Symposiums, conferences and workshopsJust for money? [Archives:2003/690/Opinion]

Yasser Mohammed Al-Mayyasi
The last few months of this year have seen in Yemen a number of conferences, symposiums, and workshops where vital issues have been discussed.
Some studies and researches related to these activities are of great significance.
A number of politicians and academicians observe that the most successful workshops can have some effect.
For my part, some of these workshops and symposiums, however, do not convey any real meaning. They are just hankering after material interests.
This manifests itself clearly through excessively spending on them.
As a result of this invisibility, or let’s say the ambiguous outcomes of those working papers, it has become difficult to apply them in reality. This is because they don’t correspond with our reality.
Holding intensive activities during the recent months of this year have caused unusual bewilderment, and nothing positive has come into being due to holding those workshops and symposiums.
Not even a simple objective has been applied into reality. Some haven’t gained any interest or consideration such as media coverage.
Some say the reasons behind such disinterest is the stumbling accompanied with these workshops.
Before the months that proceed the Holy Month of Ramadhan, there has been a certain kind of rapid emulation to hold symposiums and workshops in different aspects
Some commentators say that holding such workshops just exhaust high amounts of financial allocations before the closure of files and documents during the end of the current year.
The destiny of holding aimless symposiums and workshops is at length a failure.
Nowadays, organizations and international donors are completely convinced of their fragility day after day.
They have expressed their concerns over the random holding to some workshops and symposiums.
At last, organizers of those symposiums should determine the goals before performing or holding any activity, therefore taking into consideration if they are scrupulously performed.
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