Overview of the training conference 

Attending the opening ceremony were Ms. Diana Torress, Head of Governance and Participation at UNDP Vietnam; Mr. Conor Finn, Deputy Head Of Mission, Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam (co-sponsor of the Training Conference). On the HCMA side, there were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Van Nghia, General Director of Department of International Cooperation; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Van Chien, General Director of the Institute of Leadership and Public Policy and Dr. Luong Thu Hien,  Director of Center for Gender Studies and Women's Leadership (the host of the Training Conference).

The training conference was held  offline and online  via Zoom. Attending virtually at the Academy were members of the People's Council elected for the first time from some northern provinces such as Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang, Yen Bai..., together with online participants from these provinces.

Ms. Diana Torress, Head of Governance and Participation at UNDP Viet Nam gave a speech at the training conference

Within one and a half days, deputies attending the conference listened to some of Vietnam's leading experts’ sharing on the following topics: (1) Approaching interdisciplinary and open science in building local socio-economic development programs (through a Land Law case study), (2) Knowledge and skills on local land management of the Provincial People's Council deputies, (3) Knowledge and skills in monitoring and contacting voters of the provincial People's Council deputies (through the local education/health case study), (4) Knowledge and skills to integrate gender equality when giving comments on the formulation and adoption of resolutions of the Provincial People's Council, (5) Criteria for evaluating the implementation of the action plans of the provincial People's Council deputies.

 The presenters were leading experts in open data, law, public policy and practitioners who  are experienced provincial People's Council delegates. The contents and information exchanged and discussed at the conference are not only skills drawn from actual parliamentary experiences, but also issues that are of interest to the National Assembly and Provincial People's Councils in recent times.

Delegates took photos together

Author: Center for Gender Studies and Women's Leadership, Institute of Leadership and Public Policy