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Eco-Products International Fair 2009 Special Thanks of Cycling For Environment Club Report
on TAI activities of VACNE
AWARD THE PRIZE "ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AWARD 2008" (Ha noi, 15/9/2008)
Thứ trưởng Trần Hồng Hà khai mạc Lễ Trao Cúp
Hội trường Lễ trao Cúp
VIETNAM
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT 9th
Floor, Trade Union Hotel, 14 Tran Binh Trong Str., Hanoi, Vietnam Tel:
84-4-9.420279; Fax: 84-4-9.420280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Report
on TAI activities of VACNE I. TAI
activities performed by VACNE: -
19 - 21 June 2006 – Initial TAI training workshop in Hanoi
conducted with TEI support. -
July 2006 - August 2007 - Conducting first TAI assessment in Vietnam,
financed by WRI with following activities: +
Translation and setting
up Vietnamese version of TAI WebPages +
Setting up TAI
Coalition, TAI Research group and Advisory panel +
Selection and conducting
20 case studies +
Synthesizing, analyzing,
and elaborating a draft final TAI report +
Organizing tens of
workshops in all three parts of Vietnam to introduce the TAI project, TAI
methodology, TAI assessment results, to get comments from TAI Research Group
and Advisory Panel to finalize the TAI report. +
Submitting VACNE Letter
of Recommendation to the International Support Group for Environment (ISGE)
chaired by MONRE proposing ISGE: - to establish a task group for promoting
community activities; - and to support Vietnam in early participating in
PP10. +
August 2007 –
Elaborating and printing the TAI version for the public with a title:
“Community with Environment” (5000 books for disseminating to the whole
country); organizing a workshop for summing up the TAI project and launching
the book “Community with Environment”. -
December 2007 – Submitting Summary report, Annotated list of case
studies and TAI full report to TEI -
From November 2006 to December 2007 - Implementing projects
supporting Vietnam first TAI assessment and disseminating TAI results as
follows: +
The project to assist
VACNE in terms of website use and translation into Vietnamese financed by
IUCN Vietnam +
The project for
organizing a seminar and training workshop to VACNE members and
collaborators in the South of Vietnam and printing and disseminating of
materials on TAI project and TAI assessment results in Vietnam financed by
IUCN Vietnam +
The project to support
VACNE in launching the book “Community with Environment” in the Central
and South of Vietnam and for supplementary printing the book for
dissemination in both regions. -
From October 2007 to June 2008: Participating in the TAI Development
project on "Strengthening communication within TAI Europe and TAI
Global South countries" financed by EU and chaired by EMLA - Hungary. -
From December 2007 up to now: VACNE has submitted 2 project proposals
on further promoting TAI research and disseminating TAI results but without
success: +
To WRI on "Study,
giving recommendations on mechanisms, policies and measures to execute
environmental access rights in Vietnam" +
Together with IUCN
Vietnam to UK Embassy on "Filling in the gaps of the Principle 10 of
the Rio Declaration implementation process – A rights-based approach
towards sound environmental governance in Viet Nam" II. Outcomes
from TAI activities: §
Tai assessment results
were promoted in a number of VACNE's activities, for example TAI results
were presented in workshops relating to community participation conducted by
VACNE and the content of the book “Community with Environment” will
serve as one of important chapters in coming VACNE's publication of selected
works to celebrate 20th establishing anniversary of VACNE. §
In 2007 - 2008, there
were many activities from governmental side promoting the public
participation and NGO's and mass organization involvement in socio-political
and environmental matters. Following benchmarks partly show on the impact of
TAI findings on governmental behavior and the growing prestige of VACNE in
the field of promoting community participation: -
In 2008, the Government has issued a Decision on consultation,
critical, and supervision activities of the Vietnam Union of Scientific and
Technological Associations (VUSTA) -
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has invited
VACNE to chair the implementing of the project on "Study and proposal
of policy and technical mechanism for environmental protection model with
community participation and measures for wide spreading the model" -
MONRE has developed a listing of types, scales, and criteria of
environmental services organizations (many of them are non-governmental
ones) receiving favorable treatment of the government. The listing is in the
process of finalizing for submission to the Government III. Expected
activities of VACNE in the coming time: §
In 2008, beside common
activities in conducting seminars, workshops, competitions for communities,
VACNE has organized 2 special activities: -
Trans-Vietnam bicycling program called "Cycling for
Environment" (C4E): 25 volunteers have rode on bicycles from Hanoi to
Ho Chi Minh City to propagandize the green transportation and environmental
protection. The group has been on the trip for 35 days, passing 18
provinces, organizing numerous meetings, campaigns for the sake of
environment, and received enormous echo of local peoples. -
A trip of 40 volunteers to Nahang remote mountainous village for 10
days to help people in their daily life and in gaining environmentally
friendly ways of living. §
VACNE will continue in
similar activities to help grassroots people by raising their knowledge and
awareness on environment and by engaging the Government, responsible
organizations and individuals to help them protect themselves and the
environment. §
If possible, VACNE would
like to implement projects on the study on mechanisms, policies and measures
to execute environmental access rights in Vietnam and on outreaching TAI
principles and TAI assessment results in some provinces of Vietnam. Contact: Ms.
Nguyen Hoang Yen Tel.:
+844-8632 046; Mob.: +844-912 669 690 Email:
hoangyennguyendr@yahoo.com
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