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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Dear S-CCWG members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Look forward to seeing you all at the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Andrew<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-US" style="color:#1F497D">Andrew Wyatt, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Mekong Delta Programme Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">IUCN Viet Nam, Ho Chi Minh City Project Office</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">2nd floor, 268A Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, District 3</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tel and Fax: ++(848) 3932 6359</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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:image001.jpg@01CF49AE.72564FB0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0"></span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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:image002.jpg@01CF49AE.72564FB0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0"></span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><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:image003.jpg@01CF49AE.72564FB0" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0"></span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><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:image004.jpg@01CF49AE.72564FB0" alt="cid:image004.jpg@01CDB8EB.7E9742C0"></span></b></a><span lang="EN-GB" 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 lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" 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 lang="EN-US" 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><span lang="EN-US">Friday, 11 April 2014
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Venue: Looking for someone to volunteer a venue in HCMC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Time: 8:30 – 11:30<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Convener: Andrew Wyatt, IUCN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Presenter: Martijn van de Groep, Chief Technical Advisor for the MDP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>Purpose of the meeting:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Background on the MDP</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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