One UN Initiative in Viet Nam

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East-Asia and South-East Asia MDG Forum, Ha Noi,
Viet Nam, 1-2 March 2007
UN Reform in Viet Nam Towards More Coherent
and Effective UN Support to Viet Nam in
Achieving the MDGs
John HendraUN Resident Coordinator
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Achieving the MDGs Lessons Learned from Viet Nam

• Strong national policy framework and national
  leadership
• Domestic resources (state and private sectors)
  play crucial roles along with FDI and ODA
• Economic growth and accelerated social and human
  development can be mutually supportive
• Importance of integration of MDGs into National
  Policy Framework (SEDP)

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UN efforts to support Viet Nam in achieving the
MDGs

• Planning and Policy MDGs/VDGs fully integrated
  into the SEDP and national policy framework
• Capacity building Four MDG reports on achieving
  the MDGs with the fourth one led by Government
• Advocacy MDG campaign targeted high-level Govt
  leaders (policy conference, policy session)
• Advocacy Engaging Youth (e.g. TV series
  "Tommorrow is Yours and Mine")

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Going Forward

• Most MDGs Achieved or Well on Track except MDG 6
  HIV/AIDS
• Great achievements but challenges beyond the MDGs
  remain!

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Economic and Social Challenges (MDG)

• Economic Growth Challenges
• Sustaining growth and avoiding crises
• Building economic institutions
• Increasing international competitiveness
• Challenges to Equity and Social Cohesion
• Massive movement of people from rural to urban
  and from self to wage employment
• Increasing inequality MDG gaps between regions,
  ethnic groups, urban and rural areas
• Unequal access to basic services
• HIV and stigma and discrimination against PLWHA
  threats to social cohesion

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Environmental Governance Challenges (MDG)

• Environmental Challenges
• Natural disasters, Avian Influenza and other
  infectious diseases
• Urban and industrial pollution Agro-ecological
  systems under strain
• Management of natural resources sustainability
  water and sanitation greater voice for the poor.
• Governance Challenges
• Moving to the rule of law and legal and judicial
  reform
• Combating corruption and public administration
  reform
• Creating space for increased participation

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Changing Needs an Evolving Aid Effectiveness
Agenda

• Changing financing landscape ODA one among
  many financing sources
• Changing ODA national ownership and increasing
  aid effectiveness
• Ha Noi Core Statement/ Five Principles 1)
  Ownership 2) Alignment 3) Harmonisation
  Simplification 4) Managing for results and 5)
  Mutual accountability
• HCS Donors support implementation of Govt plans
  and programs donors align to Govt systems
  increasing DBS and SWAPs.

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One UN Initiative Rationale

• The needs of Viet Nam are changing. The UN needs
  to change with them.
• The harmonization and aid effectiveness agendas
  challenge the UN to deliver better.
• Govt leadership and ownership of the UN Reform
  process Viet Nam requested to become a Pilot
  country for High Level Panel on System-wide
  Coherence

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One UN Initiative The Five Ones

• One Leader
• One Plan
• One Plan Fund
• One Set of management practices
• One UN House

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One UN Initiative Governance Structure
Tripartite National Task Force

• Govt led body made up of representatives from
  Government (MOFA, MPI, MOF, GO), UN donors.
• Endorses and oversees progress in line with the
  Five Ones.
• Three joint Govt/UN sub-groups
• One House
• One Plan/ One Budget
• One Set of Management Practices

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Draft One Plan Five Outcomes

• Social and economic development policies, plans
  and laws support equitable and inclusive growth
  and conform to the values and goals of the
  Millennium Declaration and other relevant
  international agreements and conventions.
• Quality social and protection services are
  universally available to all Vietnamese people
• Viet Nam has adequate policies and capacities for
  environmental protection and the rational use of
  natural resources for poverty reduction, economic
  growth, and improving the quality of life

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Draft One Plan Five Outcomes

• The principles of accountability, transparency,
  participation and rule of law are integrated
  into Viet Nams representative, administrative,
  judicial and legal systems
• Viet Nam has adequate policies and capacities to
  effectively reduce risks of, and vulnerability
  to, natural disasters

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UN Joint Programmes

• Avian Influenza (USD 23 million )
• Kon Tum/Ethnic Minorities (USD 5 million)
• Joint Social Policy (USD 6 million)
• ME of SEDP (USD 3 million)
• HIV (finalisation stage)
• Gender Equality (formulation stage)
• Youth (conceptualisation stage)

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Broadening the Reform 2007/2008
Next One Plan window
Preparation for integration in one plan
Q2 07
Q3 07
Q4 07
Q1 08
Q2 08
Today
UNDAF MTR?
UNCT Retreat
UNCT Retreat
UNCT Retreat

• Letter of intent
• One leader
• One plan
• One fund

Liaison and development results plans with
sectoral ministries

• Principles of engagement
• Results oriented
• Respects integrity of current one
  plan/fund/leader
• Establishes window for government and UNCT review

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Thank you