tailieunhanh - Response of the Government of Yemen and IBRD on the Approval by Mail: Revised Project Concept under the Strategic Program for Climate Resilience for Yemen

The Single Market needs to continue to adapt to reach the potential for businesses and consumers in a borderless Europe. Technological change offers huge possibilities, but it needs to be accompanied by new approaches in areas like procurement, standards, and intellectual property. The EU needs a long-term framework for energy and climate policies so that investment and policy target competitiveness and tackle climate change. Europe falls short on innovation, with obstacles to building new markets and investing in the technologies that will change the way we live, as well as wider issues of attitudes to entrepreneurship and business failure. It also needs the right legal framework to. | January 16 2013 Response of the Government of Yemen and IBRD on the Approval by Mail Revised Project Concept under the Strategic Program for Climate Resilience for Yemen Yemen Pilot Scheme to Improve the Resilience of Rural Communities to Climate Change in Yemen IRRCCC Summary of Written Comments Received from Donors Comments have been received from German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development on October 19 2012 and from the UK Department for International Development on October 23 2012. Comments Source Team Response Overall Comments We would like to commend all involved parties for submitting a well prepared proposal which is written in a very comprehensive way with clear goals and indicators. Soil and water conservation as well as agricultural diversification as main intervention areas combined with risk and knowledge management constitute a well-defined approach for Yemen where water resources are in extremely short supply and a rapidly growing population is heavily depending on agriculture in order to ensure food security. We have no major objections to the implementation of the project. We have some recommendations see bold highlights below that we propose to be taken into account in the further project design. Germany Thank you. The Government of Yemen would like to thank the Government of Germany for all the support provided. We are grateful for the provided comments which will allow further strengthening of the preparation process. The Yemeni team notes with appreciation the active and helpful participation of the German colleagues to advance the PPCR process in Yemen. The UK welcomes and endorses the revised project concept under the SPCR for Yemen. The comments made by the representative for Germany were very useful for further project development and it will be particularly important that as the proposal is developed progress is made on the issues flagged around participation gender learning and project synergies. UK Thank you. The .