UNDP, Italy support Yemen license registration capabilities project

SANA'A, Sep. 08 (Saba)- United Nations Development Programme UNDP
and the Government of Italy singed on Monday the Cost Sharing
Agreement (CSA) for the Extension of Improve Yemeni Trade and
Industry License Registration Capabilities project.

In its press release, UNDP said that the signing ceremony was
patronage and attended by Minister of Trade and Industry Yahya
al-Mutawakel, .

The initial project, that started early in 2006, aimed to improve
trade and industry registration through the introduction of
Information Technology in the Ministry of Trade and Industry MoIT.

The main goal of the project was to build up the capacity in this
sector to improve a modernized business environment. Also, it aimed
to strengthen Trade and Industry License Administration to reduce
the bureaucratic procedures and time consuming processes in
acquiring business permit.

The USD 413,589 extension of this project, funded by Italian
Government, is an opportunity to modernize and strengthen Licensing
Administration procedures to enable business environment thus to
facilitate investment procedures in Yemen. Particularly, it aims at
supporting business services at the central and local level,
enhancing e-government, capacity building in the MoIT, and
supporting the statistic department as an advisory body focal point
for trade policy related issues, under the Integrated Framework
approach.

The CSA was signed by Ms. Pratibha Mehta, UNDP Resident
Representative and H.E. Mr. Mario Boffo, the Italian Ambassador in