[ingodirectors] Positive Outcomes of the Mid-Year CG Meeting 2012

[Marko Lovrekovic]

Dear INGO colleagues,

Please find attached the Press Release of the Mid Year Consultative 
Group (CG) meeting that concluded on Tuesday, 5 June 2012 in Dong Ha, 
Quang Tri province. From the INGOs' point of view this meeting was one 
of the most productive meetings in the past several years. The Minister 
of Planning and Investment , H.E. Mr. Bui Quang Vinh committed to 
improve coordination between the Government of Vietnam, provinces, 
donors and NGOs in the process of poverty reduction and disaster 
mitigation. All participants emphasized the importance of continued 
NGOs' involvement in planning and implementation of poverty reduction 
programmes.

Although not specifically mentioned in the press release, the INGO 
representatives addressed the participants in both sessions, sending 
clear and strong messages from the INGO community. Specifically, I had 
the opportunity to speak about multiple dimensions of poverty; high 
numbers of the chronic poor; land-use rights; social assistance 
programmes; agricultural extension services; education programmes for 
ethnic minorities; child malnutrition; and co-relation between poverty 
and war legacies, including land mines contamination and Agent Orange.

Ms. Le Kim Dung, Associate Country Director at Oxfam, spoke about 
capacity building of local communities in disaster mitigation; 
cooperation between all relevant stakeholders in natural disaster risk 
management; the Community-Based Disaster Risk Management programme; 
Disaster Risk Reduction planning; internationally-agreed minimum 
standards for humanitarian aid; the Participatory Vulnerability and 
Capacity Assessment; increased needs for climate change adaptation 
grants; and other important issues related to natural disaster risk 
management from the INGOs' perspective.

I have enclosed final revisions of the two documents which Dung and I 
used during our presentations: 1) INGO Talking Points on Sustainable 
Poverty Reduction; and 2) INGO Presentation on Natural Disaster Risk 
Management. Please note that a few donors echoed the points that Dung 
and I spoke about; while several development partners brought attention 
to all the other key messages from our documents.

I would like to thank those of you who have contributed to a successful 
preparation of INGOs' inputs at the Mid Year CG meeting 2012.

Warm regards,

Marko

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Marko Lovrekovic, Managing Co-Director
VUFO-NGO Resource Centre
La Thanh Hotel, 218  Doi Can
Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: +84 4 3832 8570
Mobile: +84 904 191 871
Email: director at ngocentre.org.vn
Web: http://www.ngocentre.org.vn

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