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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MARD) RURAL WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PARTNERSHIP (RWSSP) NGO WASH group meeting 18/3/2014 PRIORITY ACTIVITIES FOR 2013 1. Sharing information, knowledge, initiatives and lessons learnt 2. Policy dialogue, mobilization and coordination of ODA activities 3. Support and promotion of Rural Sanitation working Group, WATSAN-NGOs. IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS Mainly focus on implementation: 1. Activities led by RWSSP CU 2. Activities led by other partners 3. Assessment of 2013 work plan and priority directions for 2014 4. Conclusions and recommendations 3 RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES LED BY CU 10th PSC meeting (01/02/2013) Endorsement of 2012 annual report Agreement of priority directions for 2013: (i) Sustainability of scheme after investment and (ii) Strengthening cooperation between GoV and NGOs Sharing information through website and news brief Maintain website with more visitors and news (new legal documents, policies, guidelines, experience shared by partners …) Quarterly News Brief is developed and distributed to partners in Vietnamese and English Workshops 1. Workshop (17/4/2013) on :“Water and sanitation Service Delivery Assessment” prepared by WSP consultants. Output: Information and recommendation in the report help GoV refer to make directions on appropriate and effective investment for WATSAN in Vietnam for the coming 4 years A - ACTIVITIES LED BY CU (Continue) 2. Launching workshop “P4R” (10/6/2013) Output: - Clarifying new lending instrument, disbursement based on results - Clarification of effective Program fund using 3. 03 consultation workshops with national, international partners and donors Output: - Collecting feedback on GoV policies on NTP from NGOs - NGO expectation to deeply participate in NTP implementation - Development of topics for high level meeting between GoV and NGO 1. Policy dialogue (28/6/2013): Policy dialogue between GoV and NGO for better mutual understanding, facilitate feedback on policies related to NTP for adjustment to enable NGO to more effective implement, share lessons learnt, experience on RWSS for recommendation and scaling up. Output: - Improved knowledge - Acknowledged comments on policies - Lessons learnt shared for recommendation and scaling up 5 A - ACTIVITIES LED BY CU (Continue) High level meeting “Mobilization of private sector and NGO in RWSS (8/11/2013)” Co-chaired by MARD, WB and AusAID. Participated by NGOs and some selected provinces Discussion on institutional and investment policy constraints Successful lessons learnt from private sector Output: - Development and endorsement of “ Action plan on promotion of private sector and NGOs investment in RWSS in the coming years” - Output of the high level meeting is input for VDPF Việt Nam Rural Sanitation Working Group and WATSAN 03 quarterly meeting (15/3; 3/5 và 12/9/2013) were held to share updated information, experience and comment on VIHEMA sanitation plan by partners Next meeting is planned by Quarter I/2014 Support WATSAN-NGO meetings. 6 B – ACTIVITIES LED BY OTHER PARTNERS The partners mentioned: 1. NTP SO; 2. Ncerwass; 3. VIHEMA; 1. SAD/MOET 2. WB/WSP 3. DFID 4. ADB 5. SNV 6. Childfund 7. Plan 8. Codespa 7 C- IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITY DIRECTIONS FOR 2014 Assessment The results achieved in the implementation of planned activities in 2013 is very encouraging , have contributed to the effective deployment of NTP The CU did a good job at bridging and coordination among the members of the Partnership and the Government agencies in RWSS Close collaboration with the donors and relevant agencies to advise the Ministry in resolving and removing the obstacles and difficulties when initially implementing new lending instrument (P4R). Constraints TA activities scheduled in work plan has not been implemented due to resource limitations of expertise and for TA. Priorities for 2014 Promotion activities of P4R implementation. Support the review RWSS related legal documents, mechanisms and policies. RWSS socialization promotion; study tour on successful models for scaling up. 8 D- RECOMMENDATIONS • Strengthening strong coordination among partners to promote RWSS socialization. • NGOs to share their documented experiences so as to replicate and scale up successful models • NGOs well inform Partnership their planned activities which need to be coordinated through Partnership forum so that Partnership can be able to implement the orientation set out for 2014. 9