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Intermediate result 3.5 ..........................................................................................................................................22  Intermediate result 3.6 ..........................................................................................................................................22  Intermediate result 3.7 ..........................................................................................................................................23  Specific result 4........................................................................................................................................................23  Summary......................................................................................................................................................................23  Intermediate result 4.1 ..........................................................................................................................................23  Intermediate result 4.2 ..........................................................................................................................................25  Intermediate result 4.3 ..........................................................................................................................................26  Intermediate result 4.4 ..........................................................................................................................................26  Intermediate result 4.5 ..........................................................................................................................................26  Intermediate result 4.6 ..........................................................................................................................................26  Specific result 5........................................................................................................................................................27  Summary......................................................................................................................................................................27  Intermediate result 5.1 ..........................................................................................................................................27  Intermediate result 5.2 ..........................................................................................................................................28  Intermediate result 5.3 ..........................................................................................................................................29  Intermediate result 5.4 ..........................................................................................................................................29  Intermediate result 5.5 ..........................................................................................................................................29  Intermediate result 5.6 ..........................................................................................................................................30  Intermediate result 5.7 ..........................................................................................................................................30  6. Vote of thanks     30                                       7. Annexes           30      4 
  1. INTRODUCTION    The primary objective of this CarBi Technical Progress Report for July‐December  2011, is to provide a detailed overview of actual progress made towards the  Indicators, Specific Results and Intermediate results, measured against the planned  progress. Challenges, solutions and adaptive management options based on  potential risks, are also discussed. Each Specific Result is also complemented by a  summary of progress made, and challenges experienced during the reporting  period.    The formalization of the statutory approval process concluded with the respective  governments of Laos and Vietnam, recent developments in CarBi human resource  related matters, as well as a brief overview of progress on the communications  front, are also presented. A CarBi  Traffic Light report, highlighting progress with  activity implementation, is also attached for illustrative purposes (this version is  still a draft and under discussion with the component Leaders). This more cryptic  version endeavors to provide a quantitative overview of implementation progress  to the CarBi team, and is updated quarterly.      2. Formalization of Statutory Approvals    The signing of the Vietnam (one for Hue and Quang Nam Provinces each) and Laos  (one integrating Saravanh and Xe Kong Provinces) MOU’s in July and August 2011  formalized the agreements with the relevant governments and provided the final  approval to formally activate the operationalization of CarBi. The formalization of  the two Project Management Units in Vietnam (Hue and Quang Nam) as well as the  Implementation Management Committee in Laos, as specified in the respective  MOU’s, was also concluded concomitantly. We also concluded and signed the Service  Level Agreement with Village Focus International (VFI) in August 2011 which  provides the framework for the important community based natural resource  management interventions in Laos, as well as the appointment of dedicated staff to  manage this process.    3. Staff matters    We successfully recruited quality and experienced staff in the positions of Technical  Advisor: Protected Area Management, Technical Advisor: Law Enforcement, Wildlife  Biologist, as well as 20 Forest Guards for Quang Nam during this reporting period.  Experienced Administrative and Finance Officers have also been appointed to attend  to the CarBi related administrative/financial management of the Laos component, in  partnership  with  the  relevant  Laos  country  staff.  We  were  unsuccessful,  after  several months of active recruitment, to conclude the appointments of a PA Manager  for  Xe  Sap  NPA,  as  well  as  a  Landscaper  Manager  for  Southern  Laos.  Both  these  vacancies  have  a  significant  impact  on  our  ability  to  maintain  the  momentum    5 
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