Yemeni Entrepreneurship Engineering:
From Ideas to Businesses

Over the past few years, the German-Yemeni Engineers Association (DJIV) has focused on building and developing the capacity of Yemeni engineers. Thanks to the funds received from the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), DJIV has successfully implemented the ITEP and C-Base projects on the ground in Yemen. These projects have helped many young Yemeni engineers acquire knowledge and develop their skills in order to join the labor market. This interest has been extended to Yemeni engineers in Germany through the organization of DJIV Technical Meetings. With the aim of exploring the challenges and opportunities of entrepreneurship for Yemeni engineers in the German and Yemeni markets, the 5th DJIV Technical Meeting  (DTM 2024) will be held in Berlin on May 18–19, 2024. The two-day event will include the following interesting sections:

1. A summary session for ITEP & C-Base projects, showing their impact on the young engineers establishing or developing their careers and businesses in Yemen.
2. A keynote lecture on Entrepreneurship Engineering held by Mr. Gordon Gemein, a business startup consultant from Deutsche Gründungsberatung, focusing on the key phases of developing an idea into a real business.
3. Four invited Yemeni entrepreneurs and consultants will share their knowledge and processional experience in starting their own startups in the EU and Yemen.
4. An intensive Entrepreneurship Workshop on the basics of entrepreneurship, where the participants will gain knowledge about on how to turn their ideas into startups. The number of participants is limited and mostly dedicated for DJIV's members only.