Sana'a - Saba:
The Ministry of Administration, Local and Rural Development is moving forward to complete the establishment of multi-purpose cooperative associations in coordination with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, recognizing the importance of their role as a lever for the hoped-for development work in all districts and rural areas.
In addition to what has already been established and declared during the past period, work is in full swing to complete the formation and declaration of associations in the remaining districts as part of a work program that includes many targeted field activities.
The Ministry of Administration, Local and Rural Development relies heavily on the directors of the directorates to play an active role (leadership and guidance) within the framework of their directorates to stand firmly by the cooperative societies and to overcome any difficulties they face.
In this regard, the Ministry has held several training programs and activities for all directorate directors to inform them of all the tasks and responsibilities they have in order to make the work of the associations successful, as they are the highest authority in the directorates.
In addition to the training programs, the Ministry's leadership, represented by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Administration, Local and Rural Development Mohammed Al-Madani and the Ministry's undersecretaries, intensified field trips to provinces and districts to provide support to local authority leaders and the community, supervise the efforts made to establish and declare cooperative societies, network between them and the executive offices, and clarify the role of district directors in this aspect.
Through this, the Ministry's leadership is keen to familiarize itself with the work mechanism of the associations and follow up on the activities and projects they implement in the social and economic fields in all districts, which mainly aim to support farmers , people in rural areas and improve their standard of living.
The Ministry's guiding role also includes raising community awareness of the importance of the role of cooperative societies and their coordination with supporting government agencies to promote developmental and social aspects through their implementation of developmental projects and activities covering various productive sectors, whether agricultural or otherwise, according to the nature , specificity of each region , its available assets and opportunities.
In addition to the Ministry, the Bunyan and Knights of Development Foundation and the Central Emergency Development Interventions Unit play important roles in this regard by supporting the efforts of cooperative societies to enable them to stand on their feet , carry out their developmental , service role that serves the community members , contributes to improving their living and economic reality.
One of the most important roles assigned to multi-purpose cooperative societies is to promote development work and reach self-sufficiency, by motivating the community to produce, and working to provide the requirements for the advancement of development work.
For example, cooperatives will work to implement lending projects for farmers, whether through solar energy or contract farming, as well as providing production inputs and markets for what will be produced by citizens or associations, whether in agriculture or other fields, and other projects and activities that contribute to achieving sustainable development and reaching the stage of sufficiency.
However, the most prominent role of cooperatives is to coordinate with government agencies that fund projects that have a positive impact on community development and adopt projects that are funded by loans from several agencies, a role that will gain them great confidence as a link between the state and society.
In one of his field visits to the projects of cooperative societies, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Administration and Local Development stressed the importance of intensifying efforts, unifying energies, moving effectively to exploit available opportunities, supporting and stimulating community initiatives, reclaiming and cultivating solid lands, and finding the necessary solutions to the obstacles that prevent this from happening.
He stressed the need to strengthen governmental and societal integration to advance the economic situation and achieve a sustainable development revolution that includes all Yemeni cities and rural areas.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Al-Madani, the government of change and construction has an orientation to support development work through integrated development policies and methodologies, and according to thoughtful policies and plans to advance the economic aspect, most notably value chain management and reducing the import bill for products, which works to define the roles of all government, community , private sector partners and cares for the crop according to a chain starting from inputs to marketing.
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