In 2020, the European Union and UNDP Yemen joined forces to launch the Strengthening Institutional and Economic Resilience in Yemen (SIERY) Project, aimed at supporting local efforts to strengthen state institutions, improve local governance, enhance public services, and foster economic development in Yemen.
The SIERY Project has worked with local authorities to enhance their capacities in planning, expenditure management, disaster risk management and other core functions to their work. Following these capacity building efforts, local authorities empowered communities to actively participate in the planning process. This participatory approach enabled communities to voice their needs and concerns, which were then reflected in the identification of public priorities. By engaging directly with the communities, local authorities ensured that the priorities outlined in the district development resilience plans were truly representative of local needs and aspirations. These plans, developed and owned by the local authorities, were then funded through the SIERY Project's Local Resilience and Recovery Funds (L2RF). With the L2RF funding, local authorities implemented over 177 projects, improving services for over 7 million people and driving local economic growth. 
In this publication, we highlighted a few of the initiatives carried out by local authorities through the SIERY Project.