📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2019.1858.0
Status:
running project
Responsible organizational unit:
3A00 Middle East 2
Contact person:
Eike Vater eike.vater@giz.de
Partner countries:
Yemen
SUMMARY
Goals:
Contributions to strengthening the resilience of local institutions and vulnerable population groups are underway in three selected governorates
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
No political sponsor
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
52 500 000 euros
Current project:
52 500 000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
12.09.2019 - 31.03.2026
Current project:
01.10.2019 - 31.03.2026
OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
16050 Multisectoral assistance for basic social services
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Initial situation
Yemen is one of the least developed countries in the world. It is battling the devastating consequences of the civil war that has been going on since 2014: two thirds of the population require humanitarian aid and food shortages are leading to malnutrition and disease, especially among children.
The physical and social infrastructure is outdated in many places and partly destroyed in war zones. More than half of Yemenis have no access to clean water and sanitation facilities, so diseases spread quickly. Vulnerable groups such as children, young people, women, people with disabilities and the Muhammasheen minority are particularly affected. The cholera epidemic and ongoing military conflicts are making the situation more difficult.
Objective
Local institutions and vulnerable population groups in the governorates of Ibb, Dhamar and Hadhramaut are more resilient.
Approach
The transitional aid project combines humanitarian aid and development cooperation as follows:
1.) It helps to improve basic services by rehabilitating destroyed infrastructure such as schools, health centers or water pipes.
2.) The project simultaneously promotes food security and the livelihoods of rural households, for example by training farmers in innovative cultivation and irrigation techniques. Cash-for-work measures such as the construction of irrigation systems enable direct income and contribute to the temporary stabilization of rural households.
3.) The construction of landing sites and marketing structures for fish promotes the livelihoods of fishermen and contributes to food security in the coastal region of Hadhramaut. Fishermen also receive training in environmentally friendly f
