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Forum on Plans and PRSPs in East Asia, April 4 – 6th 2006, Vientiane Bill Tod, SNV

Civil society participation in PRSP/national socio-economic development planning in Vietnam - an INGO perspective. Forum on Plans and PRSPs in East Asia, April 4 – 6th 2006, Vientiane Bill Tod, SNV. How has civil society participation evolved since 2000?. First cycle : I-PRSP to CPRGS

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Forum on Plans and PRSPs in East Asia, April 4 – 6th 2006, Vientiane Bill Tod, SNV

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  1. Civil society participation in PRSP/national socio-economic development planning in Vietnam - an INGO perspective Forum on Plans and PRSPs in East Asia, April 4 – 6th 2006, Vientiane Bill Tod, SNV

  2. How has civil society participation evolved since 2000? First cycle: I-PRSP to CPRGS • Poverty diagnostics: participatory poverty analysis, VDR2000 • Poverty policy: participatory policy consultation, CPRGS2002 • CPRGS implementation: sub-national awareness raising, planning and project implementation • CPRGS monitoring and evaluation: participatory consultation, VDR2004 and CPRGS report 2004; commune budgeting Second Cycle: CPRGS to SEDP • Linking village/commune participatory planning to SEDP process • Provincial and national policy consultations

  3. What has civil society participation added? • Qualitative data to quantitative data: stronger poverty story, focus on specific issues (ethnic minorities/indigenous people, migrants…) • Strengthening of theparticipatory planning process: facilitation and planning skills, demonstrating the demand for participation, private sector inclusion… • Strengthening of civil society: LNGOs, research institutions… • Improved coordination of development interventions • Improved planning process: linkage VDP, CDP, District, Provincial, National SEDP

  4. What more needs to be done? • Strengthening vertical planning linkages, especially CDP/VDP to SEDP process • Beyond pilots: need for comprehensive, consistent, standardized planning framework at subnational level • Budgeting: transparent linkage of budgets to plans • More participatory monitoring and supervision, eg of public expenditure, of basic service delivery • More coordinated development interventions at subnational level (donors, NGOs and government) • More enabling civil society environment; greater civil society impact

  5. CIVICUS civil society index: Vietnam

  6. How to strengthen civil society participation? • Enabling policy environment: draft Law on Associations; networks • Capacity building of local NGOs, CBOs • Changing role & governance of local NGOs • INGO re-think: not occupying civil society ‘space’ • Continuingdecentralisation, ‘socialisation’ and consultation

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