UN contributes $450,000Labour information system to be created [Archives:2004/712/Business & Economy]

The United Nations is supporting Yemen in the second phase of a project called ” Labour Market Information System,'' aimed at creating job opportunities.
An agreement was signed in Sana'a between the Yemeni government and the UNDP stipulating the implementation of the second phase.
The UNDP contribution is $450,000 while the Yemeni government would contribute $200,000.
The agreement mainly aims at developing strategies and certain goals for the creation of work opportunities and offering support in technical and vocational training based on the results achieved in the first stage of the project.
The agreement was signed by the Yemeni side by the minister of planning and international cooperation, and for the UN by James Rawley the UNDP representative in Sana'a.
Specialized sources expected that the project would contribute to support the government's efforts for reducing the proportion of poverty to 34.9% by the year 2005, by improving Yemen's performance level in realizing sustainable human development.
The project's aims also establishment a labour market information system and development a strategy of human development, that official plans undertake for curbing the negative impact resulting from price reforms.
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