The Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project is a World
Bank-funded project that wi...
The Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project is a World
Bank-funded project that will contribute to efforts by the international
community to maintain and enhance health and nutrition services in line with
Yemen’s Minimum Service Package (MSP) and respond to health and nutrition
crises, and contribute to the provision of safe water and improving the water
and sanitation system capacity. The
project will target the whole country, with some interventions focused on
specific governorates or districts as per the priorities and needs
Local Context: how established
is the UNOPS presence in this country/location, hardship level, indication of
the relationship the client / stakeholders
The ongoing conflict in Yemen has caused significant disruptions to the
supply chain and to the overall availability of services. In light of the
reduced or even absent provision of public services, communities have adopted
various coping strategies, including using alternate water and energy sources,
relying on alternate service providers and community-based service delivery
initiatives to address the shortfall.
Physical damage to infrastructure and the lack of functionality in one
sector often spills over into other sectors with significant consequences on
both the access to, and quality of services, that are often interrelated. For
example, in some cities, the lack of functionality in the water sector is tied
most directly to the lack of electricity rather than to physical damage to
water infrastructure. As a result, wastewater continues to overflow into
streets, which in turn has significant implications for the health and
transport sectors. Similarly, the absence of electricity across many cities in
Yemen is not solely tied to infrastructure damage of energy facilities but
rather to the lack of fuel, amongst others due to severe transport limitations
and access constraints. These cross-sectoral linkages demonstrate the need for
an integrated, multi-sectoral approach that provides synergies and responds to
the multi-faceted needs on the ground.
UNOPS
is undertaking a multi-sectoral engagement aimed at restoring urban
services mainly in energy, urban roads, WASH and municipal services in targeted
cities in Yemen using an integrated approach.