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The first consultative meeting was held on Sunday, November 1, 2009, to discuss certain issues concerning the international conference about "Yemeni Workers and the Demands of the Gulf Labor Market," which is to be convened by Sheba Center for Strategic Studies (SCSS) in collaboration with a number of the relevant agencies in Yemen and the GCC states and participants on behalf of the Arab and International Labor Organization. ...Read More

In the seminar organized by the SCSS on Jun. 8, 2009, under the title "Contradiction Between Religious Trends in Yemen: Its Impact on Security," the participants warned against the risks of immoderation and extremism which may trigger violence among the followers of the different religious denominations. ...Read More

The First Forum on Energy and Development in Yemen, which was organized by the SCSS and in which some international experts in energy, oil and gas took part, concluded its activities on June 3, 2009, and came up with a number of recommendations for improving the energy sector in Yemen. ...Read More

In the press conference held on January 26, 2009, the organizers of the international conference to be held in Sana'a in May under the title "Yemen 2010 from Threshold: Identity, Regionalism and Globalization" reviewed the significance of and the themes to be discussed in this event. ...Read More

In his lecture delivered at the headquarters of the SCSS, Dr. Abdo A. Makaleh, the Assistant Deputy Chairman of Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority, pointed out that global warming had a tangible bearing on the climate in Yemen, atmosphere and air pollution. The lecturer displayed satellite maps illustrating the climate changes which our country is facing such as the increase in the number of dusty days from one year to the next one; the number of these days increased from 5 days in 2006 to 170 days in 2008 and then to 208 days in 2008, but this number decreased in 2009. ...Read More

A scientific delegation from Amsterdam University, headed by Dr. Paul Aerts, the professor of the international university, held a discussion session with the researchers of the Sheba Center for Strategic Studies on Sunday, December 13, 2009. A number of locally- and regionally-celebrated issues were discussed in the session. ...Read More

In her lecture delivered in the Lecture Hall at the SCSS, Dr. Najat Juma'an, the Deputy Director of the Finance Institute at the Finance Ministry, and Supervisor on Businesswomen Department at the Consortium of Commerce Chambers, said that the Yemeni environment abounded with opportunities that were encouraging for the Yemeni women to become businesswomen but was beset by many challenges as well. Dr. Juma'an indicated that Yemen had many promising sectors, pointing to the sectors where women have achieved success such as education, health, agriculture, and agricultural marketing. The lecturer called on the Yemeni women who would like to engage in business enterprises to conduct feasibility studies and prepare accurate strategies for their projects should they want to achieve success. In this context, the first step a businesswoman should start with, according to Dr. Juma'an, is to study and evaluate the environment surrounding her, be it the internal environment concerning the management of the proposed project or the external one concerning the economic, political, cultural and social components. ...Read More

In the Forum on the Reforms from the Perspective of Donors, which was organized by the SCSS on Monday, Oct. 29, 2009, at Movenpick Hotel, Sana'a, the participants confirmed that Yemen has trouble mobilizing its scarce resources and suffers from the mismanagement of the available ones. ...Read More

In his lecture delivered at the SCSS on Tuesday, Colonel Musab Ali Al-Sufi, the Deputy General Director of Anti-Narcotics Administration, talked about the growing activity of drug trafficking in Yemen and how drug dealers use Yemen as a transit point to reach the neighboring countries. ...Read More

As part of its program of periodical lectures, the SCSS hosts Colonel Musa'ab Ali Assoufi, the Deputy General Director of the Anti-Narcotics Administration, to deliver a lecture entitled "Yemen and Drugs: the Problem and Remedies" on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. ...Read More

Dr. Bilqis Abu Aosba, the Deputy Head of the National Supreme Anti-Corruption Commission, said that the Commission's efforts to combat corruption were heading towards three directions: inquiry and investigation; prevention; and awareness-raising and education. The Commission, she said, had prepared an extensive national anti-corruption strategy....Read More

As part of its series of its periodical lectures, SCSS is organizing a lecture on "Combating Corruption and the Mechanism for Safeguarding Public Funds" . The lecture is to be delivered by Dr.Bilqis Abu Aosba, the Deputy Head of the National Supreme, Anti-Corruption Commission and the Associate Professor of Political science, Dept. of Political Science, Sana'a Univ....Read More

In his lecture delivered at the SCSS on Aug. 10, 2009, Mr. Mohammed Naji Allaow, the Head of the National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD), said that Yemen had been one of the first states that had brought up the issue of the detainees at the Guantanamo prison, but it had failed in negotiating for the rehabilitation of the detainees. ...Read More