Please click on the links below to review background documents, presentations and meeting notes.

• Overview on Collaborative Groups Workshop - August 31, 2007 (EN)
• Overview on Collaborative Groups Workshop - August 31, 2007 (VIE)
• Overview on the Legal Environment Affecting CSOs Workshop - May 29, 2007
• Workshop Report PPWG - May 29, 2007 (EN)
• Workshop Report PPWG - May 29, 2007 (VIE)

During the past few years the Government of Vietnam has showed determination to promote the growth and increasing role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the active participation of people at all levels in promoting socio-economic development nation-wide (VDR/PRSC Consultation Exercise, VUFO-NGO Resource Centre, 2006). Several legal documents have been or are in process of being drafted offering new opportunities to CSOs.

Below are a list of links to Vietnamese media coverage of GCW Vietnam 2007.

Objectives of GCAP Vietnam 2006

In Vietnam the GCAP alliance seeks to target the policy makers of pro-poor policies, World leaders for better trade justice for Vietnam, and the wider public to mobilize and participate in the fight against poverty together.

The Global Campaign for Education promotes education as a basic human right, and mobilises public pressure on governments and the international community to fulfill their promises to provide free, compulsory public basic education for all people; in particular for children, women and all disadvantaged, deprived sections of society.

Click on the links below to review current and past PPWG Partnership Notes.

Background

The PPWG was established to promote the implementation of the Government of Vietnam's Grassroots Democracy Decree, people's participation in development programmes and projects.

Government Decree no. 29 of 1998 (including later amendments promulgated through the Decree no. 79 of 2003) established the principles of grassroots democracy at the commune level. These principles are: “people know, people discuss, people decide, and people supervise."

Vietnam Development Report 2009 - Resource Mobilization

The World Bank has started to prepare for the Vietnam Development Report (VDR) 2009.  This report will focus on the economic pillar of Vietnam's reform agenda (SEDP), and has Resource Mobilization as tentative title.
It is the first time that the World Bank launches the preparation process at this early stage, which provides donors and NGOs an opportunity to provide input on the outline of the VDR and to allocate time and resources.

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.