Donors

2008 End-Year Consultative Group Meeting

The End-Year Consultative Group Meeting was held on December 4-5, 2008 in Hanoi.

The focus of this meeting was on the following topics:

1. Socio-economic situation
2. Harmonisation & Aid Effectiveness
3. Governance & Institutional Reform
4. Climate Change 

The 2008 INGO Statement for the CG Meeting was compiled over November-December 2008 through a consultative process invloving NGO RC members and
other stakeholders. The Vietnamese version will be posted soon.

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.