HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
PO Box 81, 298F Kim Ma Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Public Service Provision Improvement Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development in Hoa Binh and Cao
Bang, Vietnam (2008-2015)
Phase 1: 2008-2010
Development Goal
To contribute to the improvement of livelihoods in the upland and ethnic
minority areas of Hoa Binh and Cao Bang in terms of food security, income
and environmental sustainability.
Programme Purpose
To contribute to building up efficient and effective decentralised public
service delivery systems and processes in agriculture and rural
development.
Phase II: 2011-2015
Program goal: To contribute to province- and district-wide mainstreaming of
participatory local planning, financial decentralisation and improved public service
delivery in agriculture, in order to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods in
disadvantaged areas of Hoa Binh and Cao Bang provinces
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
PO Box 81, 298F Kim Ma Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel +84 4 3843 1750 Fax +84 4 3843 1744
Quick facts about PSARD Phase II
Location: Hoa Binh & Cao Bang provinces
Duration: May 2011 – April 2015
Total budget: USD 13,791,513
- Hoa Binh: USD 7,917,116
- (provincial budget: USD 2,446,760)
- Cao Bang: USD 5,874,397
- (provincial budget: USD 490,440)
Technical assistance: USD 1,556,991
Funding: Provincial Governments and SDC
Implementing agencies: DARDs, DPIs, DoFs, DPCs & CPCs
Facilitating agency: HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Vietnam
More than 1,260,000 people have participated in PSARD activities in the last 4 years
• Centralised
system
• Not much
autonomy at
commune and
grassroot level
• Lack of
participation of
community/far
mers in the
planning and
implementation
Public RAS in Vietnam
Organisational
reform and
capacity
buiilding in ARD
Introduction of
participatory
approach and
capacity
building for
ARD staff=>
provide
demand-based
ARD service
Introduction
of
participatory
SEDP and
decentralise
d fund (CDF)
guidelines
Capacity
buiding to
apply
guidelines
Community development Fund (CDF) for small infrastructures and
production support
PSARD intervention into Public RAS
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
PO Box 81, 298F Kim Ma Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel +84 4 3843 1750 Fax +84 4 3843 1744
Project approach
1Commune-level piloting by projects
2District-rangetesting by government departments
3Province-range mainstreamingby government departments
-ETSP I-CB GEM-SPAR I
PS-ARD I2008-2010
PS-ARD II2011-2015
4Province-w ide standards for government departments
2015 onwards
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
PO Box 81, 298F Kim Ma Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel +84 4 3843 1750 Fax +84 4 3843 1744
Three core areas of program
Socio Economic Development Planning
Commune Development Funding/ Commune Financial Management
Agriculture and Rural Development Services
(RAS)
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
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Demand-based RAS CDF
SEDP
Links between planning, finance and RAS
– Main topics for FFS in commune are identified through the
Participatory Socio-Economic Development Plan (SEDP) process
– Specific contents of FFS are identified and elaborated through
Farmer Needs Assessments undertaken at the beginning of each
year. This forms the basis for an annual plan for FFS for the whole
province
– Some FFS are prioritized by communities and funded through the
commune development funds. However, in general local people
give higher priority to infrastructure.
– Majority of FFS are funded through government extension budget
and SDC funds under PSARD
Links between planning, finance and
RAS
Socio Economic Development Planning
Hoa Binh & Cao Bang allocated yearly budget to SED planning at commune level
100% communes in Hoa Binh (210 communes) and Cao Bang (199 communes) applied participatory SED planning
More than 200,000 people involved annually
Commune Development Funds
• Cao Bang: 62 communes, 400 million VND/commune/year
• Hoa Binh: 87 communes, 200-300 million VND/commune/year
• Simple CDF guidelines developed and approved by PPCs
• Fund was transferred through District Treasury
• Decrease funding from donor, increase funding from government
Hoa Binh 1002 pieces of infrastructure
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Category Number
Road 447
irrigation canal 238
Dam/dike/bridge 106
cultural house 76
school 61
clean water system 29
drying yard 26
toilet 25
others 14
Cao Bang 350 pieces of infrastructure
Category Number
Inter-village road 201
Irrigation 31
Dam 7
Pumping Station 1
Clean Water 52
Bridge 6
Production Support 7
Culture House 38
Other 6
kindergarten 1
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- Improve the teaching method and attitude of ARD service provider through applying FFS
- Institutionalize FFS as extension methodology
- Improve access to ARD service through functioning VSP and PPSP/PPSG
- Better irrigation management through better management of water user group (in CB)
RAS
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Hoa Binh: a total of 3004 FFS covering a wide range of topics and reaching more than 75,000 farmers
Cao Bang: a total of 1349 FFS covering a wide range of topics and reaching more than 33,500 farmers
Farmer Field Schools
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VSP results in Hoa Bình, a total of 130 Veterinary Service points have been established and generated income, in which 125 points have earned stable revenue
In Cao Bang, a total of 66 Veterinary Service points have been established, in which 64 service points are well functioning and generating income.
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
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PPSP/PPSG results In Hoa Binh: 206 out of 259 established service groups are well functioning, of which 70% can generate income through service provision
In Cao Bang: a total of 42 service groups have been established and well-functioning.
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
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Tel +84 4 3843 1750 Fax +84 4 3843 1744
Challenges and lessons learned
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
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Limited Capacity and high turnover of staff at local level – need for constant capacity building and retraining and poses significant challenges for institutionalization
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
PO Box 81, 298F Kim Ma Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel +84 4 3843 1750 Fax +84 4 3843 1744
Harmonization with existing systems
Rigid procedures and cost norm of goverment
Government staff lack of market knowledge and do not have much willing to update market information to support farmers
Political will to decentralized public budget to allow more demand-based ARD service
Modify FFS to balance high quality with cost-effectiveness
Weak coordination among government agencies=> people needs into planning and budgeting of higher administration level
It is hard to harmonize with governmental M&E system
Reaching ethnic minorities in upland areas
Capacity of extension staff to introduce adapted technology to upland ethnic minority farmers
Limited resource of poor, ethnic minority farmers to invest into higher benefited crops
It is more costly (time, human resources and materials) to support farmers living in upland
It is difficult to expect RAS/ARD service in upland to be self-financed
Lessons learnt- The triangle of planning, finance
management and demand-based services
Decentrlized
budget (CDF)
Participatory social
economic
development
planning
Demand-based ARD
services
Capacity building through “doing and coaching”
Monitoring and Evaluation
Participation
Transparent
Local ownership
Lessons learnt- Reaching the millions and
the role of public ARD sector
• Working with the government ARD system is a way to
reach a large number of farmers/beneficiaries although
some challenges remained.
• Question is how to balance between the cost-coverage-
quality
– Introduce and apply private and public partnership model???
• The role of public RA services should be different between
lowland with better-off farmers and upland with poorer
farmers
Lessons learnt: Reaching the poor, ethnic
minorities in upland and remote areas
• It is costly (time, human resource and materials) to support
poor and ethnic minority farmers in upland areas=> require
strong government/public sector support
• There should be a smart subsidy strategy for farmers and
mechanism to attract enterprises working in upland and
remote areas.
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
PO Box 81, 298F Kim Ma Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel +84 4 3843 1750 Fax +84 4 3843 1744
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