Meeting of AEF Thematic Working Group on EIA and SEA: March 9, 2:00-4:00 pm

[Dgr...@worldbank.org]

Colleagues:

You are invited to a meeting of the Thematic Working Group on Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment (EIA/SEA TWG) on March 9, 2:00-4:00 pm at MONRE, 85 Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, meeting room 701. This invitation is extended from Mr. Mai Thanh Dung, Director of Environmental Impact Assessment at MONRE and Mr. Douglas J. Graham, Environment Country Sector Coordinator, World Bank, Co-Chairs of the TWG.

The TWG operates under the Aid Effectiveness Forum (AEF). The recipients of this email (bcc'd in this message) are those persons subscribed to the EIA/SEA TWG Google Group Distribution List (see further information below), AEF members, government officials working on EIA and SEA as nominated by MONRE, and representatives of various donor and NGO agencies involved in EIA to the best of my knowledge (apologies for omissions). Other interested persons are welcome to attend; please feel free to forward the invitation.

AGENDA

- Welcome by Leader of MONRE
- Introduction by Co-Chairs (Mr. Dung, Director Environmental Assessment Department, MONRE & Mr. Douglas J. Graham, Environment Sector Coordinator, World Bank)
- Self-Presentation of Participants
- Four 10 minute presentations:

i) MONRE presentation on current status of new decree and circulars approved in 2011, forthcoming legislative and regulatory developments, key EIA priorities for MONRE for 2012, opportunities for collaboration

ii) ADB presentation by Mr. Phuc covering key ADB activities, in particular plans for consultations on Country Safeguard Strengthening Action Plan (CSSAP)

iii) World Bank presentation by Mr. Douglas J. Graham on upcoming World Bank activities, in particular plans for strengthening national capacity (in part with AusAid funds), status of P4R pilot of safeguard systems, and planned safeguards work on REDD

iv) Presentation by Mr. Jiri Dusik on a new two-year EU-funded advisory programme (EUR 0.5 million) to the Ministry of Construction "Adapting Urban Plans to Climate Change in Vietnam through the use of Strategic Environmental Assessment". This project is funded by the Nordic Climate Facility and it will involve development of technical guidance, pilot/demonstration projects in 7 cities, capacity development and evaluation of lessons learnt.

- Information Sharing session to allow other participants to share key information

- Discussion, with a focus on how to enhance donor-government collaboration, donor-donor cooperation, and ongoing harmonization of EIA/SEA



Please note that to facilitate informal exchange of EIA and SEA information relevant to Vietnam, a distribution list has been created in Google Groups:  http://groups.google.com/group/vietnameia Members can exchange information on EIA/SEA relevant to Vietnam. To join please send an email to the owner, Vietn...@gmail.com. In addition, a web page has been established to archive documents of interest to the community: https://sites.google.com/site/vietnameia/ 

Please see attached the document that was circulated a year ago, but remains current, that provides the objectives and general work plan of the TWG.

If you are planning to attend, please send an email to Mr. Pham Anh Dung of DEA (phamanhd...@yahoo.com).
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Douglas J. Graham
Environment Country Sector Coordinator
Sustainable Development, Hanoi, Vietnam (EASVS)
East Asia and Pacific Region
World Bank

(See attached file: AEF TWG 20110305.docx)

[sngu...@worldbank.org]

Dear Douglas,

Thank you very much for the invitation. I will be participating in the meeting.

Best regards,
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Nguyen Van Son
Environment Specialist
World Bank Vietnam
63 Ly Thai To, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: (84-4) 39346337, Fax: (84-4)39346597
Email: sngu...@worldbank.org


Dgraham---03/02/2012 08:48:42 PM---Colleagues:  You are invited to a meeting of the Thematic Working Group on Environmental Impact Asse

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Cc:	Le Nam <lena...@yahoo.com>, Dung <mtd...@monre.gov.vn>, AEF Vietnam Secretariat <aefvietnam....@gmail.com>, Pham Anh Dung <phamanhd...@yahoo.com>
Date:	03/02/2012 08:48 PM
Subject:	[VietnamEIA] Meeting of AEF Thematic Working Group on EIA and SEA: March 9, 2:00-4:00 pm
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[Truong Quynh Trang]

Dear all,

 

Please find attached new JICA guideline on environment and social consideration as I mentioned in the meeting last week. You also can find the document in the site of Vietnam EIA group at sites.google.com/site/vietnameia .

 

Regards,

Trang

 

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TRUONG THI QUYNH TRANG (Ms.)
JICA Vietnam Office
16th Floor, Daeha Business Center,
360 Kim Ma, Ba Dinh Dist., Ha Noi
Tel: 04-38315005(ext.294), Fax: 04-8315009
E-mail: truong-thi...@jica.go.jp
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