ISG Annual Plenary Meeting 2004 - 9 November 2004
"Growth for Poverty Reduction in Agriculture and Rural Areas"

Tentative Programme (For Vietnamese version, click here) - Final Version
Minutes of the meeting: English version- Vietnamese version

Chaired by:

H.E. Dr. Cao Duc Phat, MARD Acting Minister
H.E. Mr. Frans Makken, Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Netherlands Embassy
Dr. Le Van Minh, Director General, ICD MARD, Vice Chairman of ISG Steering Board

Time:

8h15 - 16:30, 9 November, 2004

Venue:

MARD Conference Room # 201, B6, 2 Ngoc Ha, Hanoi

Participants:

MARD and Government's relevant agencies, donor community, international organisations

Objectives of the Meeting:

  • To share information on efforts made to the development of the agriculture and rural sector;
  • To discuss how to better mobilise business sector and public sector for growth and poverty reduction in rural areas;
  • To discuss how to better coordinate among active partners in agricultural and rural development sector.

Proposed Participants:

  • Ministries: MARD and its affiliates, MOFA, MPI, GSO, MOF, SBV, MOT, MOHA, MONRE, MOLISA, MOFI.
  • Provinces (PPC/DARD): representatives of regions/groups of poverty rating/levels of agriculture commercialisation, ISG policy dialogue platforms
  • International Donors and Organisations
  • Domestic NGOs
  • Business sector (SOEs, foreign invested and domestic companies, cooperatives, VBARD, Bank for the Poor)
  • International and national researchers, consultants, experts working in the sector.

Background documents: (To be circulated for information and reference) - For Vietnamese version, click here

  • In accordance with the meeting theme;
  • Relevant GoV agencies and donors are requested to provide appropriate documents for circulation, and send them to ISG Secretariat before the meeting for documentation).

TIME

CONTENTS

SPEAKERS/
RESPONSIBILITY

8:15 - 8:30

Registration and document circulation

ISG Secretariat
8:30 - 8:40
 Agenda introduction and adoption Dr. Le Van Minh

8:40 - 8:50

Opening remarks

Dr. Cao Duc Phat
Mr. Frans Makken

MORNING SESSION

VIETNAM'S AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:
VISION TO 2010

8:50 - 9:20

Growth for Poverty Reduction in Agriculture and Rural Areas - Full text (for Vietnamese version, click here- fulltext)

Dr. Cao Duc Phat
Acting Minister, MARD

9:20 - 9:40

Questions & Answers

9:40 - 9:55

A proposed framework for achieving growth and poverty reduction in the 5-year plan 2006 - 2010 of the agriculture and rural development sector. (For Vietnamese version, click here)

Mr. Stephen Mink,
WB Lead Economist

9:55 - 10:10

Questions & Answers

10:10 - 10:30

Coffee-break

10:30 - 11:30

Open (plenary) discussion
Suggested topics for discussion:
1. Trade-off between resources concentration for growth and for poverty reduction

2. Strengthen coordination of resources utilisation:
- Private investment and public expenditure
- Domestic and external resources
Participatory approaches and mobilization of resources from community (agriculture, irrigation, forestry, rural water supply and sanitation…)

All participants

11:30 - 11:45

Morning Session wrap-up

Co-chairs

11:45 - 13:30

Lunch (Hosted by MARD Minister)

At Bach Thao Restaurant (next to MARD Office)

AFTERNOON SESSION

ROLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR FOR GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION

13:30 - 14:00

FDI Case: Presentation of Tate&Lyle, Nghe An Province. (Max. 10 Min) (Click here for Vietnamese version)

Mr. Peter Nielsen, General Director of Tate&Lyle, Nghe An

Briefing: Cluster Development for sustainable growth and poverty reduction in rural areas - Manufacturing Industries for Agricultural Tools and Machinery and Food Processing Equipment. (Max. 10 Min)
(Click here for Vietnamese version)

Mr. Nobuya Haraguchi
UNIDO Vietnam

Briefing: Non-state investment, trading and services providing in agriculture and rural sector in An Giang.(Max. 10 Min) (Slides in English) (Click here for fulltext Vietnamese version, Vienamese slides)

Mr. Doan Ngoc Pha, Deputy Director, An Giang's Provincial DARD

14:00 - 14:15

Questions & Answers

14:15 - 14:30

Contribution of households and cooperatives in Vietnam's agriculture and rural development
(Click here for Vietnamese version - Slides in Vietnamese only)

Mrs. Chu Thi Hao, Deputy Director General, Department for Cooperatives and Rural Dev't, MARD

Briefing: Current Situation of the Collaboration Groups in An Giang Province
(Click here for Vietnamese version)

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tung, Advisor, CARE

14:30 - 14:45

Questions & Answers

 

14:45 - 15:00

Agriculture Commercialisation and Poverty Reduction (develop a more commercialised and competitive agriculture that both involves and benefits the poor in a sustained way) - Click here for fulltext. (For Vietnamese version, click here - fulltext)

Mr. Bradford Philips, Country Director, ADB, and Mr. Alan Johnson

15:00 - 15:15

Questions & Answers

15:15 - 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 - 16:30

Open (plenary) discussion
Proposed topic and question for discussion:
How public sector and private sector can be mobilised for growth and poverty reduction
(From perspectives of Government Agencies; Donors and International Organisations; Business sector; Consultants and Experts)

All participants

16:30

Closing speech

Co-chairs
Dr. Cao Duc Phat, Acting Minister, MARD
 
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