Impact On The Growth Of The Yemen People: Mitigating Risks Of ERRY Program

Discuss about the Impact On The Growth Of The Yemen People.

The drastic impacts of war had been seen on Yemen people. The economic condition and the security architecture is totally collapsed in Yemen after the occurrence of war. The 62% is the poverty level of the people residing in Yemen. The political structure of the Yemen is the major reason for the under development of the people living there. The feeling of insecurities is associated with the people of Yemen. The people are not able to earn their livelihood and lead a miserable life. The declination of the people is majorly occurs due to the occurrence of conflict, economic failure and displacement of the people for earning their livelihood (Mitre, 2012). The project “Enhance Rural Resilience in Yemen (ERRY)”was designed to uplift the critical condition of the Yemen People. In this paper, we are looking forward to analyse the risks associated with ERRY program which have a direct impact on the growth of the Yemen people and design a risks mitigation strategies for resolving the risks.

The Yemen population is facing their hard times from decades after the occurrence of war. The people are living in the miserable condition with the feeling of insecurities to humanitarian. The Government of Yemen have designed a ERRY program for giving strength to the rural people to earn their livelihood. The ERRY program was designed which is capable of minimizing the local risks of the people and strengthen their living standards. The following table shows the outcome of the proposed project:

Expected Outcome	Targets for the Year Completion	Progress at the year Completion
Strengthening Livelihood of the rural people	Reactivation Development plan for 60 village cooperative council and 125 new village cooperative council Implementation of the self-help program Providing social business for the development of 12, 950 men and women Indirect Benefit to around 14000 men and women Restoration plan for 52 community assets	High progress have been seen in the development of village cooperative council i.e. development of 181 reactivation of village cooperative council, development of 160 resilience proposal plan, and Implementation of 249 self-help community program The direct benefit is given to around 11,893 men and women The indirect benefit is provided to around 16,065 people Restoration plan for 52 community assets
Sustainable Opportunities with the development of solar energy power plant	Increasing accessibility of solar energy to around 40 rural areas Improving economic assets of the rural area which are productive	Increasing accessibility of solar energy to around 40 rural areas Development of market places
Development of Social Cohesion for service Delivery Service Delivery by building social contracts for meeting requirement of the community	30 Set ups of water unit association 30 Arabic trainers for resolving the conflicts of the people 2 Conflict analysis by the district administrator	30 Set ups of water unit association 42 Arabic trainers for resolving the conflicts of the people 2 Conflict analysis by the district administrator
Financial Services delivered to rural people	Restoration of the services provided to the public	Monitoring of the public service delivery model (APM Knowledge, 2012) Training provided to the local authorities
Strengthening partnership with private companies	Indirect benefit to the 400 community forums Assessment of the business activities	220 community members get indirect benefit from the training program Assessment of the business activities

The implementation of the ERRY program is equipped with various challenges such as dealing with long negotiation process with joint coordination unit of ERRY program, Security related to the programming activities during the implementation process, clashing of arms, lack of financial support, lack of coordination between central and the local authorities, difficulty in recruiting staff for managing the flow of required work of ERRY program, vulnerabilities associated with the resilience program of the rural people, and others. The expected outcome of the proposed project is that the rural community people will be able to handle their local risks by increasing their livelihood and social cohesion between them (Sellappan, and Palanikumar, 2013).

The ERRP program is effective in the deployment of compliance program with UNDP partners for upgrading the livelihood program of the Yemen people. The monitoring and evaluation of the risks by the steering committee helps in minimising the chaotic environment at work place. The assessment of the risks and annual work plan of the ERRY program helps in managing successful completion of the underlying project. The upgrading of the ERRY policy framework can be effectively done with the deployment of monitoring and evaluation plan. The focus should be given on organizing a training and development program for the rural community members to get effective result of sustainability in earning livelihood (Butler, and Fischbeck, 2014). The management of the legal obligation helps in the smooth flow of the ERRY program. The successful implementation of the ERRY program helps in providing employment to thousands of people to increase their livelihood and living standards. The increase in the financial condition of the individual will result in increasing the national economy (Barkley, 2013). The integration of the financial reporting system with the ERRY program helps in monitoring financial status of the Yemen people which was about 62% below poverty line (Zolghadri, and Vahdani, 2015). The controlling of the budget can be effectively done with the implementation of auditing tools and technologies. The coordination of the action work plan helps in analysing the project execution complementary plan for the expected outcome of the project. The successful implementation of the project helps in eliminating the feeling of insecurities and threats from the people by increasing their livelihood income (Cumming and Hirtle, 2012). The expected outcomes of the project are highlighted below:

Expected Outcome

Output 1: The ERRY program helps in strengthening the livelihood of the rural community members of Yemen

Output 2: The sustainable approach with the accessing of solar energy in every rural areas to provide benefits to the society

Output 3: Service Delivery through the management of social contacts

Output 4: Analysis of the financial statement of the local authorities

Output 5: Managing links with the private sector companies for strengthening the action delivery plan

The identification of the risks is the important part of the project completion because it helps in resolving the conflict and chaos which occurred with the completion of the project. The ERRY program is equipped with five major outcomes (Musa, 2014). The expected outcomes are associated with numerous risks which interrupts the successful complement of the project. The expected outcomes and associated risks are discussed below:

• The ERRY program helps in strengthening the livelihood of the rural community members of Yemen: The social and the political risks interrupt the policy framework of the ERRY program in providing effective livelihood to the common people (Sohrabnejad, and Rahimi, 2015)
• The sustainable approach with the accessing of solar energy in every rural areas: The legal obligations interrupts the implementation of the solar plant for accessing solar energy through every rural communities
• Service Delivery through the management of social contacts: The state and the national legal boundaries and approval plans interrupts the social contracts for the delivery of solar and water supply energy (Befeki, Epstein, Yuthas, 2015)
• Analysis of the financial statement of the local authorities: The financial risks associated with the limited supply of the resources for the management of ERRY program (OECD, 2012).
• Managing links with the private sector companies: The service level agreement should be signed with the private sector companies for undertaking the project of the ERRY program to provide employment to the rural people.

Risk Identification	Risks Category	Probability	Impact
Lack of Legitimacy authorization from the national government	Political Risks	High	Limitation in the ownership of the ERRY program by the central government
Conflict and chaos between the political parties	Political Risks	Medium	The interruption in the resilience policies for the welfare of the local community and rural people
Impartiality in the political control at different geographical location of Yemen	Political Risks	Medium	Conflicts in the working schedule of the participating parties
Impartiality in the perception of international ruling authorities	Political Risk	High	Conflict, chaos, and distraction in the programming activities
Deterioration of security policies	Security risks	High	Limitation in the accessing of the ERRY policy framework Inclusion of threats from the international ruling authorities
Limitation in the Financial Funding	Financial Risks	High	Limitation in achieving sustainability of the rural people
Lack of Business capacity	Operational Risks	Low	Limitation in the technical facilities will result in providing livelihood to the limited number of people (Purnus and Bodia, 2012) Limitation in providing approval for the new business unit
Insecurity associated with Humanitarian crisis	Security	High	The feeling of insecurity restrict the rural people to participate in the ERRY program (Morris, 2016)
Inequality and discrimination risks	Social Risks	Medium	Underpinning of the rural people on the basis of their caste and religion
Limitation in the providing training program	Social Risks	Low	Lack of skills and expertise in carrying over water and solar energy program efficiently
Inflation	Financial Risks	Medium	Lack of financial Funding
Violation of Human Rights	Social Risks	Medium	Adverse effect on the capability of the workers
Governance policy framework	Social Risks	Medium	Inequality on the basis of caste and gender Inequality in accessing resilience services

 

The identification of the risks with the deployment of EYYR program helps in setting priority to resolve the risks proactively so that the conflicts, chaos, and distraction can be eliminated during the implementation of the EYYR program (Curits, and Carey, 2013). The ranking system helps in identifying the priority of the risks to solve the considerable risks. The ranking of the risks helps in identifying the severity of the risks in the underlying project.

The criteria used for risks Likelihood is:

4 = Very Likely (Very High Probability to occur)

3 = Likely (High Probability to occur)

2 = Unlikely (Medium Probability to occur)

1 = Very Unlikely (Low Probability to occur)

The criteria used for ranking risks Severity

4 = Very High

3 = High

2 = Medium

1 = Low

Risks Identified	Risks Likelihood	Risks Severity	Risks Ranking
Lack of Legitimacy authorization from the national government	4	4	8
Conflict and chaos between the political parties	3	2	5
Impartiality in the political control at different geographical location of Yemen	4	2	6
Impartiality in the perception of international ruling authorities	2	2	4
Deterioration of security policies	3	3	6
Limitation in the Financial Funding	4	4	8
Lack of Business capacity	3	1	4
Insecurity associated with Humanitarian crisis	1	1	2
Inequality and discrimination risks	2	2	4
Limitation in the providing training program	2	3	5
Inflation	2	3	5
Violation of Human Rights	3	4	7
Governance policy framework	3	4	7

 

The mitigation approach of the ERRY program depends on the following principles which should be taken under consideration while designing the risks strategic and mitigation plan to cope up with the risks identified successfully. Some of which are listed below:

• The focus should be given conflict and chaos management by following the concept of “DO NO HARM” (Khameneh, Taheri, and Ershadi, 2016)
• Training and development program for upgrading skills of the rural workers according to the requirement of the project
• The regular feedback of activities should be collected from staff members and rural community members for upgrading the change management plan
• Maximizing the skills and expertise of the team members.
• The positive feedback and active participation of the Yemen people helps in accelerating the growth of the ERRY program (Aven, 2016).
• The development of the knowledge management program helps in identifying the conflict and issues with the working program and elaborating it with effective resolution plan.

Risks Identification	Risks Description	Score	Ranking	Risk Mitigation plan	Responsible Authority
Lack of Legitimacy authorization from the national government	Limitation in the ownership of the ERRY program by the central government	8	High	Development of modality structure for the direct implementation of the ERRY project Development of steering committee for getting approval of the project from state and the national government	Steering Committee
Conflict and chaos between the political parties	The interruption in the resilience policies for the welfare of the local community and rural people	5	Medium	Analysis of the political background of the working partners Analysis of the conflict issues of the working parties Communication with the internal and external parties	Political Parties
Impartiality in the political control at different geographical location of Yemen	Conflicts in the working schedule of the participating parties	6	Medium	Analysis of the conflict issues of the working parties Communication with the internal and external parties
Impartiality in the perception of international ruling authorities	Conflict, chaos, and distraction in the programming activities	4	High	Continuous engagement program for the local parties and rural worker Resolution to the social issues Sharing of information, knowledge, and perception Involvement of rural community members in the designing of policies framework
Deterioration of security policies	Limitation in the accessing of the ERRY policy framework Inclusion of threats from the international ruling authorities	6	High	Undertaking the assessment of security architecture for forming remedial solution of the conflict and chaos (Sharma and Pratap, 2013) Deployment of security structure for effective sharing of confidential information among NGOs and other private sector companies Monitoring of working proposal by the third party	Government Authorities
Limitation in the Financial Funding	Limitation in achieving sustainability of the rural people	8	High	Providing local transportation to the resources Cost cutting of the extra expenditure Development of the budget with the allocation of resources Development of cost overview analysis report	Project sponsor
Lack of Business capacity	Limitation in the technical facilities will result in providing livelihood to the limited number of people Limitation in providing approval for the new business unit	4	Low	Proactive undertaking of capacity assessment of the businesses Training and development program for the local people to increase their skills and talents according to the requirement of the ERRY project	Project Manager
Insecurity associated with Humanitarian crisis	The feeling of insecurity restrict the rural people to participate in the ERRY program	2	High	Planning of eliminating interruptions in the service provision Monitoring of activities flow between different authorities and parties	Security analyst
Inequality and discrimination risks	Underpinning of the rural people on the basis of their caste and religion	4	Medium	The selection of the employees should be based on the eligibility criteria without setting any discrimination and inequality on the basis of caste and gender	Government authorities
Limitation in the providing training program	Lack of skills and expertise in carrying over water and solar energy program efficiently	5	Low	Development of community development committees for providing training and development program for the rural people	Government authorities
Inflation	Lack of financial Funding	5	Medium	Solving conflict issues and  interruption in the flow of activities	Government authorities
Violation of Human Rights	Adverse effect on the capability of the workers	7	Low	The selection of the employees should be based on the eligibility criteria without setting any discrimination and inequality on the basis of caste and gender	Government authorities
Governance policy framework	Inequality on the basis of caste and gender Inequality in accessing resilience services	7	Medium	Inequality and discrimination should not be undertaken while designing the policies for the resilience of the rural people	Government authorities

 

The identification and mitigation of the risks are associated with the monitoring and control plan for achieving successful implementation of ERRY program. The deployment of monitoring and control policies helps in identifying residual risks associated with the project. The analysis of the new risks helps in identifying continuity and sustainability approach for providing resilience program to the rural people of Yemen. The allocation of the resources and associated legal agreement of authorities can be effectively done proactively with the inclusion of monitoring and control plan. The following diagram shows the application of monitoring program to achieve zero risks.

Risk Identification

The deployment of risks monitoring system helps in managing the response associated with the identified risks, analysing validity of the project assumption and constraints, triggering of action plan, deployment of corrective action plan, and others. The following figure shows the input and output of monitoring and control policies:

The risks monitoring process associated with the ERRY program of Yemen is comprised of six phases which are classified as auditing of project risks response, analysis of the periodic risks reviews, analysis of the earned value and profitability of the organization, management of critical design features, design reviews, planning of additional risks response, and others.

The risks control policy framework is used for monitoring of the risks metrics and milestone program for taking appropriate contingency approach. The efficiency of the risks management can be improved with the monitoring program. The monitoring and control policies helps in identifying the coordination in the risks identified and associated risks mitigation plan, effectiveness in the resource utilization program, avoiding discrimination in the selection of the employees for EYYR program, minimizing risks associated with the UN legislation, re-evaluation of the risks mitigation plan, balancing the financial statement of the resources and processes, signing of service level agreement, and others. The following table shows the monitoring and control policies associated with the EYYR Yemen.

Input	Tool and Technologies	Output	Description
Risk management plan	Auditing tools for generating response to the project risks	Fall back plan	The auditing tools are used for cutting down the cost for managing the financial funding of the required resources
Risk action plan	Reviews associated with the periodic risks	Taking corrective action plan	The corrective action plan should be deployed for managing risks
Communication in the project activities	Analysis of the profitability and earned values	Managing change request in the government policy structure	Communication with the internal and external partners helps in reducing political risks and social risks associated with the ERRY plan
Risk identification and analysis report	Management of the critical design features	Deployment and upgrading of the risks action plan	The preparation of the database helps in identifying the gaps in the risks identified and risks management plan
Required changes in the scope management plan	Reviews of the response design generated	Managing risks identification and mitigation database	The changes employed can be balanced for managing legislation policies
	Planning of the additional risks response	Checklist of risks identified	Managing risks response

The monitoring of the risks identified helps in measuring the performance of the expected outcome of the project. The vulnerability of the risks can be identified for monitoring the changes required. The key performance indicator helps in identifying the required output. The progress report helps in identifying checklist for monitoring of the process (Massingham, 2012). The assessment of the risks activities helps in ensuring the success of the EYYR program for conducting resilience program for the people of Yemen. The annual joint monitoring system helps in identifying progress report of the underlying project. The development of the checklist helps in identifying the accountability framework for evaluation of the risks assessment and monitoring framework. The conflict associated with the legal obligations can be effectively settled by deploying the relative communication plan between the internal and external parties.

The arrangement of technical meeting related to the progress report of ERRY program helps in analysing the legal control of the UN policies and framework on the deployment of the risks identified. The steering committee organized for ERRY program helps in taking approval of the project from the state and the national government and settle down the conflicts with the international UN legislation policies (Harvett, 2013). The analysis of the expected outcome helps in analysing the new adopted policies for annual risks management and mitigation plan.

The evaluation of the risks identification and risks mitigation plan helps in analysing the constraints and challenges associated with the deployment of ERRY program. The assessment of the risks activities helps in bringing strengthening to the livelihood by the deployment of resilience program for the rural workers. The alignment of the activities according to the requirement of the proposed changes planned in the evaluation process of resilience program for Yemen people (Vasvari, 2015).

The progress report is prepared for the ERRY program on the basis of annual work plan of the project. The monitoring of the annual work plan helps in managing the constraint and risks associated with the project outcome (Verbano  and Venturini, 2013). The monitoring and evaluation system helps in handling reports of the UN governmental agencies which can have a legal impact on the working program of ERRY policy framework for the betterment of the Yemen people living standard. The inclusion of NGOs helps in managing alternative option for Joint coordination unit.

Community Engagement program: The ERRY program helps in managing community engagement program for developing the selection criteria in the resilience program for the uplifting of the rural community workers. The participatory regulatory parties help in initializing the risks mitigation plans for the identified risks in the curriculum of the organization of a resilience program for Yemen community members.

Generation of Income: The water and solar energy plants are developed for increasing the livelihood income of the people of Yemen who are suffering from the poverty due to the crisis of the war. The inclusion of new earning mode helps in identifying the cash work flow for the growth of the living standards of the Yemen people (Duong, 2012). The re-habitation of the people due to the deployment of solar plant infrastructure helps in increasing the earning capability of the common people.

Financial Statement: The financial condition of the people can be effectively improved by launching the new policies of water and solar power system under ERRY program. The feeling of insecurities and discrimination can be overcome by the deployment of the ERRY program because it works on the principle of equality for providing equal opportunities of employment to men and women by setting selection criteria.

Formulation of Business plan: The joint venture is signed with the international legislation policies for managing financial funding of the program.

Benefit to the society: The social and the political issues can be effectively eliminated by the inclusion of ERRY program. The upgrading of the society can be done by indulging the program of ERRY for increasing the livelihood of the Yemen people.

Recovery of the Yemen People: The ERRY program is helpful for upgrading the living standards of the Yemen people by providing them the means of earning and livelihood with the inclusion of water and solar plant.

Conclusion

The crisis of the war has destroyed the economic condition of the Yemen. The people were living very miserable life. The project “Enhance Rural Resilience in Yemen (ERRY)”was designed to uplift the critical condition of the Yemen People. The ERRY program was designed which is capable of minimizing the local risks of the people and strengthen their living standards. The expected outcome of the proposed project is that the rural community people will be able to handle their local risks by increasing their livelihood and social cohesion between them. The identification of the risks with the deployment of EYYR program helps in setting priority to resolve the risks proactively so that the conflicts, chaos, and distraction can be eliminated during the implementation of the EYYR program. The positive feedback and active participation of the Yemen people helps in accelerating the growth of the ERRY program. The deployment of monitoring and control policies helps in identifying residual risks associated with the project. The efficiency of the risks management can be improved with the monitoring program. The monitoring and control policies helps in identifying the coordination in the risks identified and associated risks mitigation plan, effectiveness in the resource utilization program, avoiding discrimination in the selection of the employees for EYYR program, minimizing risks associated with the UN legislation, re-evaluation of the risks mitigation plan, balancing the financial statement of the resources and processes, signing of service level agreement, and others. The analysis of the new risks helps in identifying continuity and sustainability approach for providing resilience program to the rural people of Yemen.

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