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Linh Phuong Nguyen (M.A), Director of MSD, aims to create a robust NGO and civil society sector in Vietnam to address community needs. Objectives include adding value to CSOs, improving life quality for disadvantaged communities, and fostering coalitions for social development. The core values focus on sustainable change, people's empowerment, equitable partnerships, and good governance. Strategic working areas encompass capacity building, networking, advocating, and educating for CSOs in Vietnam.
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CSOs IN VIETNAM LINH PHUONG NGUYEN (M.A) Director of MSD
MSD BRIEF VISION : to create a strong and effective NGO and civil society sector to effectively respond and protect the needs of Vietnamese community OBJECTIVES • Adding values, networking and supporting to Vietnamese CSOs and social enterprises toward development effectiveness • Improving the sustainable life quality for Vietnamese disadvantaged communities • Building the coalition for Government, Enterprises and Social Organizations for social development
CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES • Commitment with Positive Sustainable Change and Development Effectiveness • People’s empowerment, Democratic and Participation Equitable partnerships, Networking and Solidarity • Environmental Sustainability • Good Governance and Innovative Assessment
STRATEGIC WORKING AREAS Capacity building: • capacity building in OD, RM, PM, HR education • bridging between CSOs & other development actors -gov, donors, INGOs, business, etc. • developing the Development Effectiveness Framework • Networking HIV/AIDS & Addiction/ Children development • capacity building • networking • advocating • educating • M&E
CSOs in Vietnam 1. Definition and roles 2. SWOT 3. Development direction
1.1. DEFINITION GOV BIZ CSOS
1.1. DEFINITION = PRINCIPLES • Voluntary • Independent and Self-control • Non-profit • To have legal entity, needing authorized agencies to permit establishing, registering and recognizing.
1.2. COMPONENTS • NGOs • Social Associations • Funds and Foundations • Community-based organizations • Presses and magazines of non-government organizations • Social enterprises? • Political – social organizations?
1.3. ROLES OF VCSO • Contribute to the social and economical development • Support government in providing public services – fill in the gaps • Response and protect the rights and the needs of the community, especially disadvantaged populations • *** Provide consultancy, supervision and critical assessment of the State's policies, programs and legislation.
SWOT Advantages/ Assets: • Having simple structures with flexible mechanisms to change • Being close to the community to respond, represent and protect their needs and rights • Able to learn and grow • Having a good relationship with international organization to learn and share experience • Having a good network of experts in different fields • Having a good relationship with government’s agencies and the local communities
SWOT Limitations: • Lack of updated techniques/ infrastructure/ assets • Lack of transparency and accountability • Lack of business attitude to provide services to the customers/ clients affect to the quality of services • Project-based rather than organization-based not sustainable in organization and finance • Replying too much of external funding • Lack of competencies in organizational development, leadership, resource mobilization • Not good at partnership with other CSOs, especially CSOs working in the same working areas or regions (individual or competitor rather than partnership) • Lack of knowledge and competency in advocacy, consultancy and to provide watch-dog to the government
Opportunities: Increased awareness and supports from government with more enabling environment Increased supports from international partners and other stakeholders on capacity building and sustainability To participate in regional/international/global network/ demonstration to share and learn Networking groups/ alliance/ forum/ team tendency SWOT
Challenges: Decreased external funding sources Requirements/ Pressure of self-reliance and self-development The awareness of government and other stakeholders on CSOs' role Requirements for more active participation as development actor in the society SWOT
DEVELOPMENT TENDENCY For a Sustainable Vietnam!
GOV COMMUNITY NETWORK DONORS CSOs BIZ INGOs For a Sustainable Vietnam!
CSOs NETWORKING LEARNING AND SHARING For a Sustainable Vietnam!
DEVELOPMENT TENDENCY For a Sustainable Vietnam!
KEYS TO SUCCESS STRATEGY COMMITMENT NETWORKING LEARNING AND GROWING "All theory is grey, but the golden tree of actual life, springs ever green" (Goethe)