“Developing Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan” at district level is a breakthrough idea of the project “Red River Delta Adaptation and Youth” (READY) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This is the first time “Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan” (CCAAP) initiated at the district level and Giao Thuy is the first one among three target locations reaching the goal of accomplishment the plan in order to move forwards revision steps and officially get approval from district People’s Committee. The locality seriously implemented this action by establishing the CCAAP Working group and completing first draft of the plan in September 2017.
On 19 October, 2017, within the framework of the project READY, Giao Thuy district People’s Committee organized a workshop for consultation of Giao Thuy’s Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan period 2015-2020, vision to 2025. Being one of the three project’s beneficiaries, Giao Thuy has already completed the first draft of CCAAP period 2017-2020, vision to 2025. However, in order for this plan to be finalized and approved, the Consultation workshop was held with the participation of experts and specialized agencies for receiving opinions from relevant stakeholders.
The workshop welcomed various participants including READY project management board, experts and project staff from the two organizations namely Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD) and Asian Management and Development Institute (AMDI); representatives of Nam Dinh provincial agencies: Department of Natural resources and Environment (DONRE) and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD); representatives of Giao Thuy district People’s Committee; representatives of district agencies: Natural Resources and Environment Committee Division, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee Division, Finance - Planning Committee Division, Office of People’ Council – People’s Committee, Farmers’ Association, Women’s Union, district Youth Union, Xuan Thuy National Park, communal People’s Committee and youth union of Giao Nhan, Giao Tien, Giao An and Quat Lam town.
In the Opening speech, Mr. Vu Thanh Tinh – Vice Chairman of People’s Committee of Giao Thuy district gave a brief overview of the workshop. The primary purpose of the workshop is to receive comments from representatives of specialized agencies and related communities to accomplish Giao Thuy’s CCAAP period 2017-2020 and vision to 2025.
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Mr. Vu Thanh Tinh – Vice Chairman of People’s Committee of Giao Thuy district
Also, Mr. Tinh summarized several advantages and disadvantages of the locality during the process of drafting the CCAAP. He emphasized advantages were that positive supports from READY project site along with the central and provincial legal bases, especially Nam Dinh provincial CCAAP period 2016-2020. On the other hand, Giao Thuy still faced up with some significant drawbacks because they are the first district in Vietnam developing CCAAP at the district level.
Throughout the working session, participants including experts and representatives of province, district and communes engaged in the dynamic discussion and gave a lots useful comments. The most opinions were recorded that Giao Thuy should apply the updated climate change scenario in 2016 which is newly issued by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in May 2017;CCAAP had to be integrated into the local socio-economic development plan for easily getting funded and more feasibly implemented; the CCAAP ought to be shortened and specified for easier accessing potential donors and partners, etc.
Mr. Ngo Cong Chinh – Deputy Director of AMDI speaking at the workshop
Representative gave comments for the draft of CCAAP
After the workshop, Mr. Tinh who chaired the session sent sincere thanks to all of the participants for their remarks and promised to continuously complete the CCAAP as suggestions. It is expected that in the fourth quarter of 2017, CCAAP of Giao Thuy district period 2017-2020, vision to 2025 will be finalized and get an official approval from district People’s Committee.