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Survey gives citizens unique opportunity to voice their concerns with governance and public administration- fifty percent more people say bribes are required to get a job, access health care and secure land use rights - eight out of ten citizens at the local level are unaware of land use plans - significant amount of corruption goes unreported |
New project to enhance exchange of legislative information among agencies of the National Assembly of Viet NamHa Noi, 7 May 2013 - The Institute for Legislative Studies under the National Assembly Standing Committee (ILS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have announced a three-year project that will provide US$1.5 million for enhancing the provision and exchange of legislative information among agencies of the National Assembly of Viet Nam (NA). |
Project launched to enhance Budget Oversight of Viet Nam’s Elected BodiesHa Noi, 15 April 2013 - The Committee for Financial- Budgetary Affairs of the National Assembly (CFBA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (UNDP) have announced a three-year project that will provide $2.3 million to enhance the budget oversight capacites of Viet Nam’s elected bodies. Participants in the launching workshop held in Ha Noi today are Mr. Dinh Van Nha, Vice Chairman of the Committee for Financial- Budgetary Affairs of the National Assembly (CFBA), ... |
Application of public consultations and hearings at the ethnic council and committees of the National Assembly is meaningful and necessaryHai Phong, 4 January 2013 – This is one of the conclusions at the Dialogue on Public Consultations and Hearings for the Ethnic Council and Committees of the National Assembly co-organised by the Office of the National Assembly and UNDP under the framework of the Project “Strengthening Capacities for the Representative Bodies in Vietnam.” At the event, the two relevant publications “Guidelines on Public Consultations for the Ethnic Council and Committees of the National Assembly” ... |
Court governance spotlighted at legal policy dialogueHa Noi, 23 November 2012 -"Court governance in Viet Nam" was the focus of a legal policy dialogue held here today, jointly organized by the Ministry of Justice and the UN Development Programme. Participants from relevant central and provincial agencies and civil societies, embassies, international organizations as well as national and international experts heard representative from the Central Steering Committee on Justice Reform presenting key findings on its latest research: ... |
Partnership forum on Public Administration Reform’s progressHa Noi 15 November 2012 - Representatives from embassies, international development organizations, local and international non-government organizations, ministries and media agencies gathered here today in a partnership forum on public administration reform organized by The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) and the UN Development Program (UNDP). The Forum focused on the implementation of the PAR Master Programme for 2011-2020, with special attention paid to the PAR Index and its pilot ... |
Interested in researching governance and public administration issues? Then apply for UNDP research grants in one of six areasHa Noi, 5 October 2012 - UNDP Viet Nam is currently supporting and providing advice to the Government of Viet Nam on ways to implement its Public Administration Reform (PAR) programme. Part of this support includes the development of monitoring tools to capture and measure the views and experiences of citizens as users of public administrative services. UNDP has also helped to develop the Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI). |
Citizens’ voices key to renewed post-2015 development agenda, says UNDP chiefNew York, 25 September 2012 — Public consultation in more than 50 developing countries will be part of a global process to ensure citizens’ views underpin the design of a post-2015 human development agenda, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said today. Speaking during a High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda during the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly, Helen Clark said that if people are heard and respected they will ... |
New US$ 1.2 million project launched to promote legal empowerment for poor and vulnerable groups in Viet NamHa Noi, 28 August 2012 – The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association (VLA) announced today a three-year project that will provide US$ 1.2 million to support VLA and civil society organizations in promoting legal empowerment for the poor in Viet Nam. Through support to the VLA, its associated Legal Consultancy Network and civil society organizations, the project aims to empower poor and disadvantaged groups to claim their rights and support their ... |
Regional meeting to discuss ways to realize crucial rightsHa Noi, 27 August 2012 - Legal empowerment practitioners, government representatives and civil society organization delegates from 17 countries across the Asia-Pacific region met in Ha Noi today for the third annual meeting of the Legal Empowerment Asia Partnership (LEAP). Delegates discussed legal empowerment issues and ways to realize social and economic rights and accelerate achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
