Seven years of efforts to engage the local public sector in a partnership with end buyers, traders, farmers, development partners, and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Vietnam enabled IDH to achieve their strong engagement and commitment to field-level sustainability in coffee and pepper productions, which goes beyond the existing interventions of PPI (Production, Protection, and Inclusion) Compact.
“IDH不是一个很大的捐助者，而是创造了重要的举措，”Lac Duong District District District委员会主席Su Thanh Hoai先生说。“这就像把机器的每个装备放入正确的位置并使它们一起工作。IDH实际上已经创建了一个团队 - 不仅是一个伙伴关系 - 公共和私营部门，公司，农民，服务提供商等等，他们加入武力和努力采用具体行动的共同目标。我们以前没有这样做过。“
The mutual objectives and actions were made into a PPI Compact and harmonized with the green growth targets of the district. “Working in this way enabled us to have a clearer picture and define the roadmap towards achieving sustainability to meet market demand,” Mr. Hoai underlines. “We are committed to investing in interventions beyond the compact through coordinating and concentrating the existing resources as it also helps us achieve green growth objectives.”
投资，参与和承诺
Mr. Bui Duc Hao, Program Field Officer, said: “PPI Compact is a catalyst for changes in Di Linh. The district pushed up the implementation of a reforestation program funded by the central government because it committed to increase forest coverage under the compact. In 2019, the district reforested 500 hectares of land. IDH did not invest in this activity. Di Linh District People’s Committee also concentrated its resources to build a community irrigation system in Tan Nghia Commune. The system will be replicated to other areas by using the resources of its irrigation program.”
“We decided to dredge a stream and mobilize local communities to sacrifice their lands to build a road in the mini-landscape area,” Mr. Hoai said. “Both works will be done by our resources. We have convened relevant authorities to allow farmers to clear lands for artichokes in the mini-landscape, ensuring short-term livelihoods for the local community.” All of these go beyond the previous commitments of the district to the project as they see it contributes to the sustainable landscape while also meeting the demand of agricultural markets towards improved quality.
Mr. Vu Dinh Khiem, Program Field Officer, underlined that effective and strong engagement of the public sector at local level was the biggest commitment beyond the PPI Compact in Krong Nang District. “The objectives of the compact fit with the development goals of the district. The compact maps out the solutions to many issues that the district is facing. They have reasons to be committed to doing more than we expect. In its meeting on 24 February 2020, the Steering Committee requires the mobilization of existing resources for the implementation of its compact while proposing for replication of the compact beyond 2020”.
Krong Nang区人民委员会主席Truong Hoai anh先生，下划线：“我认为没有国际组织可以做在克荣楠区所做的事情。除了共同资金外，IDH还可以发起思想，便利和召开利益相关方的作用。它促进了我们部门治理的转型变化。它还有助于提高当地当局每个员工的认识，行为和工作方式“。
一个漫长的过程，巨大的努力
The Landscape and Coffee Programs of IDH started with individual projects with companies between 2013 and 2016. At that time, the public sector was engaged through certain activities like workshops or creating an enabling environment for the programs and businesses to work together. Since 2016, the provincial public and private steering committees for sustainable landscapes were established with the participation of the public sector to give guidance for programs, support improved legal framework to pave the way for programs with businesses to run well. In this step, their awareness was built up and they were engaged in the implementation of the program’s activities. In 2019, IDH worked together with the public sector to design and co-implement the PPI Compact.
Mr. Hao said: “It took us seven years with huge efforts to persuade the public sector to collaborate with us. They were persuaded because they saw the value of the approach applied by IDH that also allows them to achieve their objectives. They were persuaded because they saw the results of pilot models implemented by IDH in their areas. And, IDH is very open for sharing experience and lessons learned with all stakeholders, including the public sector”.
“更重要的是，我们从事公共部门确保其所有权，”Khiem先生说。“有这么多项目或计划被中央政府推向他们，而不与他们的具体情况统一。相反，IDH与他们联盟，以了解他们的需求和设计干预计划以及其实施共同资助。这是正确的方法，有助于我们实现超越PPI紧凑型的承诺。“