Vietnam

Monitoring and Evaluation

Financing Decentralization

in Promoting Grassroots
Democracy
Nguyen Xuan NguyenEconomic Secretariat and Vice Director,
Central Executive Party Committee
Hanoi
April 11, 2002
 Agenda for
Presentation
Promoting Grassroots
Democracy

Policy Approach
Policy Contents
Implementation
Problems

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 Policy Approach
• Issued Promoting Grassroots Democracy
Policy (30-CT/TW,18 February 1998, 26/1998/ND-CP)
• Approach:
– Increase Information to Local people
– Improve Mutual Understanding Government-
People
– Enhance Participatory of Local People in
Community Development
– People Know-Discuss-Implement-Monitor

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 Policy Contents

• List 4 Aspects of Participation

• Address 25 Issues Concerning

Community Development

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 4 Aspects of Participation

• People to be Informed
• People Discuss and Decide
• People Decide
• People Monitor

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 Financial Decentralization
Among 25 Addressed Issues
Commune People’s Committee Is
Allowed to:
• Draft and Implement Annual Commune
Budget
• Set up and Manage Local Funds
• Mobilize Contribution of Local People to
Construct Community Facilities
• Receive and Implement Projects Funded by
Government/Donors for Commune

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 Public Participation and Disclosure

• The Results of Propose and Actual Annual

Commune Budget
• How to Set Up and Manage Local Funds
• Contribute of Local People to Construct
Community Facilities
• Balance Sheet of Projects Funded by
Government/Donors for Commune

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 Policy Implementation
 Problems
 1. Not all communes have
disclosure commune budget
balance to public
 2. Not all financial issues of
commune (budget, fund,
projects) announced
 3. Information were kept
inside office not convenience
to access
Solutions
 1. Local people and
upper government shall
request to follow issued
policy
 2. All financial Issues
shall be open for public.
Independent Monitoring
 3. Keep in open common
place
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 Policy Implementation

 Problems  Solutions

 4. Short time of  4. Keep for long time

announce
 5. Commune is far from  5. Copy to deliver to
village villages
 6. Print in local
 6. Not in local dialect
languages
 7. Lack of resource  7. Finding additional
(staff, skill, print, place) financial supports to
commune
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