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Enhancing Civil Society Participation: Insights from Vietnam's Partnership for Civil Society

The 5th Regional JPO Workshop held in Hanoi on June 15, 2004, gathered key stakeholders to discuss the Partnership for Civil Society (PPWG) in Vietnam. With over 40 donors and 350 INGOs, the workshop highlighted strategies for improving people's engagement in development processes. The informal forum aims to foster dialogue, share information, and promote an enabling environment for civil society, even within Vietnam's unique socio-political context. Challenges, successes, and lessons learned were crucial in shaping future partnerships to enhance participation and resource coordination.

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Enhancing Civil Society Participation: Insights from Vietnam's Partnership for Civil Society

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  1. Partnership for civil society ’Partnership for civil society’ - Experiences from Vietnam 5th Regional JPO Workshop Hanoi 15th June 2004 Katrine Pedersen – JPO - UNDP Hanoi

  2. Partnership for civil society Context Aid context • +40 donors; +350 INGOs; +2 billion USD/year Coordination mechanisms • Ministry of Planning and Investment; Biannual Consultative Group meetings; INGO Resource Centre; Partnership groups Socio-political context • Socialist ideology and structures; mass-organisations • Western concepts and ideas of civil society/NGOs not recognised; appreciated; or legally supported

  3. Partnership for civil society Status of PPWG Establishment • Formed in 1998 as sub-group of the governance partnership group Status • Informal forum for organisations and professionals to get together and exchange information and ideas on issues relating to people’s participation Goal • Support the Gov’t to enhance people’s participation in their own development and the development process in Vietnam

  4. Partnership for civil society Status of PPWG (cont’d) Objectives • Promote an enabling environment and capacity building for enhanced people’s participation • Promote co-ordination of activities for efficient use of resources invested in this area Reached through ... • Information- and knowledge sharing • Clarification of concepts commonly used • Promotion of dialogue between different stakeholders

  5. Partnership for civil society Status of PPWG (cont’d) Key tasks in 2004 • Four thematic meetings • Bi-annual partnership notes • Develop partnership strategy • Update of web-site and inventory

  6. Partnership for civil society Set-up of PPWG Core-group • 8-10 participants from PPWG representing Donors, INGOs, researchers • Meets regularly to discuss direction, admin matters, organise meetings etc. Participants • +100 individuals, mainly based in Hanoi, from donor agencies and INGOs Strategic partners • Vietnamese governmental bodies and non-governmental organisations

  7. Partnership for civil society Contributions of PPWG Meetings • Forum for updates on policy and legal developments • Forum for information sharing, coordination and dev’t of activities E-list • Forum for exchange of questions and information Inventory • Information about ongoing donor-funded activities Website • Reference documents and literature on the subject

  8. Partnership for civil society Challenges for PPWG • Deals with sensitive issues • Formal partnership with Government • Legal status - formal vs. informal • Purpose and activities - discussion vs. action • Represents many and diverse interests • Inherent lack of institutional memory

  9. Partnership for civil society Lessons drawn from PPWG • Be sensitive to political environment and diverging interests • Create interest and build trust • Allocate enough time • Define feasible objectives - discussion vs. action • Document activities and experiences • Be flexible

  10. Partnership for civil society Thank you!

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