Poverty reduction Communication Strategy workshop [Archives:2006/933/Local News]
Ismail Al-Ghabiri
SANA'A, March 28 ) In cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank, the Ministry of Telecommunications and International Cooperation organized an interaction draft strategy workshop Monday, March 27 in Sana'a to support the third plan for development and poverty reduction.
Mohamed Tahir Hamid, a member of the technical team that prepared the workshop, explained the interaction strategy, mentioning the framework of interaction and direct and indirect factors that help or impair interaction. Direct factors are represented by information institutions and personnel, while indirect factors involve availability of information and easy access to it, as well as legislative regulations.
The workshop aimed to explain the state's policies, approaches and commitments linked with development, poverty reduction and Millennium Development Goals. It also aimed at prompting partners to interact and participate in the goals to support them. Such interaction will be via effective dialogue and integrating resources.
The workshop tackled long-term objectives that will yield positive public response to development and poverty reduction activities, as well as raise public awareness with plans addressing sectors targeted by poverty reduction. Poverty's causes, its threats and the importance of efforts to limit its impacts also were tackled.
Many non-governmental organizations, academics and specialists participated in the workshop.
Workshop discussions and debates concluded that awareness of sectors targeted with development, poverty reduction and threats of poverty plans should be promoted. The work mechanism, official and private media, government institutions and civil community organizations should be developed to promote interaction among targeted sectors and various state institutions to secure response.
They also tackled ideal exploitation of available resources and financing media efforts with skills and knowledge supporting development which reduces poverty. Such support should be in both official and private sectors.
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