Summary
of the project
Conflicts in Yemen have effected badly on peace, security, and social
ties of the society in general. In the southern provinces particularly conflict
was as a result of the previous disputes among the political powers from one
hand, on the other hand was a result of the current crisis.
The category of young
people 15-35 represent the largest segment in the Yemeni society as a young
society, so most of these conflicts reflected on youth and it would affect on
youth's present and future and it makes It one of motivation and a tool for the
various conflicts.
The initial suggestion
for the region which the project would start working in is Abyan province in
its first stage for many reasons, topped by the lack of security and stability
in the province due to the consecutive conflicts which Abyan always have been
witnessing among the political, tribal, and social combination inside Abyan, in
addition to the terrorist militants, Ansar al-Sharia, another reason is the
necessity of people in Abyan to the project to be carried out for the reasons
we have mentioned above. Aden and Lahj provinces will be included in the second
stage of the project.
According to 2004
population statistics, Abyan province has a population of 4338 thousands, most
of them at the age of 15-35, so we can summarize the problem of Abyan as the
following;
1-difficul living situation and unemployment as well as the
negative acknowledge sources which created an essential problem such as
weakening the confidence among the youth group and the government, which
strengthening the hatred towards Yemeni state and joining the terrorist
militants.
2 - lack of awareness among young people in public issues such
(human rights awareness - the concept of the state - constitutional awareness -
the concepts of citizenship - civic awareness) which makes them vulnerable to
exploitation and recruitment of political, tribal or sectarian.
3 - lack of life skills for youth (dialogue - acceptance of
others - negotiation - tolerance - gaining crowd support - community-based
entrepreneurship.
4 - lack of community youth leaders, (conscious reference).
5 - lack or weakness of the relationship among local leaders and
youth, such as (poor listening from and to them).
6 - Absence the role of civil society organizations and the
official institution, as well as the private sector by integration youth or young
people in the economic and productive
process in order to improve working environment for them.
General Goal of the Project:
Building bridges of
mutual trust among young people and state institutions and local authorities,
to reduce the violence and integration of young people with terrorist groups as
well as to achieve calm and stability, in additional to providing an
appropriate atmosphere to engage in the Comprehensive national dialogue in
order to enable them to participate as effective political powers in shaping
the future of the nation.
To achieve the above-mentioned
objectives, the project will accomplish that goals as the following;
¨ Creating a system for
communication between the local authorities and youth throughout organizing the
priority of issues to reach principles and standards which define the rights
and duties between the institutions of power and youth.
¨ Raising the political
awareness of youth issues and the rule of law and order
¨ Creating legislative or
procedural frameworks grant big presence for youth in decision-making.
¨ Building participatory
capacity for civil society organizations, local authorities, the private
sector, and youth in dealing with their issues and realizing their aspirations
for the future
¨ Building youth leaders
that have leadership skills to be as a guide reference for other youth groups
and to be also a powerful force work to enhance peace and the social ties.
Target Category:
First, persons (youth):
The project will target youth at the ages
of 15-35 as the following;
1 - Youth has been subjected to the risks of conflict integrated into
violence.
2 - Youth, who are potential to be exposed to the risk, they are bearing
the culture of violence but they are not integrated into violence.
3 - Youth, who are at risk, but they are not suffering economic and
social problems, it may influence their behaviors and orientations, according
to political attitudes of young people.
4 - Youth who are affiliated to political parties and other who are not.
5 - Youth who they are extreme in their religion, and moderate, and
young religiously uncommitted
6 - Youth devote the traditional culture, which support the conflicts
and other seek the civil state.
Second, the Institutions
1-Local Council
2-Offices and institutions of the local and central authority.
3- political parties, associations, organizations, and syndicates.
4-Private Sector
5- traditional leaders and community dignitaries.
Finally, to ensure the success of the project, we will use modern methods in managing the
project, starting from the principles of management in terms of the targets, a
strategic planning along with using the modern techniques in assessment,
follow-up, and management. We will enter modern means of technology, such as
Windows program, and Projector.
All activities in the project
will be carried out during specific timetables, and then determined the
responsibilities, besides the ways to assess the level of success in each
activity separately and then evaluate the success of each program of the
project and the number of impact assessment reports at the end of each stage
based on the integrity and transparency.
As a matter of fact, we trust in the capability of cadres that we would
choose to carry out the Foundation's programs and activities, who most of them
are specialists and professionals in those areas.
To ensure
sustainability of the project, our Foundation will gather the various segments, who will take benefit
from the project through a ''Committee of the Beneficiaries or participants''
among youth themselves after acquiring capabilities and skills in which it
would enable them the continuity in the project and setting plans that suit the
new situation and then studying the impact of the project in order to warrant
the success and long-term sustainability of the project.
Translated by :Fatik al-Rodaini
