community organizations and donors.
The third five-year plan for development and poverty alleviation, 2006-2010, is thought of as the fruit of a thorough and comprehensive revision of the development plans and programs, as well as the economic reforms that have been implemented over the past years for determining the future of Yemen.
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