TEAM International delivered the final training workshop as part of Civil Service Modernization Project (CSMP) for the modernization and development of Public Administration in Yemen (http://www.althawra.net/searchresult.aspx?newsid=63548&si=0&srkw=)
The objectives of the projects are:
a. To develop an efficient policy on description and classification of civil service posts based on a clear vision and sound concepts, principles and criteria.
b. To prepare a comprehensive standard system for description and classification of civil service posts, in the light of the developed policy, to form, afterwards, a basis and guide for the Administrative Units in setting up their own systems that are compatible with their circumstances.
c. To set up an integrated concept of the mechanisms of approving, executing and following up promotion and use of the system.

Discussion about the transport saturation in the greater Beirut area and the Urban Transportation Development Project.

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Mdeirej-Taanayel Highway. The $152-million, highway section is part of the 65.5-Km-long Pan Arab highway extending from Beirut to Masnaa on the eastern border with Syria. TEAM International is the construction supervision consultant for this project. The project is financed by a grant from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Fund for Development and OPEC Fund for International Development, and the government of Lebanon. Construction is expected to take 5 years.

The 62 km Highway is a vital artery of the Lebanese Transportation Network. It has a major linking function between Lebanon and the Arab Countries and will enhance the national tourism and commodity transportation sectors.

The Mdeirej-Taanayel section includes three lanes in each direction extending from the Mdeirej interchange through the Dahr al-Baydar, Aldelm Valley, and Amartijat Agdita narrowing down to two lanes in all directions (subject to expansion) through Shatura Zahlah ending in Taanayel. The highway section also includes the establishment of three major bridges as follows:

1. The Namlieh Bridge in Dahr al-Baydar stretching 215 meters in length and 30 meters in height.
2. The Jdita Bridge stretching 480 meters in length and 47 meters in height.
3. The Shtoura Bridge stretching 165 meters in length and 10 meters in height.

The project also includes among other things the creation of three junctions located the Dahr al-Baydar, Mraijat and Shtoura with their respective slopes, a total of 11 km stretch of service roads, nine over-passes and six under-passes, a storm-water drainage network and traffic management signs for public safety.

  

  

On 25/03/2009 the Ministry of Transport in Saudi Arabia awarded TEAM International the contract for the development of public transportation systems in the city of Taif. The goal of the project is to regulate and raise the level of domestic public transport services in the city, through coordination and integration between the city and other transport services and the urban environment. The objectives of this project are:

• Assessment of current public transport services within the city of Taif.
• Assessment of current and future demand for public transport services in Taif.
• Development of a strategic plan for the public transport system in.
• Recommendation of short- and long-term execution strategy for the implementation of public transport system serving the Taif community.
• The development of operational plans of the proposed system.

The project objective is the establishment, operation and development of agency capabilities to enable investor services via integrated service delivery and after care through advanced technologies.

The project establishes a 'One Stop Shop' Investor Services Center (ISC) for the Governorate of Aden to enable effective investment facilitation services. The scope of the project includes the upgrading and streamlining of investment procedures of the 'One Stop Window' in the Aden Free Zone (AFZ). The combined aim of this initiative is to make Aden more accessible and promotable as a successful investment destination.

The re-engineering of both agencies is based on the following criterion:

• Streamlining Procedures.
• Improvement of Executive Regulations.
• Improvements of Laws.

The Project is funded by the IBRD/World Bank.