YBC Meets with a mission team from the world Bank & World Customs Organization

YBC Meets with a mission team from the world Bank & World Customs Organization.

Date: 29/4/2014

Day: Tue

Time: 1:30 pm

Today afternoon , the Yemeni Business Club had the honor to meet  with the World Bank's  and the World Customs Organization representatives who are on a mission  to conduct an evaluation study for the transportation and logistic services in Yemen, Mr. Thomas Kantens , the Technical officer in the Research & strategies  unit, and Mr. Fouad Al-Jabri , Professional  Assistant in the capacity building unit.

Mr. Fathi Abdulwasea , Chairman of the Yemeni Business Club (YBC) started the meeting with a welcome speech followed with a short  introduction by Mr. Thomas to an evaluation study for the transportation and logistic services in Yemen being implemented by the World Bank and the World Customs Organization.

Then,a number of  very important issues in this context  were discussed , including the need to activate the laws governing the transportation and importing goods ; the provision of security to ensure the safety of citizens and  an encouraging  investment climate  that constitute an attractive environment for local and international investors; a number of obstacles and problems experienced by the private sector in different  business fields  in order to be used as a base in the ongoing study that is carried out by the World Bank and the World Customs Organization in this regard.

In conclusion, Mr.Fathi Abdulwase  expressed his pleasure at the meeting and wished success for the mission's tasks .He also confirmed YBC's readiness to collaborate with the mission in order to achieve the objectives of the ongoing study aimed at developing  the transportation  and logistics system in Yemen .