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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Southern-CCWG colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>One month ago we had a very interesting technical meeting on the <b>Mekong Delta Plan</b>. During that meeting the idea was raised of developing a <b>joint statement among INGOs</b> and other S-CCWG member organisations to collectively show our interest in the Plan and make some recommendations on how we see the Plan and accompanying process improved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m sending this email to see which organisations are interested to contribute and have a bit of time in the coming weeks to work on such a brief statement. Please reply to this email address only the <u>latest by Monday 19<sup>th</sup> May</u> and based on the interest I will send a follow-up email. The actual statement will be shared with the wider group later.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hope to receive a lot of response,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#E4761E'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Miguel Coulier<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction Technical Advisor | CARE International in Vietnam.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Address: 92 To Ngoc Van Street, Tay Ho District, Ha Noi, Vietnam.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +84-437 161 933 (ext.403) | Mobile: +84 (0) 1263112145<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Email:</span><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:miguel@care.org.vn"><span style='color:blue'>miguel@care.org.vn</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>| Website:</span><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.care.org.au/vietnam"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.care.org.au/vietnam</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>| </span><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Skype: miguel.carevietnam |Twitter: MiguelCAREVN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by returning e-mail, deleting this e-mail and destroying any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorised and may be illegal. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> WYATT Andrew [mailto:Andrew.WYATT@iucn.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> Miguel Coulier; yen.nt@care.org.vn; minh.na@care.org.vn; Giang.tpt@care.org.vn; TLeThiNguyet@snvworld.org; phamhuuloc03@gmail.com; PMondal@oxfam.org.uk; thinh@ohk.org.vn; vmhai@oxfam.org.uk; hop@srd.org.vn; ngocptb@srd.org.vn; huong.tranthimai@wwfgreatermekong.org; anh.tranhoang@wwfgreatermekong.org; ian.wilderspin@redcross.org; Anh.vu@amcross.org.vn; grc.vietnam.drr.coordinator@gmail.com; abenson@redcross.org.au; hnguyen@redcross.org.au; DoanAnh.Tuan@savethechildren.org; PhamThiThuy.An@savethechildren.org; lqtri@ctu.edu.vn; latuan@ctu.edu.vn; PhamThiThuy.An@savethechildren.org; Chien.buihuy@plan-international.org; ninh.nguyentrong@plan-international.org; chau.thida@gmail.com; ltphong@agu.edu.vn; martijn@water.nl; phuong@nmav.org; aslang@nmav.org; nguyenhgtuan@yahoo.com; Joachim.hofer@giz.de; Ha.nguyen1@giz.de; Nhan.phuc@giz.de; Chuc.nguyen@giz.de; hong@350.org; nhithoi@350.org.vn; diem@adravietnam.org; kimkieu.sofis@gmail.com; huy@i-s-e-t.org; Thanhson.ccrd@gmail.com; Grc.vietnam.dzung@gmail.com; Anh.vu@amcross.org.vn; Tduonganh1983@gmail.com; nhien@aitcv.ac.vn; paul@worldclimatechangechallenge.com; uyen417@gmail.com; dana_doan16@yahoo.com; tan.usyd@gmail.com; aimy.sdrc@gmail.com; trang@life-vietnam.org; hang.hs89@gmail.com; botbeohcm@gmail.com; tle@rtanalytics.vn; ivphochiminh@vpv.vn; Quyen.nguyen@profesionalsinc.org; maihoavietnam@gmail.com; camaupo.srcvn@gmail.com; pobentre.srcvn@gmail.com; ha668888@gmail.com; Duong.nguyen@mediaalliance.asia; Hoang.TuanCuong@weeffect.org; Magnus.Persson@weeffect.org; 'Konstantinidis Dorothea GIZ VN'<br><b>Cc:</b> ngoclimatechange@ngocentre.org.vn; ingo-hcmc@ngocentre.org.vn<br><b>Subject:</b> Southern CCWG technical meeting: The Mekong Delta Plan - Friday 11 April<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear S-CCWG members<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please find below, and attached, the announcement for the next technical meeting of the S-CCWG in HCMC. My apologies for the changing date for the meeting, but hopefully this is now fixed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please confirm with me by Friday 4 April if you would like to participate in the meeting so that I can make sure we have a suitably sized venue. I am looking for someone to volunteer a venue in HCMC since IUCN’s meeting room will be far too small. And please come prepared, having read the MDP and with questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Look forward to seeing you all at the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Andrew Wyatt, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mekong Delta Programme Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>IUCN Viet Nam, Ho Chi Minh City Project Office</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>2nd floor, 268A Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, District 3</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Tel and Fax: ++(848) 3932 6359</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Skype: abwyatt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.iucn.org/"><span lang=EN-US>www.iucn.org</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><a href="http://www.iucn.org/"><b><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=131 height=49 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image007.jpg@01CF6ED7.212F0F70" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0"></span></b></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><a href="http://twitter.com/iucn"><b><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=19 height=19 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CF6ED7.212F0F70" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0"></span></b></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><a href="http://www.facebook.com/iucn.org"><b><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=20 height=19 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image009.jpg@01CF6ED7.212F0F70" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0"></span></b></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><a href="https://cms.iucn.org/donate/index.cfm"><b><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=50 height=19 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image010.jpg@01CF6ED7.212F0F70" alt="cid:image004.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0"></span></b></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Southern-Climate Change Working Group (S-CCWG) technical meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Planning for Climate Change: The Mekong Delta Plan (MDP)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Friday, 11 April 2014 <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Venue: Looking for someone to volunteer a venue in HCMC<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Time: 8:30 – 11:30<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Convener: Andrew Wyatt, IUCN<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Presenter: Martijn van de Groep, Chief Technical Advisor for the MDP<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><span lang=EN-AU>Purpose of the meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU>MDP Chief Technical Advisor, Martijn van de Groep, will take participants through the key proposals in the MDP including the 4 economic development scenarios, 10 proposed measures, and proposed institutional arrangements. Questions and debate on the MDP will be welcome. Martijn will also inform participants on what is being planned for a June conference on the MDP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Background on the MDP<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU>In 2010, the Prime Ministers of Viet Nam and the Netherlands agreed to support the preparation of the Mekong Delta Plan (MDP); a 100-year vision for the Mekong Delta. The MDP was modelled on a plan that was prepared for the Rhine-Meuse-Scheld Delta in the Netherlands in 2008. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU>Under the Vietnam-Netherlands Strategic Partnership Arrangement on Climate Adaptation and Water Management, work on the MDP in Vietnam began in early 2012. The Vietnamese partners were MONRE and MARD, and the initiative was coordinated by Department of Water Resources Management in MONRE. A Dutch led consortium including the Dutch government, Royal Haskoning DHV (consortium lead), Wageningen University, Deltares, Rebel Group, and Water.NL provided technical assistance and drafted up the MDP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU>Since 2012, several draft MDPs went through several public consultations. The first was held in Tien Giang in December 2012, and others were conducted in September (farmer focus groups, selected experts and provincial leaders + SWSC) and December 2013 (leaders from all 13 Provinces) which were supported by IUCN. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU>The final report of the MDP was presented to the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Hoang Trung Hai, on 16 Dec 2013, in Hanoi.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU>A June 2014 conference to expose the MDP to a broader audience is being planned and where key pipeline development projects are to be tested against the no-regret principles espoused by the MDP. Key donors have supported no-regret principles outlined in the MDP, and raised important questions for the government to consider such as questioning the wisdom of pursuing a food security policy based on rice intensification, and viewing increasing salinity as an opportunity rather than as an enemy (see attached Joint Development Partners Statement).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU>A copy of the Mekong Delta Plan for review can be found at this webpage <a href="http://www.mekongdeltaplan.com/">http://www.mekongdeltaplan.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU>It will be expected that participants come to the technical meeting having read the MDP so that they can engage in the discussion and debate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>This communication, together with any attachment, may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. 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