  |
Contingency
Planning for
Security Crises |
|
1. Planning Your Trip to Yemen
Fellows and other researchers planning a trip to
Yemen should take into account how existing security
considerations -- including State Department
consular information sheets and
travel warnings -- may affect their ability to do their
work, and all fellows are strongly encouraged to
consult the State Department announcements concerning
travel in the Middle East before departure from the U.S.
Other sources of information include
British Foreign Office warnings; international
on-line news-services and the index to articles provided
by the Yemen Daily Times;
the on-line edition of the weekly Yemen
Times; and the website Yemen Gateway,
which gives background information on ongoing stories.
AIYS accepts no responsibility for decisions made by
individual researchers, but the AIYS Resident Director in
Sana'a will upon request provide current information for
those planning a research trip.
2. Once You are in Yemen
AIYS-affiliated researchers who are in Yemen must register with
the U.S. embassy in Sana'a
immediately upon arrival; AIYS will facilitate this registration for its
hostel guests. The embassy will then add their
names to the warden list, which is used to inform Americans
of changes in the current state of affairs. The State
Department may issue any one of a number of announcements
that affect researchers.
Authorized (Voluntary) Departure
A State Department announcement authorizing voluntary
departure from affected posts of American personnel
and dependents does not automatically require
departure of U.S. researchers. Researchers should
not feel constrained to remain in a situation they
feel is risky; nor, however, should they feel that
they must leave due to an announcement authorizing
voluntary departure of non-essential Embassy personnel
and dependents.
Researchers in Yemen should contact the U.S. Embassy
for all available information that may affect their
own decision to leave Yemen or stay in the country.
While the AIYS Resident Director will upon request share
his assessment of prevailing conditions, it is the sole responsibility
of the individual researcher to decide whether to leave Yemen or
stay in the country. AIYS bears no part in the decision and
assumes no responsibility for the safety of AIYS
fellows or affiliated researchers.
AIYS-affiliated researchers are required to notify the
AIYS Resident Director in Sana'a of their decision to leave
Yemen or stay in the country.
Return to the U.S.
In the event that fellows funded by AIYS through its grants
from the State Department's Bureau for Educational and Cultural
Affairs elect to return to the U.S. and terminate their
grants, they must notify the AIYS office in the U.S. of
their date of departure from Yemen, so that, if necessary,
appropriate adjustments to the total award may be made.
If a fellowship project is terminated, all applicable
reports will become due within 30 days of departure from Yemen,
as will all unexpended fellowship funds.
AIYS fellows are required to have a paid-up return ticket
in their possession before their initial departure from the
U.S. AIYS cannot be responsible for providing additional
travel or maintenance funds needed because of an authorized
(voluntary) or ordered departure from Yemen. However, the
additional costs of emergency departure such as ticket
surcharges may be added to the authorized expenses of the
award.
Temporary Relocation
Depending on the local situation, fellows may choose to
leave the country temporarily during a crisis. While costs
of emergency air tickets, diversionary travel, and other
exceptional expenses may be covered from grant funds, grant
funds may not be used for grantees' cost-of-living expenses
outside of Yemen.
Ordered Departure
In the event the State Department announces an ordered departure, all
AIYS fellows will be required to leave the country. Should an individual
remain in Yemen despite ordered departure, the fellowship
award and tenure will be considered terminated, and the
individual will be required to sign a waiver releasing the
fellowship. Fellowship funds already in hand may not be
used to cover any additional expenses incurred but must be
returned to AIYS together with all applicable reports, which
will become due within 30 days of the order to leave Yemen.
top of page
