This presentation by Pham Thu Thuy, Le Ngoc Dung and Le Manh Thang describes why Son La and Dak Nong were chosen, what needs to be done there and how it will be done.

1. Empowering local people in ensuring effective, efficient and equitable Payment
for Environmental Services in Dak Nong and Son La
Pham Thu Thuy, Le Ngoc Dung, Le Manh Thang

2. Outline
• Why Son La and Dak Nong ?
• What to do ?
• How to do ?

3. Why Dak Nong and Son La ?
• Why not Dak Nong only ? (Oxfam- CIFOR’s scoping study)
• Institutional setting (rules of the games + M&E system + Capacity) is
not in place - PES is unlikely to be implemented in the next 2 years
• belongs to the 2nd
generation of PES but has not been able to tap into
lessons learnt of the 1st
generation
At the same time…..(CIFOR’s study in Son La since
2010)
• Son La is one of two Vietnam “PES celebrity” since 2008 (Rich
experience on institutional setting and capacity in place)
• Rules of the games have been up-taken by the central government
• CIFOR’s study site for the last 4 years and future research scheme
• Problems have been defined with clear precautious principle and
proactive solutions required
- Sustainability (Side by side; on-time problem solving and
proactive strategies)

4. What to do ?
Dak Nong Son La
Institutional
setting
BDS
Forest Inventory
Capacity building
M&E
Technical assistance
Grievance
handling
system
Setting up
2 years required
Problem
solving
SFEs
64000 HHs
and
communities
Benefit distribution
system

5. What to do ?
Son La
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Son La
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Son La
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(district
level)
Son La
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(district
level)
State
organization +
SFEs
State
organization +
SFEs
Local
people
Local
people
Local
communitie
s
Local
communitie
s
Contracted
households
Contracted
households
Independent
monitoring
board
-Buyers
-Sellers
-CSOs
-NGOs
-Media
Posters ? Hotline ?
Web-based approach with
SMS ?
Mailing system ?
SMS
informing
about the
date, $,
and hotline
No.
Manual, guidelines, training video

6. How to do ?
• Step 1: Set up + Facilitate the regular exchange information and
coaching between Son La and Dak Nong
• Step 2: Understanding local perceptions on different options for
grievance handling system
• Step 3: Scoping study for multi-stakeholders/independent
supervision board
• Step 4: Design Detailed activities (SMS system, hot line, poster…)
• Step 5: Measure the no. of complain case + effectiveness of the
grievance handling system in small no. of pilot
• Step 6: Disseminate information and lessons learnt for Dak Nong
• Step 7: Improve the system before scaling up

7. THANK YOU