Project: CAPACITY BUILDING FOR VIETNAMESE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

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Project CAPACITY BUILDING FOR VIETNAMESE CIVIL
SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

• Presented by Ms. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc
• CC Project Coordinator,
• The Centre for Sustainable Rural Development
  (SRD)
• June 10, 2009

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PROJECT RATIONAL

• Climate Change Vulnerability
• Vietnam is already one of the five top most
  vulnerable countries in the world.
• The poor, farmers, women, children, and other
  vulnerable communities suffer most from climate
  change.
• Need to build capacity for NGOs and other
  partners to be able to effectively to support
  most vulnerable communities and Vietnam efforts.
• Needs Assessment (July 2008) gaps identified
• Information sharing accessing funds
• Training on climate change knowledge
• comprehensive policy advice and
• research and analysis capacity.

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PURPOSE

• Purpose To raise awareness and build capacity
  of civil society, focusing on NGOs and their
  partners, to effectively respond to and
  integrate climate change adaptation and
  mitigation into relevant existing and future
  programs to contribute to long term
  sustainable development of the country and
  Vietnamese people

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PROJECTS COMPONENTS

• COMPONENT 1 COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION
• COMPONENT 2 ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION TRAINING
• COMPONENT 3 SHARING AND LEARNING

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IMPLEMENTING PARTERS

• Climate Change Working Group (CCWG)
• Network of Vietnam Civil Society Organizations
  and Climate Change (VCSOCC)
• Lead Agency Centre for Sustainable Rural
  Development (SRD)
• Key Target Group national staff of Vietnamese
  and international NGOs currently engaged in
  climate change adaptation and mitigation.

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PROJECT TIME-FRAME

• Total Budget 322,000
• Contribution of Finnish Embassy 222,000
• Contribution of members 100,000
• CARE 35,916 SRD 20,430
• OXFAM 14,600 RECOFTC 9,052
• TDI 8,906 MCD 8,468
• VVOB 2,628

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PROJECT TIME-FRAME

• Duration 3 years (5/2009-5/2012)
• Phase 1 (5/ 2009 10/2009) - Preparation
  This phase will focus on development of the
  overall integrated and concrete work plan for the
  whole project.
• Phase 2 (11/2009 10/2011) - Implementation
  The focus of this phase is the
  implementation of the capacity building,
  communication, sharing and learning activities
  outlined in the work plan.
• Phase 3 (11/ 2011- 5/2012) Evaluation and
  Follow-Up This phase is dedicated for
  evaluation of the project activities and
  documentation of the lessons learnt.

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MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
Project Steering Committee
SRD/ Coordinator
Training Officer sub-group on com. 2 3
Information Officer sub-group on Com. 1
Consultants
Resource persons
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PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (PSC)

• Members of the PSC include 9 representatives from
  CCWG and VCSOCC members SRD, CARE, CDA, CRS,
  MCD, Oxfam, RECOFTC, TDI, and VVOB
• Medium-term and strategic planning
• Ensuring overall coordination and between
  components,
• Reviewing the progress reports and financial
  statements
• Providing direction and guidance on project
  planning and implementation
• Meet quarterly.

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LEAD AGENCY SRD

• Employ project staff (03)
• Day-to-day management and reporting.
• Ensure the project is implemented in a
  coordinated manner (with support and under the
  supervision from PSC)
• Ensure coordination between the NGO CCWG and the
  Vietnam Network of Civil Society Organizations
  and Climate Change (VCSOCC), and
• Ensure outreach to other VNGOs.

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MONITORING EVALUATION

• Activity monitoring will take place as project
  interventions occur
• All project activities will be monitored on a
  regular basis based on the expected outcome.
• Activity monitoring, ongoing collection of
  capacity-building indicators, consultant
  reports, gender analysis, mid-term review, and
  final evaluation

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SUSTAINABILITY

• Participation commitment and contributions to the
  project of SRD, core members of CCWG and VCSOCC
  as well as PSC members
• Using available recourse persons
• TOT, knowledge consolidation and transfer build
  productive relationships and contribute to
  sustainable knowledge transfer

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GENDER, ENVIRONMENT

• Gender equality will be promoted through
  gender-sensitive training materials and the
  active inclusion of women in all training
  activities.
• Environmental impact will be positive, due to
  increased awareness of climate change and other
  environmental issues.

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• THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
• We look forward to your
• support and cooperation