The future of the country depends upon its ability to transition from a war torn state to a fully functional democratic state as outlined in the GCC agreement. However, the country still faces a humanitarian crisis mainly, but not wholly, as a result of the 2010-11 political crisis. The Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) is targeting more than six million people who have been severely affected by the crisis and in need of life saving support.
The revised YHRP has emphasized that ER including capacity-building is a key strategic component if progress toward self-reliance is to be achieved. Early recovery programmes must be increased to provide a platform for durable and effective transition as outlined in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreement.
The humanitarian strategy has been adjusted to align to the humanitarian pillar of the Government’s GCC linked to transitional Program for Stabilization and Development (TPSD) and the United Nations transitional framework for Yemen 2012-2014. During the period of the transition plan the balance of humanitarian assistance will continue to shift away from relief and into ER.
As stability increases and access to new areas opens up the need for, and ability to deliver, ER in Yemen is expanding. New opportunities to assist additional conflict affected populations to return to normal life have arisen following the recent re-establishment of government authority in the south thus increased the scope and geographical coverage of ER needs.
In particular UNDP’s role to provide strategic leadership, coordination as well as a direct implementer, has become an increasingly critical factor in the success of the transition from relief to ER humanitarian assistance and onward to development. UNDP’s ability to provide credible leadership is dependent on maintaining a robust coordination system in Sana’a HQ linked to that in regional offices.
A comprehensive coordination system has been established which enables the ‘pooling of effort and maximization of the comparative advantage’ of Government, UN and NGO agencies. Within the framework of the UNCT vision for support of the Government TPSD several working groups have been created including the Sustainable Livelihoods and Employment Generation working group co-chaired by UNDP and WFF. Within the HCT cluster coordination system UNDP is increasingly taking a taking a leadership role through the Early Recovery cluster, its three main technical working group sub-components, and the Early Recovery Network.
The coordination system is core to the success of the joint efforts of the UN and international community to maximize strategic and cost effective impact in respond to immense needs in Yemen.
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