THE YEMEN INTERNATIONAL FORUM 2022: ABRIDGED REPORT

The Yemen International Forum 202: Abridged Report THE YEMEN INTERNATIONAL FORUM 2022: ABRIDGED REPORT The Yemen International Forum 2022 was organized by the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies in cooperation with the Folke Bernadotte Academy, and with funding support from the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, Open Society Foundations and the European U. [...] 5 | THE YEMEN INTERNATIONAL FORUM 2022: ABRIDGED REPORT PREPARATION FOR THE FORUM From the outset, the design of theY emen International Forum was grounded in the idea that the discussions and processes be Yemeni-owned and Yemeni-led, with international stakeholders primarily engaged as active listeners in the sessions. [...] Representatives of these political parties, civil society organizations (CSOs), syndicates, trade unions and tribes used YIF sessions to look at how they can rebuild internally, the roles they can play now and in the future, and how they can influence the parties to the conflict and the UN peace process to ensure their concerns and interests are taken into account. [...] Banking and financial sector actors from throughout Yemen also hammered out a three-pronged initiative to: restore the banking sector’s capacity to facilitate foreign trade and reduce the cost of imported goods; restore currency stability, narrow the divergence of old and new rials and prepare the groundwork for reunifying the currency; and address the country’s liquidity crisis. [...] These discussions focused on restructuring the military, the need to develop national defense and security strategies, the challenges of integrating fighters into the armed forces and the private sector, and salary payment schemes to incentivize accountability and professionalism among fighting forces before and after the war ends.