GCAP Vietnam 2007

October 17 

• GCAP Asia Press Release October 17

GCAP Meeting August 18

• Meeting minutes 

GCAP Meeting May 18 

Mr. Trinh and Ms. Trine participated in the Global GCAP face to face meeting in Montevideo, and on May 18 Mr. Trinh, Mr. Huong, and Mr. Phong from the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Ms. Trine, from the NGO RC, met to have a brief follow up discussion on the Montevideo meeting and agree on action points.

A GCAP Vietnam has been proposed for the end of May/beginning of June to finalise the GCAP Vietnam plan for 2007. This will include a a feedback from the Global GCAP in Montevideo and a brief written report will be distributed prior to the meeting.

The three-hour meeting has the following proposed agenda:

• Feedback back from Global GCAP in Montevideo
• New trends and future directions for GCAP
• Policy Demands
• Structure
• Mobilisation
• Media strategy
• Regional initiatives: focus, formation of regional groups, regional activities
• Summing up: perspectives for GCAP Vietnam

2) GCAP Vietnam

• GCAP Vietnam: long term direction?
• Feedback on comments/suggestions and commitments since meeting in April
• Draft revised plan for 2007
• Media strategy
• Organisation and procedures of GCAP Vietnam
• Summing up

3) AOB

• Meeting minutes

Further reading

• GCAP Activity Plan 2007 English (updated May 25)
• GCAP Activity Plan 2007 Vietnamese (updated May 25)

GCAP Montevideo Global Meeting

• Report from Montevideo

GCAP Vietnam National Coalition Meeting March 30 (updated April 13)

The first GCAP Vietnam National Coalition (NC) of 2007 was hosted by the Fatherland Front Vietnam. The GCAP Vietnam NC is headed by the Fatherland Front and also include 8 INGOs and a some Local NGOs. The meeting included a feedback from the Regional GCAP meeting in Bangkok on March 12 and 13 and a dicuss of the draft GCAP Vietnam activity plan 2007 prepared by the Fatherland Front should be sent out to the whole coalition (please see below). It was agreed that the coalition shall discuss what should be the key policy issues and policy asks/messages for 2007 in relation to what activities the National Coalition should priorities. At the meeting it was proposed and agreed that Mr. Trinh/Fatherland Front, and Mrs. Trine, NGO Resource Centre shall represent the GCAP Vietnam NC at the Glocal GCAP meeting in Montevideo May 3-5.

For further information please contact:
Mr. Dang Thanh Phuong, Vietnam Fatherland Front, email: thanhphuongmt74@yahoo.com.vn
or Ms. Trine Glue Doan, NGO Resource Centre, email: director@ngocentre.org.vn

Next steps

• The Fatherland Front will compile comments and revise activity plan accordingly (April 16 to 19)
• Revised plan sent out to coalition (April 19)
• NGO RC will call for a meeting to discuss and finalise plan (between April 20 and 24)

GCAP Asia Bangkok Meeting

• GCAP Asia Bangkok meeting communique March 2007

What is GCAP?

GCAP is a growing alliance of organizations, networks and national campaigns globally committed to eradicating extreme poverty. The loose-alliance began working together in 2005 with the aim of taking action across the world to tackle the root causes of poverty and meet the Millennium Development Goals. At the global level, GCAP aims to put pressure on the World Leaders to take concrete action to deliver on the commitments they have made to reach the Millennium Development Goals and eliminate poverty. The campaign advocates for; Trade justice; Debt cancellation and a major increase in the quantity and quality of aid and; National efforts to eliminate poverty and reach the Millennium Goals that are developed and implemented in a way that is democratic, transparent and accountable to citizens. The campaign encourages the participation of all stakeholders in the fight against poverty. The GCAP alliance demands:

• Public accountability, just governance and the fulfillment of human rights
• Trade justice
• A major increase in the quantity and quality of aid and financing for development
• Debt cancellation