cc adaptation and iwrm in vietnam
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Integrated Sustainable Development Hoi An City and Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
Ashley Hollenbeck509 Presentation
March 9, 2012
Overview• Hoi An & Quang Nam• Learning Objectives• Project Overview– Project Partners– Primary Projects– Overview of Project
Deliverables– Contribution to the
Organization
• Future Career Direction
Learning Objectives
1. Cross-cultural communications2. Create collaborations and partnerships with
local, national and international agencies3. Proficiency in conducting field research in a
foreign country4. Act as a professional advisor on international
development projects5. Apply learning to my future career goals and
future professional development needs
Quang Nam, Vietnam
Project Goals
• QNP project goals– Sustainable development– Poverty alleviation– Urban-rural linkages
• 509 project goals– Technical Support• Workshops• PDS
Project Overview1. Leadership Workshop
HCMA, UN-Habitat, PSU PDS strategies
2. Hoi An Eco-City Development ISS and POSI
3. Provincial Development Strategy Environmental
Management Climate Change
Response
Provincial Development Strategy
• What is the PDS?– Goals– 6 themes
• Chapter four– Environmental
Management– Response to Climate
Change• Data collection– Participatory Processes?
Data Collection for Chapter Four of the PDS
1. Identify focus areas and data gapsa) Biodiversity protection & ecosystem managementb) Integrated water resource managementc) Access to water and sanitationd) Climate change & disaster risk mitigatione) The SEAf) Community-based environmental management
2. Information collection1. Government agencies2. District Governments
Focus & Structure of Chapter Four Analysis• IWRM – Central theme– Vu Gia-Thu-Bon River Basin
• Future strategies– Governance– Coordination– Socioecnomic
Development• Stakeholder input– Time– UN-Habitat
Significance of Work
• Long-term impacts?• Future capacity building– EMERGE– Eco-city Development
• Completion of the PDS– Funding– Partnerships– Future development
Future Career Implications• International
development?• Top-down vs.
bottom-up development
• Participatory methods• IWRM & climate change– MA Public policy & social
research
Questions?
Thank You!!• PSU faculty– Dr. Marcus Ingle– Dr. Jennifer Allen– Dr. Ellen Bassett
• UN & DPI staff