YEMEN 

DMFAS user institution(s): Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
DMFAS start date (country) : 1999 (Central Bank), 2002 (Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation)
Project status in 2008: Active:  All three institutions
Funding source of active project:  World Bank
Start date of active project: 2008
DMFAS current installation: 5.3 in Central Bank (May 2008)
Note:
The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation are connected to the Central Bank via network and have “reading-access” only.  
Version language: English
System operational status:
Database regularly kept up to date (Central Bank);
System used for monitoring and internal reporting (Central Bank);
System used for external reporting and statistics (Central Bank);
Link with other system: No
Note:
The government uses the automatic bridge between DMFAS and DRS, the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System.
Activities in 2008 (project and non-project):

  • Signing of project document on strengthening debt reporting and institutional integration in debt management, with the Central Bank of Yemen, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, in January 2008.

  • Pre-conversion of the 5.2 database and technical training for IT staff from the three participating institutions was implemented in Geneva in May 2008. Yemeni IT staff installed DMFAS 5.3 in the CBY immediately following the training.

  • DMFAS 5.3 functional training was implemented for end-users in the CBY, MoF, and MoPIC in July 2008.

  • Participation by two staff from the MoF, four staff from the CBY, and one staff from the MoPIC in a regional DPA workshop in Amman, Jordan in November 2008.

  • On-going DMFAS Programme support (including project management, administrative, documentation and IT) regarding implementation of the DMFAS system as well as on current and future capacity-building activities was provided from Geneva during the year.  In addition to regular contact with the Government about capacity-building needs, DMFAS support in 2008 included, for example, an update (patch 20) to the DMFAS system currently installed in the Central Bank as well as user documentation updates.

  • The DMFAS HelpDesk responded to 2 country-specific assistance requests during the year.

Planned activities:
Continued DMFAS support regarding implementation of the DMFAS system as well as other capacity-building activities in debt management.  Including:

  • DMFAS Helpdesk user support
  • Implementation of project activities, namely a data validation workshop in January 2009, training in debt statistics in first quarter 2009, and a DSM+ workshop in second quarter 2009.