Project profile — Canadian Expert Deployed to the Office of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General in Yemen

• Yemen (100.00%)

• Conflict Prevention And Resolution, Peace And Security: Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution (15220) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project supports the Civilian Deployment Platform, which provides Canadian experts to organizations to support increased peace, security, and stability for people, particularly women and girls, in fragile and conflict-affected states. This project deploys a Canadian expert to the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSEGY). The expert deployed seeks to enhance the organization’s response to crisis and peacebuilding efforts in Yemen. Project activities include: (1) providing policy advice to the Director of Political Affairs, under the overall direction of the Special Envoy; and (2) assisting in the broader efforts of the OSESGY to plan, coordinate and facilitate the implementation of the Peace Agreement.

The expected outcome for this project is an enhanced inclusive and gender-responsive capacity of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) to prevent, mediate, and resolve violent conflict in Yemen.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2023) included: (1) co-drafted process design concept notes for a permanent ceasefire and resumption of the political process; (2) organized consultations with Yemeni political parties on resuming the political process to inform the Office of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) process design planning;(3) researched and drafted regular situational reports on the political developments in Taiz and the West Coast; and (4) supported demining efforts in Taiz city as a prerequisite for implementing road opening agreements. The deployment of a Canadian expert to the OSESGY achieved the expected results.

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