The Coordination Group for Building and Developing the Capacity of Yemeni Institutions held on Tuesday its first workshop in Riyadh, with the participation of a number of Yemeni and Saudi institutions and international organizations. The two-day workshop aims to discuss means to strengthen the work of the Yemeni government and institutions. Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammad Al Jaber said that the workshop was organized by the Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen and aimed at building and developing the capabilities of Yemeni institutions, with the participation of five Yemeni parties and eight international organizations, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union, various UN entities, and a number of Saudi ministries. Al Jaber noted that the workshop focused on working with international organizations to support and build the capacities of Yemeni institutions, and raise the contribution of the international community, along with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, to the development and reconstruction of Yemen. The international gathering also sheds light on the efforts of the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen, and the successes it has achieved in building the capacities of Yemeni ministries, including electricity and finance, and various other bodies within local authorities. “We expect the workshop to produce a roadmap for each of the capacity-building tracks of Yemeni institutions, under the supervision of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, with continuous support from the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen,” the ambassador said. For his part, Waed Badeeb, Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, said that the workshop would target, in its first round, the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Electricity, the Ministry of Finance, and the Central Bank of Yemen. Badeeb valued Saudi Arabia and all donors for standing by Yemeni institutions, meeting their urgent need to recover from the repercussions of the war, strengthening their capabilities, and providing technical support.