Advocacy

Nation Misses Poverty Reduction Goals for 2008

Administrator — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:59:40 +0800

Vietnam’s poverty rate at the end of 2008 is lower than the
2007 figure at 13.1 percent, but remains higher than the goal of 12 percent set
by the government at the beginning of the year, according to an official report.
The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) announced the
figures on Dec. 30, citing global economic downturn, domestic price turbulence,
epidemics and natural disasters as key causes for the nation failing to achieve
its poverty reduction goal.
Vietnam increased expenditure for national poverty reduction programmes by 20%
in 2008.
During the year, the government spent approximately 20 trillion VND (1.2 billion

Forms of Engagement Between CSOs & State Agencies in Vietnam

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:32:41 +0800

The study combines a survey of existing literature on civil society and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Vietnam, studies of specific cases of CSO-state engagement, views and experiences of key informants, and a media review.

An Advisory Group (AG), made up of more than 10 different key stakeholders, provided overall ideas to the study by giving feedback on the study's terms of reference (TOR), research design, and draft study report. The study's detailed design was prepared in March-April 2008 by a smaller working group consisting of Oxfam-Great Britain in Vietnam,
DFID, the Embassy of Finland, the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre (NGO RC), and the research team.

Forms of Engagement Between CSOs & State Agencies in Vietnam

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:27:04 +0800

An Advisory Group (AG), made up of more than 10 different key stakeholders, provided overall ideas to the study by giving feedback on the study's terms of reference (TOR), research design, and draft study report. The study's detailed design was prepared in March-April 2008 by a smaller working group consisting of Oxfam-Great Britain in Vietnam, DFID, the Embassy of Finland, the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre (NGO RC), and the research team.

PPWG Meetings & Events 2007

Webmaster — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:15:08 +0800

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

Overview on the Legal Environment affecting CSOs

Webmaster — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:28:36 +0800

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.

GAW 2007 Media Coverage

Webmaster — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:30:11 +0800

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

GCAP Vietnam 2006

Webmaster — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:53:00 +0800

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.

Global Action Week (GAW) - Global Campaign for Education (GCE)

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:34:33 +0800

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.

PPWG Partnership Notes

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:25:53 +0800

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

PPWG Introduction

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:22:01 +0800

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."