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 Japan has been making an active contribution to the partnership efforts in Vietnam, participating in more than twenty task forces established under the partnership platform. As the Table below indicates, Japan has assumed a leading role in the Transport Sector Working Group, SME Promotion, Private Sector Forum, and Ho Chi Minh City ODA Partnership. Japan has also participated in other groups where it has comparative advantages in assistance such as Urban Forum ("Broad Development Issues"); SOE Reform & Equitization, Banking Reform, Trade Policy, Public Financial Management ("Economic Management"); and Forestry Sector Support Program, Partnership to Support the Poorest Communes, Natural Disaster Mitigation, Water Resources ("Rural and Regional Development").
Moreover, regarding CPRGS, Japan's involvement in the Poverty Working Group/Poverty Task Force is notable. As a core member of this group, Japan supported CPRGS preparation, particularly in both analytical work and regional consultation. For example, Japan played a leading role in assisting the development of localized, monitoring indicators for basic infrastructure one of the eight topics for pro-poor support (i.e., poverty and hunger, social protection, basic education, health and inequalities, environmental sustainability, ethnic minority, basic infrastructure, governance) as part of the donor-coordinated effort to establish "Vietnam Development Targets (VDTs)."
Table: Partnership Platform and the Degree of Japan's Participation
| participation |
leading role |
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<Broad Development Issues>
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| Poverty Working Group |
| Gender Strategy |
| Environment |
| Civil Society and Community Participation |
| Urban Forum *1 |
| Private sector Forum |
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<Economic Management>
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| State Owned Enterprise Reform & Equitization |
| Banking Reform |
| Trade Reform |
| Small and Medium Enterprise Development |
| Public Financial Management*2 |
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<Human and Social Development>
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| Basic Education |
| Health |
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<Rural and Regional Development>
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| Forestry and the Five Million Hectare Program |
| The Partnership to Support the Poorest Communes |
| Food Security |
| Central Provinces Initiatives to Mitigate Natural Disasters in Central Vietnam |
| Participatory Provincial Partnership Tra Vinh |
| Water |
| Fisheries |
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<Infrastructure>
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| Transport |
| Ho Chi Minh City ODA Partnership (ODAP) |
| Energy |
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<Public Management and Administration>
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| Public Administration Reform |
| Legal Sector |
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<Technical Assistance to the Development Strategy>
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| Socio Economic Development Strategy (2001 - 2010) Partnership |
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*1: The 1st forum was held in May 2001. Originally categorized in "Infrastructure."
*2: Formed in February 2001. |
| Source: |
Government-Donor-NGO Partnership Groups [2000], Vietnam 2010 Entering the 21st Century: Vietnam Development Report 2001, December 2000 (Box 2: Partnership Groups in Vietnam, p.2).
World Bank et al [2001], Putting Partnerships Work in Vietnam: An Informal Report for the Consultative Group Meeting for Vietnam, Joint Report of the Government of Vietnam-Donor-NGO Partnership Group in Vietnam, December 2001. |
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| Government-Donor-NGO Partnership Groups [2000], Vietnam 2010 Entering the 21st Century: Vietnam Development Report 2001, December.
World Bank et al [2001], Putting Partnerships Work in Vietnam: An Informal Report for the Consultative Group Meeting for Vietnam, Joint Report of the Government of Vietnam-Donor-NGO Partnership Group in Vietnam, December.
GRIPS Development Forum [2002], Japan's Development Cooperation in Vietnam--Supporting Broad-based Growth with Poverty Reduction, Prepared for the Vietnam-2002 Informal Mid-Year Consultative Group Meeting (in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). May.
*This note was written by GRIPS Development Forum.
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Japan's Contribution to the Partnership Efforts in Vietnam