The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is an alliance of organisations, networks and national campaigns around the world that is 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 United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. At the global level, GCAP aims to put pressure on 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 encourages the participation of all stakeholders in the fight against poverty. The GCAP alliance advocates for:
Find out more information about the Global Call to Action Against Poverty at its website [1].
Below on this page are details of GCAP activities in Vietnam in 2007. At the bottom of the page is a link to GCAP activities in Vietnam in 2006.
Press Release October 17, 2007
GCAP Meeting August 18, 2007
GCAP Meeting May 18, 2007
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:
2) GCAP Vietnam
Meeting minutes:
Further reading:
GCAP Montevideo Global Meeting, 2007
GCAP Vietnam National Coalition Meeting March 30, 2007
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 international NGOs and some local NGOs. The meeting included a feedback from the Regional GCAP meeting in Bangkok on March 12 and 13 and a discussion onf the draft GCAP Vietnam activity plan 2007 prepared by the Fatherland Front. It was agreed that the coalition shall discuss what should be the key policy issues andmessages for 2007 in relation to what activities the National Coalition should prioritise. 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.
Next steps:
GCAP Asia Bangkok Meeting 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.
Target Areas of GCAP Vietnam 2006
Trade justice:
Governance for poverty elimination in Vietnam:
For more information on GCAP:
News about GCAP activities in Vietnam 2006
GCAP Vietnam has been approved by the Central Party Committee and the Fatherland Front has been assigned to be the key actor implementing GCAP Vietnam in the long term.
The Fatherland Front and the Call for Action Against Poverty (GCAP) Vietnam team jointly organised three events in Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, Ha Tinh in connection with the People's Grand Union Day. These events aimed to raise awareness about GCAP through marching, meetings, and other activities.
On October 8 the GCAP Vietnam allience in partnership with Fatherland Front of Lang Son Province organised a meeting and march on GCAP in Lang Son. It attracted more than 1090 participants from many districts and communes in Lang Son and successfully mobilised participation of all stakeholders and sectors in the mission of making poverty history and brought the messages on root causes of poverty toward government authorities and the public in the area.
Newspaper articles on GCAP issues were been published in 2006, includng:
9/10/2006: http://vietnamnet.vn/xahoi/doisong/2006/10/620246/ [9]
17/10/2006: http://vietnamnet.vn/diendan/2006/10/623204/ [10]
16/10/2006: http://vietnamnet.vn/bandocviet/2006/10/623192/ [11]
[12]18/10/2006: http://www2.vietnamnet.vn/diendan/2006/10/623204/ [13]
20/10/2006: http://www2.vietnamnet.vn/wto/2006/10/624566/ [14]
Links:
[1] http://www.whiteband.org/
[2] https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/docs/Oct_17_GCAP_Asia_Press_Release_final.doc
[3] https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/docs/GCAP_meeting_1808_EN_0.doc
[4] https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/docs/GCAP_meeting_1808_EN_1.doc
[5] https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/docs/GCAP_workplan_2007_EN_June17.doc
[6] https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/docs/GCAP_plan_2007_VN_revised.doc
[7] https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/docs/Report_from_Montevideo.doc
[8] https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/docs/Communique_AsiaBKK_Meeting.doc
[9] http://vietnamnet.vn/xahoi/doisong/2006/10/620246/
[10] http://vietnamnet.vn/diendan/2006/10/623204/
[11] http://vietnamnet.vn/bandocviet/2006/10/623192/
[12] http://vietnamnet.vn/service/show_forum.vnn?forumid=149963%C2%A0
[13] http://www2.vietnamnet.vn/diendan/2006/10/623204/
[14] http://www2.vietnamnet.vn/wto/2006/10/624566/