Matrix of Donor/Ngo Assistance to People S Participation and Grasroots Democracy

MATRIX OF DONOR/NGO ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE”S PARTICIPATION AND GRASROOTS DEMOCRACY By organization:

1. DED 2. CSEED (Centre for Community Socio-Economic and Environmental Development) 3. UNDP 4. Plan International 5. SRD (Center for Sustainable Rural Development) 6. Oxfam GB 7. Oxfam Belgium 8. RDSC 9. UNAIDS 10. VNAH 11. UNV

By participation areas Civil society- Legal policy Framework and policy feedback

Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Beneficiary Model Plan Legal Plan Vietnam is working Plan Counterpart: Vietnam review on with legal professionals to Vietnam Ministry of [Tổ chức child capacity build and support works in Justice Plan] abuse the development of Ha Nam, (2005 – legislation on child Nam Dinh, Beneficiaries: 2010) protection Quang Tri, Children in Bac Giang, need of Plan Vietnam’s work also Phu Tho, special provides support for legal Qang protection assistance to children Ngai, suffering from child abuse Quang and strengthens law Binh and enforcement in the area of Thai child protection. Activities Nguyen include provinces - setting up a child help line as well as and provision of Hanoi, psychological counselling Hue and support Da Nang. - Supporting children and families with the costs of examinations at health services - supporting children returning home - support for children’s families to contact police Plan Vietnam Prevention The main project activities Plan Counterpart: of child of first year are Vietnam Jurors and abuse 1. Building capacity for staff works in leaders of (ongoing) of different level on Ha Nam, educational child abuse prevention and Nam Dinh, departments, Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Beneficiary Model skills to work with children, Quang Tri, local leaders, focusing on police, Juror, Bac Giang, Police, leaders of educational dept Phu Tho, teachers and at provincial and district Qang community level, Ngai, volunteers local leaders, police, Quang Beneficiaries: teachers and community Binh and children and volunteers at commune Thai communities. level. Nguyen 2. Support to set up the provinces network/task force at as well as commune level to identify Hanoi, and report a child Hue and abuse case. Da Nang. 3. IEC on child rights, child abuse prevention to family through village meetings and home visits. Conduct the child abuse prevention campaign at school level with the signature commitment of teacher and children “Say no to physical and emotional abuse”. 4. Support for local TV programs which raise awareness of children on child rights as well as child abuse prevention. Plan Vietnam Global Plan Vietnam is actively Plan Counterpart: Campaign encouraging Children’s Vietnam With provincial on participation in education works in and district Education via the series of Global Ha Nam, Department of 2007 Campaigns on Education. Nam Dinh, Education and Quang Tri, Training, Children are encouraged to Bac Giang, other be active participants in Phu Tho, UN/NGOs defining the messages of Qang organizations the campaign through Ngai, in the National various activities including Quang Coalition for drawing competitions, Binh and the Global writing competition, face to Thai Campaign face discussion with policy Nguyen Beneficiaries: makers, children’s forum, provinces children meetings and rallies as well as Hanoi, Hue and Da Nang. Plan Vietnam Legal framework for Physical and Emotional Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Beneficiary Model Punishme nt 2007 Plan Vietnam Universal Capacity building for local In all Plan Counterpart: Birth registrars and justice supported Ministry of Registrati officers; areas: Justice and on Communication and Nam Ha, Department of Campaign advocacy program on Hanoi, Bac Justice 2004 – Universal Birth Registration Giang, Beneficiaries: ongoing (UBR) at National, Phu Tho, children and Province, District, commune Thai communities level; Nguyen, Model of legal assistance Quang Tri, set up Quang Mobile birth registration Ngai, units set up Quang Binh

Plan Vietnam Universal Targeting Ethnic minority Lai Chau Counterpart: Birth groups and Lang Ministry of Registrati Son Justice & on Province Department of Campaign Justice 2007 – Beneficiaries: 2010 children and communities: ethnic minority groups in particular. RDSC 1995-present Promoting the role of CBOs CBOs and their and their networks and networks, local advocating for people's extension participation in grass-roots serivces planning RDSC 2002- Supporting and strengthening Rural present local NGOs as social and Ddevelopment charity fund as per decree 177 and Poverty dated 22/12/1999 or Science Reduction Fund and Technology organisations in Quang Binh in Quang Binh, Phu Tho, and Province Kon Tum Province RDSC 2006- present Promoting engagement of NGO-Forum on civic organisations in ADB, BIC. monitoring impact of projects 30 VNGOs and funded by International CBOs Financial Institutions, such as WB, ADB for ensuring their accountability Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Beneficiary Model Viet Nam 2001-2008 Promoting the enabling legal MOHA, CLA Assistance for framework for associations (Commission on the and foundations. Activities Legislative Handicapped 2005 - 2008 include provision of Affairs, NA), (VNAH) international expertise and Local technical assistance, reference associations and materials (sample laws, foundations thematic researches, etc), consultation workshops and focused groups, study tours to MoLISA, CSA countries with progressive NGO laws, capacity building and training of local agencies/officals overseeing associations and foundations. Promoting the revision of the Ordinance on Disability into the Law on Disability, and the inclusive planning and policies Center for Community The project aims to building Six districts of Main Project Sustainable Livelihood CBO/ CLCs to support poor Phu Tho: partners PPC, MARD Rural Clubs (CLCs) farmers for improving their Thanh Ba, Ha Department of Development to Support livelihood and participating in Hoa, Doan Agriculture and (SRD) Poverty decision making Hung, Cam Rural Reduction and Main activities: Khe, Thanh Development Local Son, Yen Lap. The Plant Governance Promote of issuance of legal Protection Sub- 2006-2009 documents for CBO’s department operation Beneficiaries 1,244 farmers -members of 30 existing IPM clubs 2,000 poor villagers and 800 other villagers in the project site as indirect beneficiaries

Civil society-Supporting civil society actors Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary Plan Vietnam Prevention Plan Vietnam partnered The Counterpart: of violence with provincial women. The project Youth Union against main activities in the first covers 12 Beneficiary: Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary children year are Plan Children and and women - building capacity for supported Parents. (ongoing) system of women union, commune - IEC activities for children s in Bac and family, Giang - The setting up of the task province force to report and deal with domestic violence at commune level. - Connecting children to the Child Helpline. Plan Vietnam Village Plan Vietnam continues to Plan Counterpart: Health encourage participation Vietnam Health Clubs and capacity build groups works in departments (ongoing) and organizations such as Ha Nam, at National, Village Health Clubs, Safe Nam Provincial, Motherhood clubs and Dinh, District and peer education groups Quang Commune Tri, Bac level and Giang, CPFC Phu Tho, Qang Ngai, Quang Binh and Thai Nguyen provinces as well as Hanoi, Hue and Da Nang. Plan Vietnam Young YMCs have been set up in Plan Counterpart: Media many of Plan Vietnam Vietnam CPFC, Youth Clubs supported communities. works in Union (YMC) They are child-led, child- Ha Nam, (ongoing) centered clubs where Nam Beneficiary: children make use of the Dinh, Children mass media to make their Quang voices heard within the Tri, Bac communities they live in. Giang, Children are given a safe Phu Tho, forum with which to raise Qang concerns that affect their Ngai, daily lives, debate issues Quang and seek redress through Binh and their own efforts. Thai Nguyen provinces as well as Hanoi, Hue and Da Nang. Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary Plan Vietnam Children’s Plan Vietnam are Plan Counterpart: Groups supporting Children’s Vietnam CPFC (ongoing) Groups (or Young Bamboo works in Beneficiary: Clubs) through capacity Ha Nam, Youth Union building initiatives and Nam providing training, advice Dinh, and guidance on topics Quang such as Rights of Child Tri, Bac and life skills or child Giang, abuse prevention. Phu Tho, Qang Ngai, Quang Binh and Thai Nguyen provinces as well as Hanoi, Hue and Da Nang. UNDP Strengthening Project focuses on institutional VLA HQ in Counterparts: Capacity the Capacity of capacity building for the VLA Hanoi and VLA Building Viet Nam so that VLA and its members local branches Beneficiaries: Lawyers can more actively participate in VLA and VLA Association, legal and judicial reform members 2006-2009 process. UNDP Strengthening Project is still in pipeline but VUSTA HQ Counterpart: Capacity the Capacity of will focus on strengthening in Hanoi VUSTA Building Viet Nam Union VUSTA’s capacity to work as Beneficiaries: fir Science and an effective umbrella Main focus on Technology organization, representing its VUSTA HQ but Associations member organizations and VUSTA member Pipeline, 2007- function as a bridge between its organizations will 2010 member organizations and key equally benefit stakeholders. from the project.

Centre for Community- The project is aimed to Province: Project PRA tools; Community based contribute to poverty Bac Kan partners: gender Socio- organizations alleviation and improve People’s analytic tools; Economic and strengthening community living standards District: Committee of Village Environmental and further through short term efforts to Cho Moi Cho Moi district Development Development promotion of break the cycle of poverty Committees (CSEED) agriculture and long term capacity 3 Direct (VDCs); and non-farm building for sustainable Communes: beneficiaries: Participatory activities for economic and social Nhu Co, Yen - All 1,496 planning, poor development in three of the Cu and Tan people in 7 managing communities poorest communes. Son project and (2007-2010) Main activities: targeted monitoring, 7 Villages: villages and impact 1. To strengthen local Khuoi Deng 120 people assessment capacity especially 1, Khuoi of two and report community-based Deng 2, Na neighbourin writing; Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary Rieng, g villages of Farmer organisations who Na Hoat, 3 interested will continue their Na Luong, communes groups (FIGs) important role in the Khuong - Members of future i.e. managing Teng, Ban Project community Nua Managemen development t Board process. (PMB),  Improve Working management Team (WT), capacity of CBOs Village (VDCs & FIGs) to Developme manage community nt development Committees activities (VDCs), leaders of  Increased awareness existing or and practice of to be villagers and CBOs established on grassroots Farmers democracy in order Interest to avail more Groups opportunities for their (FIGs) development  Increased and Indirect recognition of local beneficiaries: authority on the role - People in of VDCs and FIGs in neighbourin commune/district g villages planning for socio- - Commune economic and district development offices/bodi activities es 2. To contribute to developing a formal system facilitating CBO access to services and contribute to local development and governance  Improved credibility of CBOs in business and legal aspects to facilitate better access to services which required by their group work  CBOs involve in local annual development planning and Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary budgeting officially and make their contribution to the decision making 3. To improve household economy through further promotion of agriculture production and non-farm activities in an environment and social friendly approach in order to stabilize villagers’ economic conditions and afford other aspects of livelihoods  Technical/production know-how of villager/FIGs on new income activities including agriculture and non-farm are consolidated and utilised effectively for better productivity and quality and stable income.  Increased investment capacity of villagers for their bigger scale of agriculture production and new income activities  Increased access to water for current cultivated land and additional land to be use for agriculture production (including: Upgrade 4 irrigation systems; Set up Water User Groups (WUGs) and develop participatory irrigation management system (PIM) for sustainable management and maintaining; Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary Training/workshop on water resource/watershed management) Oxfam Food The program aims at increasing Hoa Binh and Provincial Increased Solidarity Sovereignty the representativity of Farmer Ha Tinh Farmers Union representativity Belgium 1st April 2003 – Union as well as its role in the Provinces of people’s st promotion of sustainable organization. 31 March agriculture policies. Increase 2008 Activities include: monitoring and -Support to farmer Union to advocacy role better inform their members, of people’s to better involve their organization members in internal toward local discussion and decision authorities. making processes (participatory techniques, revision of internal information and decision- making mechanisms, etc.) -Support to Farmer Union in analyzing their members’ situation, the local agricultural policies and in making policy proposals Support to Farmers Union in developing alternative models of sustainable agriculture (farmers’ seeds systems, clean vegetable, etc.) Oxfam Food The program aims at increasing Hoa Binh and Provincial Increased Solidarity Sovereignty the representativity of Farmer Ha Tinh Farmers Union representativity Belgium 1st April 2003 – Union as well as its role in the Provinces of people’s st promotion of sustainable organization. 31 March agriculture policies. Increase 2008 Activities include: monitoring and -Support to farmer Union to advocacy role better inform their members, of people’s to better involve their organization members in internal toward local discussion and decision authorities. making processes (participatory techniques, revision of internal information and decision- making mechanisms, etc.) -Support to Farmer Union in analyzing their members’ situation, the local agricultural policies and in Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary making policy proposals Support to Farmers Union in developing alternative models of sustainable agriculture (farmers’ seeds systems, clean vegetable, etc.) UNV Volunteer Contributing to the 1. Ha Noi 1. Disability 1. Capacity contribution to development of volunteer 2006/07 forum building of achieving the networks in an NGO and an 2. HCMC members Millennium INGO 2006/07 2. Education for 2. Capacity goals Development building of member groups Oxfam GB “Establishment Project focuses on supporting Hanoi, Lao Counterpart: Network of of Local NGO the establishment of a Local Cai, Hai VUSTA (Vietnam Local NGOs network on NGO network-Anti-Poverty Duong, Nghe Union of Science on poverty Poverty Policy Policy Study network (APPS) An and Technology policy M&E Monitoring and and improve their capacity on Associations) Evaluation” policy M&E and advocacy, thus Beneficiaries: promoting independent policy Local NGOs 2005-2006 assessment and voice of civil under VUSTA society umbrella - Establishing and maintaining the Anti Poverty Policy Study (APPS) network - Conducting training courses including M&E training, Policy Analysis Training, Gender Training, Research Methodology Training, etc; and seminar on social issues for APPS members - Carry out research in such polices as health care policy for the poor

Oxfam GB Enhancing Project focuses on capacity Tra Vinh Counterpart: Participatory Poverty Policy building for WU and FA staff in Women Union policy M&E Monitoring and specific areas of policy and Farmer’s Evaluation monitoring and advocacy, and Association in Capacity for doing awareness raising for local Tra Vinh Women’s Union people on their civil rights and Province and Farmers’ responsibilities: Beneficiaries: Association in Provide training in GRDD, WU&FA staffs at Tra Vinh participatory monitoring provincial, province 2003- and evaluation, gender district, and 2006 issues, civil rights and commune levels responsibilities for WU and FA staff and local people Conduct research on poverty policy Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary Organize legal forum to provide information to and answer queries of local people on legal issues and GRDD Carry different communication activities including dissemination of leaflet on certain issues of local people’s interest, film on project activities with focus on participation.

Oxfam GB Enhancing The project will work with Ninh Thuan Counterpart: Participatory oversight representative bodies like People’s Council policy M&E capacity for People’s Council and Mass of Ninh Thuan representative Organizations (Women’s Union, province bodies in Ninh Farmers’ Association) from Women Union Thuan province commune to provincial level in and Farmer’s Ninh Thuan province. The Association in To be designed project aims to build their Ninh Thuan at the end of capacity on policy appraisal (for Province 2007 People’s Council), policy M&E Beneficiaries: and advocacy People’s Council members, WU&FA staffs at provincial, district, and commune levels Oxfam GB “Support 2006- For national SEDP 2006-10: Ninh Thuan Counterpart: Community 2010 SEDP Conduct local consultations on province MPI, Ninh Thuan consultation planning” draft SEDP in NinhThuan DPI, People’s PRSP 2004-2006 province, provide comments on Committee of Bac principles draft SEDP and participate in AI district integration national consultation meetings Beneficiaries: Commmune and For SEDP 2006-10 planning of district planners Bac Ai district, Ninh Thuan in Bac Ai district, province: The project focus Ninh Thuan building planning capacity for province commune and district planners of Bac Ai district by providing trainings on participatory/results based approach, gender mainstreaming, log-frame method, SEDP M&E, consultation method… Besides, the project also supports these planners to practice methods/skills trained into the district SEDP 2006-10 planning.

Oxfam GB “Support Oxfam GB, along with CARE National level Counterpart: Consultation Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary formulation of International, IFAD and some and Ninh Drafting Team the other NGOs supports the Thuan (Department of Governmental formulation process of the Cooperatives and Decree on Decree on CBOs. Main Rural CBOs” activities conducted by OGB Development – are: research on CBOs and local MARD, MPI, 2006-2007 consultations on the draft decree VICOOPSME, in Ninh Thuan province, MoJ), Ninh comment on draft versions, Thuan DARD participated in national consultation meetings Beneficiaries: CBOs especially CBOs in Ninh Thuan province

Oxfam GB “Strengthening "Strengthening Participation" Ninh Thuan Counterpart: Participatory participation in promotes the participation of People’s policy M&E Ninh Thuan poor Raglay people in Bac Ai Committee of Bac CBOs province” district, Ninh Thuan province in Ai district 2007-2009 local resource allocation and Beneficiaries: utilization. The expected Local people outcome of the project is that especially local government policies and poor/ethnic development plans better minority men and respond to the needs and women Bac Ai concerns of Raglay people. The district project will address three key Village headers, issues: information, capacity and district and opportunities to participate. commune staff in Bac Ai district Main activities are trainings, communication campaigns, mini-projects for local people to practice participation…

Oxfam GB “ Support pro- Project focus on improving Ninh Thuan Counterpart: PRSP poor planning in planning capacity of Ninh Thuan Ninh Thuan PC principles Ninh thuan DPI, DARD, Bai Ai district and Ninh Thuan DPI, integration into province” its communes. Project will also DARD, local planning support DOF on developing Provincial 2007-2011 budget allocation norms, and statistics office Statistics Office to improve the (PSO), Bac Ai PC quality of database and M&E activities. Beneficiaries: The project has 5 components: Leaders, planners - Component 1: Support and statistics staff provincial SEDP of provincial planning, DPI in departments, charged agriculture sector, - Component 2: Support Bac Ai district agriculture and its communes development planning Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary in Nthuan, DARD in charged - Component 3: Support SEDP planning of Bac Ai district and its communes, Bac Ai People’s Committee in charged - Component 4: Support to improve provincial socio-economic statistics database of Ninh Thuan province, Ninh Thuan Statistics Office in charged - Component 5: Support to create favorable legal framework for new planning methodology (CPRGS’s principles integration) in Ninh Thuan province, DPI in charged

Deutscher Civil Society Poverty reduction through North and Project Partners: Ownership of Entwicklungs- and Poverty strengthening of governmental Central Civil society partners in dienst – German Reduction and civil society structures and Vietnam organizations project Development Program their democratic/ participatory (VNGOs, CBOs, management Sevice (DED) - ongoing working behavior at commune Mass and district level, support of organizations, Participatory local democracy based on the Cooperatives), training Grassroots Democracy Decree local authorities, methods (GDD) and its implications to state the CPRGS. organizations Participatory involved in development Support / funding activities in poverty reduction approach the following areas: 1. Grassroots Democracy Beneficiaries: Capacity - Trainings on direct: CSOs and building for implementation of local authorities multiplicators grassroots democracy indirect: (TOTs) decree for local vulnerable authorities and civil groups, mainly society ethnic minorities - Producing and and women distributing publications on GDD - Supporting network of GDD trainers - Strengthening the role of women in the Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary process of democracy promotion

2. Supporting civil society actors and local authorities - Development of planning and management capacities of local authorities and civil society - Support to the improvement of service delivery at commune level

3. Decentralization – Community Participation/Empowerment - TOTs on participatory working methods and approaches (PLA, PRA, VIPP, etc.) - Supporting participatory Village Development Planning (VDP), particularly with regard to concerns of ethnic minorities - Participatory project planning, implementation and M&E as a cross-cutting issue

Examples of activities in 2007: - Literacy Trainings using the Reflect approach for Co Tu Women in Tay Giang District, Quang Nam Province - Participatory Village Development Planning including the aspect of natural resources protection in Xuan Lien and Pu Hu Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa Province - Community participation in Wastewater and Solid Waste Management in urban areas– conceptual Organization Project name Project Brief and main Geography Counterpart Participation and duration activities coverage and Model Beneficiary support - Conference and Workshop on Domestic Violence

in 2006: - Trainings in ‘Participatory planning for poverty reduction’ in two villages of Son Phu Commune, Na Hang Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang Province - Training for Mediators for cases of Domestic Violence, Lao Cai Province - GDD-Trainings for Commune leaders and staff of Women’s Union in Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa Province and in Thach That District, Ha Tay Province - Training “Women in political decision making processes” in Nghia Hung and Hai Hau Districts, Nam Dinh Province

Center for Community The project aims to building Six districts Main Project Sustainable Livelihood CLCs to support poor farmers of Phu Tho: partners Participatory Rural Clubs (CLCs) to for improving their livelihood Thanh Ba, Ha Department of approach Development Support Poverty and participating in decision Hoa, Doan Agriculture Farmer to (SRD) Reduction and making Hung, Cam and Rural farmer Local Main activities: Khe, Thanh Development approach Governance Empower CLCs to be able to Son, Yen Lap. The Plant Direct dialogue 2006-2009 manage their own community Protection with local development. Sub- authorities Improve awareness of decision department Supporting makers and people on the Beneficiaries grassroots roles of CLCs in the poverty 1,244 farmers organization reduction and local -members of governance 30 existing Promote the implementation of IPM clubs grassroots democracy at all 2,000 poor levels from community to villagers and province. 800 other villagers in the Networking and advocate for project site as issuance the degree of indirect Farmer Collective Group beneficiaries Decentralization-Community Participation/ Community Empowerment Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model Plan Vietnam Children Plan Vietnam actively Plan Counterpart: Youth Youth supports the formation Vietnam Union Organizatio and strengthening of works in Beneficiary: n support children and youth Ha Nam, Children (ongoing) organizations to Nam ensure children have Dinh, a recognised Quang mechanism to make Tri, Bac their voices heard Giang, within the Phu Tho, communities they live Qang in. Ngai, Quang Binh and Thai Nguyen provinces as well as Hanoi, Hue and Da Nang Plan Vietnam Community Through Plan’s rights Plan Child Centered Managed based development Vietnam Community projects approach: children, works in Development and families & Ha Nam, approach community communities are Nam training, active participants in Dinh, involving: development. The Quang - Local approach enhances Tri, Bac procureme their capacity & Giang, nt increases opportunity Phu Tho, - Commune to work together. Plan Qang Developme works to achieve Ngai, nt Plans CCCD through Quang - Commune Child Centred Binh and Annual Programs, Thai reflection encouraging active Nguyen processes participation and provinces ownership of projects; as well as Actively supporting Hanoi, community groups & Hue and community Da Nang. organisations Advocacy and lobbying Partnership & Networking Plan Vietnam Theatre for Plan Vietnam staff and Plan Counterpart: : Youth TfD is proven Developme consultants have run Vietnam Union to be an nt (TfD) pilot TfD workshops works in Beneficiary: Children effective tool Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model (2006 – with teachers, Youth Ha Nam, to increase ongoing) Union (YU) members Nam child and representatives of Dinh, participation in parents in some Quang development communes of Thai Tri, Bac activities Nguyen province. Giang, Participants were Phu Tho, introduced to the aims Qang and objectives of the Ngai, TfD which is proven to Quang be an effective tool to Binh and increase child Thai participation in Nguyen development provinces activities. as well as Hanoi, Hue and Da Nang. Plan Vietnam Enhancing Training courses on Hanoi girls and gender mainstreaming young for community leaders women’s status and participatio n in developme nt Plan Vietnam Street and working children RDSC 1995- present Promoting people’s 150 villages, 12 participation in local local governments socio-economic planning, implementation and management in Phu Tho province RDSC 2002- present Promoting 10 villages, 7 participation in local communes, and socio-economic three districts: Kon planning, Plong, Kon Ray, implementation and Kon tum township management in improving food securiry and sustainable farming in Kon Tum province RDSC 2007- present Participatory 500 families in 3 comminity tourism communes in Tan development in Tan Son District, Phu Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model Son district Phu Tho Tho Province province VNAH 2006-2008 Promoting the Associations/ formation and the foundations and participation of DPOs in Hanoi, associations/ HCMC, Ninh Binh, foundations and Quang Nam and disable people Can Tho provinces organizations in to the processes of program and policy making and implemention.

Centre for Community The project is aimed to 6 villages of Project partner: PRA tools; Community Empowerment improve villagers' Chi Thien, Lac Son District gender Socio- for Improved household economy, Chi Dao and People’s Committee, analytic tools; Economic and Living their health status and Dinh Cu WU, Economic Village Environmental Standards spiritual life through communes, Bureau, Agri and Development Development (2005-2008) promoting community Lac Son Forestry Extension Committees (CSEED) resourcefulness , assets district, Hoa Bureau, health (VDCs); and social capitals. Binh Centre, Plant Participatory Main activities: province Protection planning, - Set up community- Beneficiaries: managing based organizations and (VDCs and FIGs) to Direct: support to monitoring, facilitate 2,786 villagers in six impact development villages of three assessment interventions and communes (two and report other work of the each) writing; communities. Indirect: staff from Participatory - Capacity building for various concerned at Irrigation community leaders, district and commune Management PP on community levels (PIM) development, Farmer leadership skills, interested participatory groups planning, monitoring, (FIGs), Water gender awareness User raising, facilitation Associations skills, etc. (WUA) - Training and setting Village health up experiments on network. agriculture production and off farm productions for villagers to improve production capacity and access to market in form of FIGs, then replication to wider scale. - Upgrade irrigation Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model systems in villages and set up water user associations in villages, which manage the small- scale irrigation schemes - Support the poorest among the poor with their specific needs (cows from cowbank, transportation means for work, beehives for off-farm activities, and access to market etc) - Training health workers to improve their quality of service - Delivery of health education to villagers - Pilot micro- insurance for the poor villagers' medical and life insurances in the micro credit activity.

Centre for Maternal & The project is aimed to 6 Project partner: PRA tools; Community Child Health improve health status for communes Province Health gender Socio- Care and villagers and school in Chi Lang Service, Education, analytic tools; Economic and HIV/AIDS/STIs students and their and Huu Secondary Medical Participatory Environmental prevention children through Lung School, Education planning, Development (2005-2007) increasing knowledge, districts, Service, WU, YU, managing (CSEED) changing attitude on Lang Son Mother and Children and maternal and child province Health Protection monitoring, health care, Centre; impact HIV/AIDS/STIs Beneficiaries: assessment prevention and gender  All 19,517 and report equity in relation to people of 3,213 writing; reproductive health (RH) household of 6 Counseling for villagers and communes in rooms in improving quality of Chi Lang and villages; health care system by: Huu Lung IEC network,  Capacity building for Districts of Lang Village health health workers and Son Province, network social workers at including men commune, district and women, and provincial levels, adults and Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model applying the CBM children. model of MOH at  Health Workers, commune level Schools (Community Based Teachers, Health Women’s Union, Management) etc. at different  Behavior changed levels will benefit by communication from different (BCC) for people at coaching and village level to training, on RH improve knowledge, and Adolescent attitude and practice RH, IMCI and of villagers on GE in RH maternal & child health care, HIV/AIDS/STIs prevention, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) and gender equity  Advocate the local authority at all levels to integrate contents of IMCI, Reproductive Health and Gender Awareness into their action plans  Help the poorest the necessary facility to ensure hygiene sanitation systems for STIs prevention as well as maternal & child health care such as diarrhea, dengue, etc.

Centre for Agro-Forestry The project is aimed to Province: Project partners: PRA tools; Community Promotion improve social and Lang Son District PC, Finance gender Socio- and economic condition by Districts: Bureau, Economics analytic tools; Economic and Community promoting local agro- Van Quan Bureau, Agri-forestry Village Environmental Based forestry and non-farm Communes: Extension Bureau. Development Development Infrastructure potential for household Phu My, Beneficiaries: Committees (CSEED) (2005-2008) income and integrating Viet Yen 1,009 people of 4 (VDCs); social aspects into daily Villages: villages in Phu My Participatory work of mountainous Ban and Viet Tien planning, villages of Van Quan Thuong, communes. managing District. Ban Ha, Na and Main activities: Rang, Na 20 leaders/ officers monitoring, - Set up 4 VDCs in 4 Lung from district and impact Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model villages, provide communes assessment training for these and report committees on writing; participatory village Participatory planning, community Irrigation development Management - Training for PP and (PIM) commune/village Farmer leaders on interested participatory groups (FIGs) approach, project management and gender equity - Form Farmer Interest Groups (FIGs), set up agro- forestry models, training for villagers on new agro-forestry techniques and non- farm activities - Support credit revolving fund in kind or in cash (cows, seedlings, goat) for villages’ income generation - Upgrade small irrigation systems, sub-village roads and village meeting halls.

Centre for Community Project is aimed to Province: Project partners: PRA tools; Community Asset improve living standard Hoa Binh District PC, Health, gender Socio- Improvement for the poor through Agri-forestry Bureau; analytic tools; Economic and for promoting and District: and HRPC (local Village Environmental Livelihoods of optimizing local Luong Son Ngo) Development Development Poor resources for income Beneficiaries: Committees (CSEED) communities. generation and Communes: (VDCs); (2005-2008) integration of health, Tien Son, 2,299 people of 6 Participatory education and gender Cao Ram, villages mostly Muog planning, perspectives into daily Hop Hoa and Dao ethnic managing life of the villagers. minorities. and Main activities: Villages: monitoring, - Capacity building for Ngam, Suoi 26 leaders/officers impact community leaders, Ben, Khuoc, from district, assessment PP on community Ngoc Lam, communes and report development, project Suoi Co, writing; management, Dam Da 1. Farmer participatory interested planning, monitoring, groups (FIGs) gender awareness Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model raising, facilitation skills, etc. - Organise illiteracy eradication classes for adults. - Develop a system to support production and selling of handicraft products - Provide training to villagers based on the basic of their interests: animal raising, veterinary care, upland cultivation techniques, forestry production, craft production, etc. - Provide loans in kind for animal husbandry, reforestation, agriculture production (buffalos, cows, sows. seedling). - Set up seedlings and traditional medicine/herbs gardens at 6 villages. - Support health facilities and medicine revolving fund. - Delivery of health education to villagers - Support poor households to built non smoke stoves to prevent respiratory diseases and to save firewood and prevent deforestation.

Centre for Integrated The project is aimed to Province: Project Partners: Gender Community Community (1) improve the living Binh Phuoc district people’s awareness Socio- Development condition of the people, committee raising Economic and (2003-2006) with focus on the poor 1 Districts: Beneficiaries: participatory Environmental and poorest, especially Phuoc Long approach, to Development poor ethnic women in 5,249 people in 9 implement Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model (CSEED) the three communes by 3 villages mostly project meeting their various Communes: Stieng Ethnic activities, needs; (2) Improve Long Ha, minority PRA tools; capacity of these Long Tan, 30 leaders/officers gender communities so that they Long Binh from distrit, analytic tools; become self-reliant and communes and Village therefore could sustain 9 Villages: villages Development the project themselves Phu Mang Committees when outside support 1, Phu (VDCs); reduces gradually; (3) Mang 2 Phu Participatory The local government Mang 3, Bu planning, learns and uses Ka 1, Bu Ka managing participatory approach in 2. Village and their development No 4, monitoring, programme from the Village No impact project. 6, Village assessment Main activities: No 8 and and report  Enhance capacity in village No 9. writing; project management Farmer of 30 project staff at interested district, commune groups (FIGs) and village levels in Credit & which 30% of them saving are women. groups;  Villagers in 9 Health villages in three network, communes have Illiteracy better knowledge in eradication primary health care, classes for sanitation and adult villagers environment protection through training and behavior change education activities.  Support 170 poorest households in Long Ha and Long Tan commune have supplementary jobs (chicken/goat/rabbit raising, scraping rubbers latex, knitting, motorbike repairing)  increase their crop yield to 10 % from the current yield (cashew nut, cassava, paddy, bean, and corn). UNV 1. 2006 on 1. Advocacy on the .Counterpart:Vietnam Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model disability; Each right to Women’s Union year on participate with Beneficiaries: International focus on people Volunteer Day, with disabilities PLHA groups 2005 – 2008 and people living on HIV with HIV/AIDS 1.Counterpart: (PLHA) 2. Hard 2.Youth Union Pipeline 2. Establishment of Beneficiaries: (August-Oct'07 a National Development Volunteer Youth, women, of project Information NGOs/CSOs proposal & Resource 3.Counterpart: project Centre (to The Social Education implementation provide people, and Labour Centre Jan'08 to particularly N0.2 in Ba Vi and Jan'10) youth with The Hanoi Sub- access to 3.April’08 Departmnet for information, Social Evil Prevention knowledge, and at DOLISA (DSEP) opportunities to actively Beneficiaries: participate and Women residents contribute to from the Ba Vi their Rehabilitation Centre. communities and country social economic development) "IT and English Language Training for Employment" (provide training, access to information and social support to a group of 40 women residents at the Ba Vi Rehabilitation Centre to facilitate residents' socio-professional reintegration upon leaving the centre) UNAIDS HIV Technical The HIV TWG promotes Hanoi N/A Supporting Working Group information sharing and NGOs and (and sub-groups) coordination of work INGOs between NGOs and INGOs working in the area of HIV. It meets every two months. The HIV TWG currently has six sub- groups: Care and Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model Treatment, Men Have Sex with Men (MSM), Greater Involvement of People Living with and Affected by AIDS (GIPA), Harm Reduction/05/06 Centres, Sexuality and Gender, Communications and Media. The sub-groups promote further information sharing, coordination and strategic work amongst interested NGOs and INGOs. UNAIDS Development of Financial and technical HCMC and In HCMC: Provincial an AIDS support to the development Ha Noi AIDS Committee. Association in of AIDS associations in In Ha Noi: Ha Noi HCMC and Ha Hanoi and HCMC. These AIDS Centre Noi – 2006 - associations will be rolled current out to other provinces in the future. Oxfam GB RVN A33- Project designed to support 2 communes Counterpart: Farmer Improving food Raglai people to improve in Bac Ai Bac Ai District People voluntary and income their food and income district of Committee, Ninh groups security for poor security through improving Ninh Thuan Thuan province Raglai People in their access to, control over Beneficiaries: Bac Ai district, and benefit from natural Poor Raglai men and Ninh Thuan resources and production women living in Phuoc province services in the area. Key Tan and Phuoc Tien 2004-2007 project activities includes: Commune, Bac Ai Supporting for the District formulation of voluntary farmer groups (e.g. planning of each farmer group’s activities as well as of commune planning.). Improving quality of agriculture extension service in a way that accessible by poor ethnic people (e.g. through capacity building for Local cadres on participatory approach, or through promoting effective coordination mechanism among related agencies in response to the requests of farmers, monthly meeting of Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model farmer groups and related stakeholders) providing assistance for a participatory irrigation survey. Oxfam GB RVNA41- Oxfam GB programs on Lao Cai Counterpart: Supporting Promoting Participatory Irrigation province SaPa Department of CBOs community Management (PIM) Economics based maintain the balanced work Lao Cai Sub- infrastructure in community with national Department for management for advocacy for promoting Irrigation poverty water rights and user- Management. reduction oriented policies. This is Vietnam PIM office / also much related to the Vietnam Water community participation in Partnership supervising the Beneficiaries: infrastructure investment. Ethnic Minority groups Some activities are: - To build capacity for water users’ groups and advocate to produce new provincial policy on promoting community based management of irrigation management - Supporting WUAs to stipulate the roles and responsibility of each water users and construction maintenance board that poor households have a legal position to claim their equal rights of water use. - Recommending good practices to ensure the ownership and participation of poor men and women to different policy making levels as well as the government and donor accountability in the identification, construction and management of infrastructure Oxfam GB Improve the Project aims to SAPA district Counterpart: Strengthen access to good 1.Improve infrastructure & Department of Parent primary provide school supplies, Education of Sapa Association education for e.g. Involving community District, lao Cai PTA, poor and ethnic & parents association Province Participatory children, with member in participatory Beneficiaries: Ethnic supervision of focus on girls” supervision of school minority children, school in Sapa district, construction; teachers, educational construction Lao Cai 2. Improve the quality of mangers, parent IEC volunteers Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model province teaching and learning association 2003- 2006 outcome 3.Support activities of parents association e.g. Support Parent associations in involving in school activities and mobilizing children to school 4.Capacity building for partners 5. Advocacy and campaign for Education For All, e.g. Involve community as volunteers in IEC campaigns to raise awareness about the benefit of education

Oxfam GB Participatory The project aims to reduce 24 communes Counterpart: Community- Disaster the negative impacts of in 5 districts Department of based disaster Preparation and floods experienced by Tien Giang Planning and preparedness Mitigation improving their capacities and Dong Investment (DPI) in and mitigation Project in Tien and providing them with Thap Dong Thap and the Giang and Dong resources. provinces Department of Thap Provinces Some activities are Agriculture and Rural Strengthen the Development (DARD) coordination and in Tien Giang. efficiency of the Beneficiaries: relevant government Vulnerable groups or bodies at different Mekong river flood levels affected groups Community men and women participate in planning, implementing and monitoring community disaster preparedness and mitigation plans and integrating in commune level plans Center for Support farmers Goal of the project is to 5 villages of Counterpart Mobilize local Sustainable in growing improve and increase Khang Ninh People Committee of resources Rural medicinal plants community’s livelihood commune, Ba Khang Ninh. through Development to stabilize and socio-economic life. be district, People Committee of participatory (SRD) community Main activities: Bac Kan Ba be district method. livelihood Build up farmer’s province Beneficiaries participatory 2006-2009 leadership capacity to 120 poorest farmer Technology contribute to community households as direct Development development, beneficiaries (PTD) Provide villagers, 1,700 other villagers in Farmer field especially poor farmers these five villages as school (FFS) and women knowledge indirect beneficiaries Farmer to and skills on production, farmers Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model marketing to promote Farmer growing of medicinal network plants. Raise awareness of local leaders and other agencies on using of popular remedies of traditional medicines.

Center for Villagers The project aims to 4 villages of Counterpart Participatory Sustainable managed develop community’s two Viet People Committee of planning, Rural irrigation livelihood system and Cuong and Viet Cuong and managing Development 2006-2008 empower grassroots Van Hoi Van Hoi. and (SRD) community to manage communes, People Committee of monitoring irrigation system Tran Yen Tran Yen district, Participatory Main activities: district, Yen Yen Bai province Irrigation Build up commune staff Bai province Beneficiaries Management and key farmer’s 1,500 villagers in 4 (PIM) capacity to facilitate the villages as direct Farmer community in beneficiaries interested community Other households in groups development process those villages as (FIGs) (including agricultural indirect beneficiaries production and other social aspects) Establish water user associations to manage and monitor village’s irrigation system Consolidate and disseminate experiences and lessons on farmers to manage their village’s irrigation to other communes and provinces

Center for Building farmer The project goal is to aims 8 districts of Counterpart Participatory Sustainable group’s capacity on building up Bac Kan The Plant Protection Technology Rural in sustainable community’s capacity in province Sub-department of Development Development community rice conserving, using and ( Cho Moi, Bac Kan province (PTD) (SRD) varieties developing local rice Cho Don, Na (PPSD) Participatory 2005-2007 varieties to increase Ry, Ngan Beneficiaries method in farmer’s income as well as Son, Bach 1,500 farmers who are village reinforce local rice seed Thong, Pac members of 20 farmer planning, bio-diversification. Nam, Ba Be clubs of 8 districts in monitoring Main activities: and Bac Kan Bac Kan and Provide farmers, town over 1,000 other management, especially poor and farmer households in etc. women knowledge and the project site Farmer to skills of rice plant farmer genetic resources to Farmer field improve their school (FFS) Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and Participation and duration coverage Beneficiary Model decision-making on production as well as increase their role and responsibility in rice seed production. Provide knowledge and skills on community management and development to farmers, local leaders and key staff of project partner Raise awareness of local leaders and provincial decision makers on farmer’s role in rice seed production. Support and promote farmer groups who can be able to become rice seed production institulization. Center for Sustainable The goal of project is to 8 villages of Counterpart Participatory Sustainable livelihood empower villagers to 3 Nghien District People methods Rural development and sustain their livelihood Loan, Xuan Committee of Pac Farmer to Development social capacity through diversified La, Boc Bo Nam farmer (SRD) building in Pac agriculture and active communes of People Committee of extension nam district, Bac participate in community’s Pac Nam communes: Nghien Farmer Kan province social-economic district, Bac Loan, Xuan La, Interested 2005-2008 development Kan province Boc Bo Groups Main activities: Beneficiaries (FIGs) Introduction and practice 612 farmer households Participatory democracy in and 65 district key staff Irrigation community and communes as Management development activities direct beneficiaries (PIM) Provide villagers with Other villagers in the technical knowledge project site as indirect and skills to improve beneficiaries. their capacity in farming management and decision-making in community development activities. Raise awareness of gender equity to all people involved in the project for changing stereotypes in gender roles of men and women as well as maximizing ethnic minorities women’s leadership skills. Decentralization- Public Administration reform

Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart Participation and duration coverage and Beneficiary Model

Grassroots Democracy

Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and duration coverage and Beneficiary Participation Model Plan Grassroots Training courses for Plan Counterpart: Grassroots Vietnam Democrac commune and village Vietnam Department of participatio y Project leaders on increasing works in Home Affairs, n 2004 – Grassroots Democracy. over 82 Department of Sept 2007 Including supportive skills, communes Agriculture presentation, planning, in Ha and Rural communication, running Nam, Nam Development, workshops and Dinh, Beneficiaries: negotiation skills. Quang Tri, communities Project also includes Bac disribution of thousands of Giang, leaflets on Grassroots Phu Tho, Democracy Decree Qang Guidebook for village Ngai, leaders was developed on Quang how to operate in a Binh and participatory manner. Thai 6 pilot villages making Nguyen village regulations in provinces participatory manner. as well as Practising Village Hanoi, Development Planning in Hue and participatory manner Da Nang. Training on basic planing and monitoring skills Practising budget planning Training on law of procurement Reviewing existing village regulations in participatory manner Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and duration coverage and Beneficiary Participation Model SEDP consultation with 36 villages in Quang Tri TOT training courses on GDD capacity building for local leaders

RDSC 1995- Promoting people’s 50 CBOs and 3 present organisations in local NGOs developing services and mobilising locally existing resources to meet their needs, and coping with external forces RDSC 2005-present Promoting the effective 12 commune exercise of the legislation governments, on grass-roots democracy and thei communities in Phu Tho and Kon Tum Centre for Integrated Project is aimed (1) to Quang Thai, Project partner : PRA tools; Community Community improve Capacity Building for Quang Loi Quang Dien gender Socio- Development the Beneficiaries and Project and Quang People’s analytic tools; Economic and in Quang Partner; (2) to increase Phu Committee Village Environmental Dien District, Income of the Villagers in communes of Development Development Thua Thien - sustainable manner; (3) to Quang Dien Beneficiaries: Committees (CSEED) Hue Improve the Health Situation district, Thua Beneficiaries in (VDCs); Province and Living Environment for Thien - Hue three communes Participatory (2003-2006) the Villagers; (4) to Improve would reach planning, Living Condition for the 1,251 managing Villagers and Women’s Role households with and by: 6,463 people monitoring, Training for the Project (3,407 women impact Partner Staff at District Level, and 3,050 men). assessment Voluntary Village The indirect and report Development Committee on Beneficiaries can writing; participatory project be estimated as Farmer planning, implementation, of 50 local staff interested monitoring and eveluation of the district and groups Training on Grass-root the communes. (FIGs), Democracy Decree for VDC These people Village health members and villagers are benefited in network. Technical Training for the terms of beneficiaries on agriculture strengthening (sustainable production of capacity crops and livestock), aquaculture, irrigation technique and management, off-farm production, credit and saving Improving Irrigation Scheme Organization Project name Activity Geography Counterpart and duration coverage and Beneficiary Participation Model in two villages, Thuy Lap and Tram Ngang. Implementation of Credit and Saving Scheme Training and Dissemination on Primary Healthcare for the Villagers Building of Kindergarten in Trung Lang village Training on gender equity awareness

Oxfam Concertation The program aims at supporting Nghe An District People Increased Solidarity 1st April 2003 district authorities and mass province: Committee, representativity Belgium st organizations to better concert districts of district Women of people’s - 31 March together during the Thanh Chuong Union and Farmer organizations. 2008 development and the and Tuong Union. Increased implementation of local Duong concertation development plans, through a between local better implementation of the authorities and GDD. people’s Activities include: organizations. -support to district authorities to increase their capacity to inform the people, discuss with the people and involve the people in decision- making processes related to local development plans -support to mass organization to increase their capacity to represent their members (participatory skills in internal meetings, mechanisms to increase members role, etc.) and to monitor the work of local authorities (M&E trainings, raising awareness of laws and decrees for their members, etc. ) - Support to local authorities in implementing local development plan with higher participation of the people (revision of village code, agriculture extension, irrigation scheme, etc.)