Learning and experience exchange in partnership Denmark - Vietnam

1. Learning and experience exchange in partnership Denmark - Vietnam

2. August 08. 2011 – visit to HAA – HIV / AIDS PREVENTION ASSOCIATION Project Advice and Training Center (PATC) Mr. Johannes Nordentoft Danish NGO Consultant E-mail: jn@prngo.dk Web: www.prngo.dk

3. PATC – Project Advice and Training Center(“Projektrådgivningen”) • Established in 1995 as a capacity building center for small and medium-sized development NGO/CSOs • Now 250+ member organisations • Independent association – but core activities funded by Danida/HUC • Core activities: • Training and meetings • Advise • networking • Since 2002: Granting “minipuljen” now “Projektpuljen” • Since 2006: assistance to Diaspora organisations

4. Capacity building Advice on any proposal that will be submitted for Danida CS-funding Organisational development of member organisations Training and workshops Facilitate networking Key staff: NGO-consultants (advisers, has no say in granting process) Granting Separate body for appraising applications is a core principle (out of house) Administration (in house) Follow up during implementation (in house) M & E Key staff: Independent consultants appointed by PATC-board (takes decisions on granting) PATC – two key roles

5. Tematic LEARNING visit - Factors of relevance in choosing Vietnam include: • Danida Partner Country • 14 of PATC’s member organisations work in Vietnam • 7 active projects financed through PATC through the following Danish organizations and their Vietnamese partners: The Danish Beekeepers´ Association, Danish Vietnamese Association, Danish National Organisation of Shelters for Battered Women and Their Children, Landsforeningen LEV, NGO Fontana, Danish Society of Polio and Accident Victims and World Wide Fund for Nature • SustainableEnergy CARE Denmark, ADDA - Agricultural Development Denmark Asia and The Danish Family Planning Association are other Danish NGO’s active in Vietnam

6. Tematic LEARNING visit - The objective: • Enhanced knowledge in PATC and its members working in Vietnam on the context for Partnership operation in Vietnam • Shared understanding among PATC, including her members, and Partnership networks in Vietnam about how non-profit organisations in Vietnam understand and make use of the terms “Added Value and Mutual Contributions” in relation to Partnerships between Danish and Vietnamese partnerorganizacions.

7. Tematic LEARNING visit - Output: • Initial mapping of Danish organisations’ activities in Vietnam, including organisations that work with own funds and Danish Frame-organisations • Mapping of the status of voluntary / non-profit organisations in Vietnam including: • Overview of existing analyses’ regarding voluntary / non-profit organisations • Available basket funding mechanisms for these organisations • The general organisation of Vietnamese voluntary / non-profit organisations, including existing networks • The Danish Embassies engagement with voluntary / non-profit organisations, including support to basket funds, use of local grant authority and support to voluntary / non-profit Organisations through various bilateral sector or programme modalities. In this relation a particular focus will be given to the gradually phase out of traditional sector programme collaboration and the eventually consequences for the support to voluntary / non-profit organisations. • Exit strategy regarding the embassy’s sector-programmes • Visits and interviews with a number of Vietnamese voluntary / non-profit organisations (primarily partners to members of PATC). • Findings on how Vietnamese voluntary / non-profit Organisations understand and make use of the terms “Added Value” and “Mutual Contributions” based on discussed with Vietnamese voluntary / non-profit organisations networks and members of PATC involved in Vietnam.

8. Tematic LEARNING visit - Stakeholders to be involved in the visit: • 5. • The journey will include contact and dialogue with the following main stakeholders: • Danish CSOs involved in Vietnam • Vietnamese organisations who are partners to Danish CSOs involved in Vietnam • Vietnam Union Friendship Organisations – NGO Resource Centre (VUFO) • The People's Aid Co-ordinating Committee (PACCOM) • The Danish Embassy and Danish supported programmes in Vietnam

9. Operational principles Principles in content: • Capacity building • Advocacy • Service – strategic… • (income generation (micro finance)) Partnership principles: • Partners – legitimacy and accountability • Added value of Danish partners (section 4.)

10. Added value:S. 34-35: • Danish civil society organisations receive financial contributions which make it possible for partners to design and implement development activities. However, it is important that the contributions of Danish organisations are not solely financial.The added value of the partnerships must be evidenced in contributions within a number of different areas:

11. Added value – question ???? • What do you consider important in the partnership with your danish partnerorganisation? • What benefits from the partnership with NGO-fontana do you expect – apart from the financial contribution?

12. Added value – question ???? • What do you expect that NGO-fontana can learn from the partnership?

13. Danish civil society organisations receive financial contributions which make it possible for partners to design and implement development activities. However, it is important that the contributions of Danish organisations are not solely financial. The added value of the partnerships must be evidenced in contributions within a number of different areas. • Professionally • Popular contacts and information • International agenda • Rights • Protection • Diversity