About the CG meeting and the INGO involvement
The CG meeting serves as a platform for discussion between Government and donor agencies on development policies and donor pledges. The first Vietnamese CG meeting was held in Paris in 1993 and since 1999 it has been held in Vietnam, co-chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the World Bank in Vietnam.
There are two meetings during a year: an informal meeting in June, usually held outside Hanoi in order to combine it with a field visit, and a formal meeting during December held in Hanoi.
The INGOs are invited to have four representatives present at the meeting, they are invited as observers sharing one seat at the round-table. INGO representatives are, like the other participants, allowed to make one comment during each session.
Normally, the four representatives divide the different sessions of the meeting between them, and then put their comments forward when relevant. Furthermore, the INGOs prepare a Statement for the Formal CG meeting in December. The statement is based on a consultation with the INGO community and is made available to all CG meeting participants. In addition to this, an annual report on all working group activities is prepared and made available in both English and Vietnamese. The four INGO representatives are elected at the INGO forum for a two-year period.
The current (2008) INGO representatives are:
The Managing Co-director of the NGO RC, Mrs Trine Glue Doan, also participates in the CG Meetings.
Please click on the links below to review documents from past CG Meetings.
2008 Mid-term Consultative Group Meeting
The Mid-term Consultative Group Meeting will be held on June 5-6, 2008 at Sapa.
The focus of this meeting is on the following topics:
INGO interventions for the CG Meeting have already been compiled over April-May through a consultative process invloving NGO RC members and other stakeholders.
For more information on INGO participation in the event, please visit http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/node/73 or contact director@ngocentre.org.vn.
CG meeting between Government and Donors, Hanoi December 5-6, 2007
Related documents
Other INGO documents shared at the CG Meeting
A meeting was held at the NGO RC on November 6, 2007 to disucss the
process of drafting the 2007 INGO CG Statement and allocate
organisations to provide input on specific agenda items. To read the
meeting minutes, please click here.
Relevant Documents
CG meeting between Government and Donors, Hanoi from 14 to 15 December 2006
Topic: Socio-economic Development Plan (SEDP): From Plan to Action
This year's agenda is divided in to 3 topics:
Any comment that INGOs intend to put forward will therefore relate to
these topics. During the 3rd session, a donor pledging process takes
place, where INGOs are expected to make an approximate contribution.
This is done to make an estimate of the contributions from INGOs in the
development budget. Last year the figure reached $170 million.
Related documents
Other INGO documents shared at the CG Meeting
June 2006
Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting - Informal Mid-year Review Meeting
Nha Trang, June 9-10, 2006
December 2005
International NGO statement to the 2005 CG meeting of Government and Donors
Melia Hotel, Hanoi from 6 to 7 December, 2005
Other INGO documents shared at the CG Meeting: