FGM Workshop Background Paper - REDD - VietNam

• Analysis and impact assessment of forestland allocation policy and the
performance at province, district and commune level to explore how the
policies, regulations functioning on the ground.
• Information of feedback from district, and commune level about the
implementation of Decision 245/TTg in term of forest management
decentralization process.
3.6.4. Coherence and cooperation at local and provincial level
The cooperation among relevant organizations in carrying out state policies within
the vertical axis was relatively good, as indicated by most of the interviewees and
discussion groups. Nevertheless, the cooperation among agencies in the horizontal
axis still faced a great deal of challenges. For instance, there were a lot of
differences in the forest resources and land data recorded by DARD and provincial
Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE). When asked about
the differences, these two agencies gave reasonable explanations based on their
own viewpoints.
What is monitored/ measured already?
• The guidelines, and policy direction mentioned generally about cooperation,
collaboration among government organizations, departments during carrying
out the policies.
• Number of committees mixed members from different department to regulate
certain projects and programs for forest development.
What needs to monitored/measured in the future?
• Transparent of policy development process including budgeting and cost
benefit analysis for all forest management and development project with
cleared tasks and responsibility of each actors involved.
• Number of time that head of different department have meeting to deal with
crucial issues happening in the province, and district levels.
• The information/data jointly published by two or more government agencies.
• Frequency of the regular meetings, and the ad hoc meeting held among the
departments at province level.
3.6.5. Staff capacities at provincial and district level
Concerning the capacity of local forestry organizations, results from interviews and
group discussions indicated that provincial agencies/organizations were well trained
and capable of completing their tasks. Each professional discipline was managed by
given organizations and agencies. Provincial staff members often received good
training based on the human resource development strategy of forest sector.
Issue that needs attention:
• At the district and commune levels, staff members were not qualified enough.
Moreover, there were not sufficient numbers of staff working for the forest
sector. This was because of a budget shortage and preparations for
permanent staff members. Another reason was that many people assumed
that the forest sector was not a productive field.
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