In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful Contents The Social Fund for Development at a Glance 6 Board of Directors 7 Statement of the Chairman of the Board of 8 Directors Statement of the Managing Director 9 Executive Summary 10 Program and Sector Investments 12 Education 14 Health 22 Groups with Special Needs 30 Water and Sanitation 36 Social Fund for Development Agriculture and Rural Development 2013 Annual Report 46 All rights reserved © for Social Fund for Development Training and Organizational Support 56 A copy of this report can be obtained from: Cultural Heritage 66 The Social Fund for Development Faj Attan - P.O.Box: 15485 Labor-Intensive Works Program 74 Sana’a- Republic of Yemen Tel: +967 144 96 69/8 - 44 96 71-77 Small and Micro Enterprise Development 82 Fax: +967 144 96 70 E-mail: [email protected] SFD Institutional Development 94 Web: www.sfd-yemen.org Monitoring and Evaluation 96 Cover designed by : Snono Funding Management Inner design and layout : Nuha Mohammed 102 Annexes 112 SFDYemen - SFDYemenAr /SFDYemen user/SFDYemen/ 5 Social Fund for Development Social Fund for Development Annual Report 2013 Annual Report 2013 The Social Fund for Development at a Glance Board of Directors The Social Fund for Development (SFD) was established in 1997 to enhance the SFD’s Board of Directors (BoD) consists of 14 members as follows: the Prime country’s social safety net and to contribute to reducing poverty and achiev- Minister (Chairman of the Board); the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (Vice ing Yemen’s development goals. SFD contributes to increasing access to basic Chairman of the Board); the Ministers of Planning and International Cooper- services, enhancing economic opportunities and reducing the vulnerability of ation, Local Administration, Finance, Education, and Technical Education and Yemen’s poor. Vocational Training; 2 NGO representatives; 2 private sector representatives; an expert Representative; a banking sector representative; and SFD’s Managing Di- SFD has become an active major State institution with operations implemented rector (Rapporteur of the Board). throughout the country, prioritizing poorer communities and investing in several sectors and programs. These sectors include Education, Health, Water, Sanita- tion, Agriculture and Rural Development, Rural Feeder Roads, Small and Micro Meetings of the Board of Directors Enterprise Development, Social Protection, Labor Intensive Works Program, Cul- During 2013, SFD BoD held 4 meetings on February 3, March 10, July 8 and tural Heritage, Integrated Interventions, and Training and Capacity Building of November 25. Three of these meetings were under the chairmanship of Mo- Partner Institutions. hammed Salem Basendwah, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board, and SFD achieves its goals through four main programs: Community and Local De- the fourth meeting was chaired by Dr. Amat Al-Razzaq Ali Hummad, Minister of velopment, Capacity Building, Small and Micro Enterprises Development and Social Affairs and Labor and Vice Chairman of the BoD. In these meetings, the the Labor Intensive Works Program (Cash for Work). BoD discussed and approved the procedures for the nomination and selection of the SFD Managing Director as well as the 2013 Annual Work Plan and the By the end of 2013, SFD had completed the third year of SFD Phase IV (2011– 2014 draft budget, in addition to SFD’s 2013 Auditor Report and the Human 15), during the first three years of which (2011–2013) SFD developed about Resources Manual. 4,139 projects worth nearly $793 million. SFD constitutes an important implementation tool in the government’s Transi- tional Program for Stability and Development (2012–16), the Mutual Account- ability Framework (between the Yemeni government and donors), the National Strategy for Water, the National Strategy for Food Security, and the National Plan for Youth Employment (2014–16). Moreover, the National Dialogue Con- ference is expected to come up with a number of important directives at the political, developmental and administrative levels, which will be reflected in all the strategies and plans––including SFD’s. 6 7 Content Social Fund for Development Social Fund for Development Annual Report 2013 Annual Report 2013 Statement of the Chairman of the Board of Directors Statement of the Managing Director As a major component of the country’s social safety net, The 2013 Annual Report of the Social Fund for Develop- the Social Fund for Development (SFD) was established ment (SFD) clearly shows that SFD has continued its effective by the Government to contribute to the effective imple- contribution to achieving the goals of the national Plan for mentation of the State’s plans for economic and social Social and Economic Development to Alleviate Poverty, as well as in implementing sectoral strategies. The report also development and poverty alleviation. Impressively, SFD demonstrates SFD’s persistent efforts to strengthen its role has shown an increasing ability to absorb internal and within the social safety net, to increase access to basic ser- external funds, adopting clear-cut targeting policies for vices, to promote economic opportunities, to lessen the suf- ferings of the poor, and to improve their living conditions. efficient and transparent allocation of funds to serve poor communities and needy people––a characteristic The Annual Report displays the 2013 expenditures on pro- SFD needs to strengthen further. jects and programs, which have reached a record level in SFD’s history, amounting to approximately $234 million––a fact that attests to the continually expanding scope of The National Reconciliation Government highly appre- SFD-supported interventions, especially in the poorest and ciates SFD’s ability to continuously develop its activities neediest areas throughout the country. and interventions, adapting them with the national developments at various Seeking to achieve its development goals, SFD has enhanced the implementation of particu- levels. SFD’s success in this regard was particularly noticed during 2011 events lar programs such as the Empowerment for Local Development Program, which mobilizes and in association with recent developments, especially those pertaining to the local communities and deeply involves them in the various stages of the implementation of projects. SFD has also sought to revive communities’ spirit of self-initiative and self-reliance country’s transformation from a “centralized” to a “federated”, decentralized on their own resources and capabilities––as Yemenis have been known for their legacy of system. Within this context, SFD has assumed the initiative to outline the gen- initiatives and cooperation, and not simply as passive recipients of aid. eral features of the next phase of its operations to accommodate these devel- Also during the year, SFD has tackled new horizons of activity, responding to the needs of the opments. poor and to development priorities nationwide. We count on SFD’s role in complementing national efforts exerted to alleviate In this context, SFD began to prepare for the implementation of the Cash-for-Work for Edu- cation Services Program, which aims to create employment opportunities for young men and poverty and contributing effectively to the implementation of the Transitional women as well as the Vocational and Literacy Project to Alleviate Poverty aiming to alleviate Program for Stability and Development (2014–16), the National Strategy for poverty, especially among unemployed youth and women in rural areas. SFD also launched Food Security, and the National Plan for Youth Employment. preparations to implement medium- and long-term labor-intensive projects, which are ex- pected to help provide more sustainable livelihoods for local communities. We seize this opportunity to call on other development institutions in the coun- Similarly, SFD began preparations for the implementation of the Motherhood and Childhood try to benefit from SFD’s experience, and to develop their work and perfor- Health Voucher Program, which aims to ensure women’s access to quality healthcare during mance to participate actively in the realization of the developmental outcomes pregnancy and after delivery in targeted areas. The year also witnessed SFD beginning prepa- rations for the Integrated Nutritional Interventions to target the areas most affected by food of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference. insecurity as well as Conditional Cash Transfers. We also call on the media to shed light on SFD’s activities and successes as part In its pursuit to keep up with the national developments at the political and administrative levels, as well as in the living conditions of Yemeni people, SFD developed in late 2013 the of the national development efforts aimed at alleviating poverty and improving general outlines of Phase V of its operations (2016–20). Phase V seeks to address these new the living conditions of the poor. national developments, including by incorporating the recommendations of the comprehen- sive National Dialogue Conference. Finally, SFD’s record of accomplishment and successes could not have been attained without Mohammad Salem Ba-Sendwa the continued support of the country’s political leadership, the National Reconciliation Gov- Prime Minister ernment, and the donor community as well as the dedication of SFD’s staff––all deserving of gratitude and appreciation. Chairman of SFD Board of Directors Abdullah Ali Al-Dailami SFD Managing Director 8 9 Content Social Fund for Development