Project Activities

Overview

Output 1 of the Project aims at enhancing capacity of MONRE, as the national focal point of climate change in Vietnam, to facilitate the process of development and implementation of NAMAs/mitigation. The Project supports this aim through enabling the Government to strengthen national policy framework, including its formulation processes, surrounding climate mitigation measures including NAMAs, as well as technology assessment to narrow the current implementation gap.

Development of domestic climate policy framework surrounding mitigation is not only guided by national circumstances and needs, but also by the provisions of UNFCCC. The recently adopted Paris Agreement has clarified various elements of future climate regime, including requirements for short-term (~2020), mid-term (2021-2030) and long-term (second half of the century) time horizon.

With the Paris Agreement entering into force, next couple years will serve as the critical transitional phase to the new climate regime beyond 2021 for Vietnam. In this context, design of policy framework surrounding pre-2020 mitigation including NAMAs needs to align with various provisions of the Paris Agreement, in order to strike coherence between NAMA-INDC for smooth and effective implementation.

Mitigation Policy Review and Capacity Needs Assessment (Activity 1-1, 1-2)

Mitigation policy review and capacity needs assessment targeting MONRE and line ministries relevant to NAMA/mitigation have been conducted to capture current landscape of policy framework surrounding NAMA and climate mitigation in Vietnam at national level.	Progress to Date
	Mitigation Policy Review and Capacity Needs Assessment – Summary of Findings

Roadmap and Measures for GHG Emission Reduction (Activity 1-3)

Article 41 of the Revised Law of Environmental Protection (No.55/2014/QH13)) mandates MONRE to develop a roadmap and modality for GHG reduction. The Roadmap, currently envisaged as the first Government Decree for its legal form corresponding the settings in Paris Agreement, is considered one of the upstream mitigation policies of Vietnam to enable anchoring mitigation pledges announced internationally into domestic legal framework, and serve to be a legal basis for ensuring implementation with defined roles and responsibilities among concerned stakeholders.

Progress to Date

Summary of the progress 17th March 2016 Unofficial Consultation Meeting Summary 17th May 2017 Official Kickoff Consultation Meeting Summary May 2017 Establishment of Drafting team/ Editorial board as National Preparation May 2017- Present Situation of National Preparation for the Roadmap Decree

National MRV Policy and Registry System (Activity 1-4, 1-5)

Role of National MRV is to collectively measure and report GHG emission reduction amount and emission at national level which is achieved through implementation of various measures across mitigation sectors. Modalities for national MRV will be developed for progress monitoring of mitigation target at national level (NDC).	Progress to Date
	7th April 2016 First Unofficial Consultation Meeting Summary Year 2017- MRV related items under consideration has been included in the Roadmap Decree development. (See Activity 1-3.) March 2018- Current situation on Detailed Enforcement Regulations of National MRV 28th March 2019 Second Consultation Workshop on development of National GHG inventory and MRV system in Vietnam

Capacity Building Training Activities (Activity 1-6)

The Project supports design and development of MONRE's In-country Mitigation Training and its Modules to be offered to key policy makers across line ministries and other stakeholders with particular focus on policy planning, transparency and implementation aspect of mitigation.	Progress to Date
	Development and updating of training materials MONRE Mitigation Training Material Development and Organization of Domestic Training Series 12th-13th September 2016 Pilot training in Hai Phong 22nd September 2016 Pilot training in Ha Noi November 2016, July 2017 Pilot training in Ho Chi Minh City

Low Carbon Technology Assessment (Activity 1-7)

Technology assessment on mitigation menus under INDC and F-gas is to be conducted to identify priority technology options, and propose technology transfer ideas in order to bridge implementation. Policy dialogue is also planned to discuss potential domestication of borrowed technologies among key stakeholders.

Progress to Date

Overview of the activity 27th September 2016 Inception workshop May-June 2017 Sectoral technical dialogues (energy efficiency, power generation, transport, agriculture, LULUCF, waste, F-gas) 13th May 2017 Stakeholder dialogue 28th August 2017 Technical dialogue on Low Carbon Technologies 28th November 2017 Final workshop Main technical outputs Mitigation Actions Vol.1 (PDF/36.3MB) Mitigation Actions Vol.2 (PDF/2.35MB) Notice: All rights reserved. This material or any portion thereof, downloaded from the above link, may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express of the publisher and related information. Copyright © 2018-2019 by JICA.

Other Training Opportunities Outside Vietnam

• 6th-11th September 2015 First National Level Training Mission to Japan
• 4th-8th December 2016 Second National Level Training Mission to Japan for High Level officers
• 4th-7th December 2017 Third National Level Training Mission to Japan
• 5th-9th August 2018 Fourth National Level Training Mission to Japan