Regional workshop on transparency and accountability in Yemen [Archives:2005/856/Front Page]

By Fatima Foud
For the Yemen Times
The National Democratic Institute in Yemen (NDI) held a Regional Workshop on Transparency and Accountability as a part of their series of discussion forums in Good Governance. The workshop was held in Hadda Hotel last week on the 22nd and the 23rd of June. The event was chaired by Sheikh Abdulla Al Ahmer who has emphasized on the role of the parliamentarians in the protection of public good and the importance of focusing on good governance systems that will empower the people. The workshop hosted a number of parliamentarians from Yemen, Bahrain, and Kuwait. There was also a representative from the various political parties in Yemen, local news agencies and human rights activists.

The contributions from the parliamentarians emphasized the importance of Transparency and Good Governance in the region. The crowed agreed on unifying the efforts of all the political parties in the parliament in order to achieve consensus on issues that will be beneficial to the Yemeni citizen. They have also emphasized on the importance of sharing experiences between the parliamentarians in the region. One of the recommendations that emerged was the suggestion of creating a parliamentarians network in the Arabian Peninsula to facilitate experience exchange and increase the parliamentarians ability to engage with constructive dialogues among each other and towards the citizens.

This workshop is one of many NDI works in the field of enhancing the capacity of parliamentarians and bridge understanding between the Parliamentarians and the citizens by fostering an open transparent dialogue.
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