As usual, the PWP is keen to engage the community in all matters and initiatives carried out to ensure its success and to attain the desired impacts. This has been the strategy applied by the PWP in awareness raising and advocacy with Yemeni construction contractors. The aim has been to implement and achieve compliance with occupational health and safety measures in subprojects implementation in the field. The PWP is aiming at reaching a level when these measures will become a culture, a behavior and  a requirement to be met during implementation.

The first step, was to prepare contractors and engineers ahead of the proposed implementation of the occupational and safety measures by the PWP. The aim was to create a positive community interaction towards the issues of occupational health and safety.

As an Initiative implemented by the PWP, the aim is to have a safe working environment free from work hazards. Further, the aim is to come up with model safety practices for the contracting profession that aims at securing human and environmental safety.

Awareness-raising

During the period from August -December 2018, the PWP conducted two-days training session for contractors and consultants in the City of Sana’a, Amran, al-Jawf, Hajjah, Sa’adah, Ibb, Taiz, Sana’a, al-Mahweet, Aden, al-Dhaela’a, Abyan, Lahj, Hadhramaut, al-Maharah, Socotra, Hodeidah, Raimah, Marib, Shabwah, Dhamar and al-Baydha. More than 300 contractors and engineers took part in these training sessions from all over the country under the banner: “Safety measures are critical, everyone must adhere to”.