VVA (Integrated Coastal Zone Management (1994 – 1996))

Posted by admin on February 22, 1994

Full name: Vietnam Vulnerability Assessment (VVA) – Vietnam Coastal Zone Vulnerability Assessment and First Steps Towards Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Duration: 1994 – 1996

Short description:
The objectives of the Vietnam VA Project were:

  • To strengthen and upgrade the technical capacity of Vietnamese counterparts for the efficient management of the Vietnamese coastal zone in both the short and long term;
  • To encourage and strengthen the links and interactions between Vietnamese organisations involved in coastal management as a priority for effective CZM in the short term and as a first step toward the longer term goal of implementation of ICZM in Vietnam;
  • To arrive at a full Vulnerability Assessment for the Vietnamese coastal zone within the 18 month study period, consistent with the format and requirements of the IPCC;
  • To demonstrate, by working on specific local Pilot Studies, the application of techniques, tools and decision making systems for solutions to actual existing serious coastal problems;
  • To conduct effective communication and synergy of effort with other on-going relevant projects and programmes such as UNITAR, RRMDP, CCTRAIN, UNDP, WFP etc.
  • To work openly, interactively and closely in a trilateral team to cover all the stated project objectives and thereby build and bond effective working relationships between the local participants in Vietnam.