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ANNUAL REPORT 2001& OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES 1999-2001

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

HANOI OFFICE

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UNESCO OFFICE HANOI annual report 2001& overview of activities 1999-2001

MandateU N E S C O A N D I T S

UNESCO FIELD OFFICES IN THE ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION

The United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO) is the UnitedNations’ specialized agency with a mandate for intellectual cooperation in the fields of education,science and the social sciences, culture and commu-nication. From the Headquarters of the Organization

in Paris, UNESCO liaises with its 188(and six Associate) Member Statesthrough a worldwide network of Offices.The Offices assure UNESCO’s presencein the regions and maintain interactiverelations with the various partners inpursuing the Organization’s mission.

UNESCO’s Constitution stipulates that“The purpose of the Organization is tocontribute to peace and security bypromoting collaboration among thenations through education, science andculture in order to further universalrespect for justice, for the rule of law andfor the human rights and fundamentalfreedoms which are affirmed for thepeoples of the world, without distinctionof race, sex, language or religion, by theCharter of the United Nations.” (Article I.Purposes and Functions, par. 1)

The constitution was adopted by the London GeneralConference in November 1945 and entered intoeffect on 4 November 1946 when 20 states haddeposited instruments of acceptance.

Approved by the 31st Session of the GeneralConference of UNESCO in October 2001, theMedium-Term Strategy for 2002-2007 (31 C/4) isplaced in the context of UNESCO's commitment tocontribute to peace and human development in anera of globalisation. The programmes and activities in this strategy are aligned along three strategic axes:“developing and promoting universal principles andnorms”; “promoting pluralism, through recognitionand safeguarding of diversity together with theobservance of human rights”; and “promotingempowerment and participation in the emergingknowledge society”.

Two cross-cutting themes underpin these policychoices: the “eradication of poverty, especiallyextreme poverty” and “the contribution ofinformation and communication technologies to the development of education, science and cultureand the construction of a knowledge society”.

UNESCO Offices throughout the world, incollaboration with National Commissions forUNESCO, develop regional, sub-regional andnational strategies. In the Asia and the Pacific regionstrategic areas have been identified in collaborationwith the Secretaries General of the NationalCommissions for UNESCO. Among them, UNESCOgives high priority to assisting Member States in the region to develop national Education For All(EFA) plans.

Cluster Office

National Office

Cluster Offices & Regional Bureaus

UNESCO Office Almaty: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

UNESCO Office Apia: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands,Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education: Cambodia,Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam

UNESCO Office Beijing: China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea

UNESCO Office Jakarta and Regional Bureau in Science: Indonesia,Malaysia, Philippines

UNESCO Office New Delhi and Regional Bureau for Communication and Information: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka

UNESCO Office Teheran: Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan,Turkmenistan

Hanoi

Bejing

Phnom Penh

Bangkok

Jakarta

Apia

DhakaKathmandu

NewDelhi

Islamabad

Tashkent

Almaty

Teheran

SAMOA

StrategyU N E S C O A N D I T S

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“For UNESCO, the great

challenge today is to

determine how better to

enhance understanding and

sharing between and among

cultures: how to promote

the wider diffusion of

information and knowledge

about the realities of

different cultures, and how

to promote acceptance of,

and respect for, other

cultures and belief systems.

Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO,

at the 162nd session of theExecutive Board, UNESCO,

Paris, 2 October 2001.

Disclaimer: Delineation of national boundaries are for reference purposes, and do not represent an endorsement by UNESCO Headquarters, Institutions or any of its Field Offices.


RESOURCESF I N A N C I A L

ACCU Asia Cultural Centre for UNESCO

APPEAL Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All

ASP UNESCO Associated Schools Project

CCA Common Country Assessment

CG Consultative Group for Vietnam

CIDA Canadian International Development Agency

CLC Community Learning Centre

EFA Education For All

HIV/AIDS Human Immune Deficiency/AcquiredImmune Deficiency Syndrome

ICT Information and CommunicationTechnologies

IEST International EFA Support Team

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

MAB UNESCO’s Programme on Man and the Biosphere

MoCI Ministry of Culture and Information

MoET Ministry of Education and Training

NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

UN United Nations

UNCT United Nations Country Team

UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework

UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization

USD United States Dollar

VTV Viet Nam National Television

WB World Bank

WHA World Heritage Area

2000-2001 (1 January 2000 - 31 December 2001)

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 2000-01

16%

84%Programme

OperatingCosts

PROGRAMME, EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDS& OPERATING COSTS 2000-01

REGULAR PROGRAMME ALLOCATIONS BY SECTOR 2000-01

24%60%

16%6%

35%59%Programme

Operating Costs

Extra-BudgetaryFunds

EducationCulture

Social andHuman Sciences

BUDGET 2000-01 (30 C/5)ALL AMOUNTS IN USD

TOTAL

REGULAR PROGRAMME

EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDS

*) Culture 84,500.00Education 121,000.00EFA Support - UNESCO Bangkok 21,897.80Social and Human Sciences 14,500.00Programme Subtotal 241,897.80Operating Costs 163,000.00Regular Programme 404,897.80

BIENNIUM

YEAR 2000 YEAR 2001

Viet Nam Youth Forum 25,985.00Asian Women for a Culture of Peace Conference 23,671.42Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum Feasibility Study 130,523.00Book and Library Pre-feasibility Study 11,820.00Extra-Budgetary Funds Subtotal year 2000 191,999.42EFA Diary 2002 11,095.00Strengthen HIV Prevention and Care among Youth 19,000.00Project Development of Youth in Heritage Conservation in Viet Nam 5,000.00Project Development Fund of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust 5,000.00Strategy Development of Management Capacities for Hoi An Ancient Town 28,920.00Regional Textile Workshop 110,000.00**) EFA Support - Japanese Funds-in-Trust 49,890.00**) EFA Support - WB/CIDA 196,870.00Extra-Budgetary Funds Subtotal year 2001 425,775.00Extra-Budgetary Funds 617,774.42

UNESCO Hanoi Office 1,022,672.22*) Includes contributions from the Division of Women, Youth and Special Strategies ($10,000 USD) and the Youth Coordination Unit ($10,000 USD).**) Approved. Disbursement in 2002.

ACRONYMS

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Further to a Memorandum of Understandingsigned between the Socialist Republic of VietNam and UNESCO, the national Office ofUNESCO was established in the capital, Hanoi,in September 1999. The mandate of the HanoiOffice is founded on a technical cooperationagreement between UNESCO and theGovernment of the Socialist Republic of VietNam. The main operational focus of UNESCOin Viet Nam is on activities in the areas ofCulture and Education, and the primary target

groups of this cooperation arewomen, youth and ethnic minorities.

Many other projects in UNESCO’sfields of competence had beendeveloped and implemented inViet Nam by Headquarters, eitherdirectly or through RegionalOffices in the Asia and the Pacificregion, well before the establishment of the UNESCO Office in Hanoi.

FOREWORD

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

What pleasure it is to introduce the Annual Reportof the UNESCO Office in Hanoi for the Year 2001!It culminates the end of our first biennium ofoperation: a most significant period in the historyof the Office.

Since its establishment in late 1999, our Officehas grown by leaps and bounds. Many young anddedicated people from a variety of countries havejoined our dedicated Vietnamese staff members in establishing our presence in Viet Nam andassisting in the promotion of sustainable andequitable development through education, thesciences, culture and communication for all. To all these colleagues goes my deep appreciation for their hard work and for their dedication to the ideals of our Organization.

Much has also changed in Viet Nam since theestablishment of our Office. UNESCO is proud tohave been associated with the accomplishmentsof the Vietnamese government, supporting thenew Heritage Law and a renewed commitment to Education for All together with its emphasis on poverty alleviation and the preservation andconservation of the country’s natural and cultural

resources. As Viet Nam moves steadily forwardtowards modernisation and internationalisation,the UNESCO Office in Hanoi will continue torespond to requests for technical assistance onthe part of our partners and stakeholders.

Finally, I should like to thank the Vietnameseauthorities and, in particular, the President of theViet Nam National Commission for UNESCO and Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. ChuTuan Cap, for their assistance and cooperation. A special thank you goes to the SecretaryGeneral of the National Commission, MadameNguyen Thi Hoi, whose professionalism,dynamism and unfailing sense of humour I have come to treasure over the years of my tenure in this extraordinary country.

I trust that you will find the many activitiescovered by this Annual Report to be of interestand hope that they will provide you with aninsight into the life of a small national office.

HANOIU N E S C O O F F I C E

Dialogue must become aninstrument of transformation,a way for tolerance and peace...

Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO

Ms. Rosamaria Durand

UNESCO Representative in Viet Nam and Head of Office

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EDUCATIONP R O G R A M M E A C T I V I T I E S

A focus on Education For All

Since 1990, Viet Nam has prioritised theprovision of quality education for all and, despitesome difficulties, has nearly achieved universalprimary education. Moreover, Viet Nam was oneof the countries that presented a comprehensiveEducation for All (EFA) assessment at the WorldEducation Forum in Dakar in 2000, which wasvery well received. In keeping with the Dakarresolutions, Viet Nam made a commitment at the Consultative Group (CG) meeting held inDecember 2000 to prepare a National EFA Plan with the assistance of interested donors.

Within this context, UNESCO, in partnership withthe World Bank (WB), initiated a consultation

process with the Ministry of Education andTraining (MoET) to secure funding to develop astrategy aimed at providing technical assistanceto the Ministry and engendering widespreadsupport for the decisions made at the CGmeeting. As a result of these efforts, financialresources were secured through the World Bank,the Canadian International Development Agency(CIDA) and UNESCO. Moreover, the UNESCOOffice in Hanoi was designated as the leadagency in this process. In October, 2001, thepreparatory phase of the project was launchedand a team of international consultants wasidentified to work with MoET officials and otherdonors to prepare a National EFA Plan.

Ms. Ly’ May Chan from the Dao ethnic minority in Lao Cai province usingher newly acquired book keeping skills. Education is one of the mainthrusts for the work undertaken by the UNESCO Office in Hanoi.

P R O G R A M M E A C T I V I T I E S

E d u c a t i o n C u l t u r e M u l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y

Education month by month – the 2002 EFA Diary

The purpose of the EFA Diary 2002 is to saluteViet Nam’s commitments and promote the sixEFA goals. It provides a promotional tool and aneffective way to raise awareness of the criticalimportance and relevance of the National EFA Plan to sustainable development andeducational advancement. The text of the Diarycontains excerpts from the ‘Dakar Frameworkfor Action’ with information about each of thesix goals subscribed to by the 164 MemberStates that attended the World Education Forumin April, 2000. The illustrations, photographsand posters were contributed by a wide rangeof EFA partners in Viet Nam.

Produced with the financial assistance of theNorwegian Agency for Development Coop-eration (NORAD), the Diary has beendisseminated widely throughout Viet Nam to all the EFA partners, mass organisations,government departments and ministries,and the international community.Copies have also been sent tothe Organization Head-quarters in Paris, France,all UNESCO Offices andtheir vast network ofpartners throughoutthe world.

Early childhood and family support –trends and transformations

A Sub-regional Consultation Meeting on FamilySupport was held in Hanoi in May 2001, jointlyorganized by MoET, the Early Childhood andFamily Education Section of UNESCO Head-quarters and the Viet Nam National Com-mission for UNESCO. Technical input wasreceived from the UNESCO Regional Bureaufor Education for Asia and the Pacific inBangkok. Apart from Viet Nam, the meetingwelcomed participants from Cambodia,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, who came together to discuss the changing composition of families and the care and education of young children.

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UNESCO Supporting Education in Viet Nam: EFA Milestones

DECEMBER 2000

At the Viet Nam CG meeting, several bilateral and multilateraldonors commit themselves to supporting the EFA efforts of Viet Nam in the preparation of a National EFA Plan of Action.

JANUARY TO JUNE 2001

The UNESCO Hanoi Office initiates negotiations with the WB and MoET and prepares an initial proposal for the EFA Plan of Action.

JULY TO OCTOBER 2001

An International EFA Support Team (IEST) is identified andfinancial inputs are secured from CIDA and the WB ($197,000USD), UNESCO Headquarters ($30,000 USD), the JapaneseFunds-in-Trust ($44,150 USD) and the UNESCO RegionalBureau for Education in Bangkok ($21,898 USD), to financethe development of the EFA Plan.

In addition to financial inputs, UNESCO also contributestechnical assistance and ‘in-kind’ resources from itsHeadquarters in Paris and through its Bangkok and Hanoi Offices.

OCTOBER 2001

By Ministerial decision on 17 October, MoET establishes an EFA Plan Preparation Team charged with coordinating and overseeing the entire process of the preparation andconsolidation of the National EFA Plan.

NOVEMBER 2001

An EFA Secretariat is established, based at the HanoiUNESCO Office and jointly funded by UNESCO, the WB and CIDA, to provide administrative and organizationalbackstopping.

DECEMBER 2001

The first mission of four international consultants isundertaken. They begin their work under the guidance and coordination of a Lead Consultant and in collaborationwith MoET.

END 2001 ONWARDS

From December 2001 until the end of the project, the IESTwill continue to provide technical assistance to assist MoET in the preparation of the National EFA Plan scheduled forcompletion in October 2002

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Young Artists – the UNESCO

AssociatedSchools Project

competition

A poster competition, entitled ‘My mother, myteacher’ was held as part of the UNESCO HanoiOffice’s activities in celebration of the Inter-national Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World(2001-2010), with the aim of strengthening the Associated Schools Project (ASP) network in Viet Nam and promoting education for a Culture of Peace.

Conceived as a follow-up to the Plan of Actionfrom the ‘Asian Women for a Culture of PeaceConference’, held in Hanoi in 2000, the compe-tition was coordinated by the Viet Nam NationalCommission for UNESCO in collaboration withthe office as a means of building upon the roleof women as mothers and educators as well astheir traditions of conflict resolution throughdialogue and communication.

Working Together – the CommunityLearning Centres Review Meeting

The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok and the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL)collaborated with the National Commission,supported by the UNESCO Office in Hanoi, to organize the Community Learning Centres(CLCs) Review Meeting held in Hanoi inNovember 2001. Participants came togetherfrom nineteen countries in the region, joiningstaff from UNESCO Field Units and the AsiaCultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU).

During the five-day meeting, CLCs werediscussed from both a national and regionalperspective. Country presentations on nationalactivities and impacts as well as overviews ofthe APPEAL programme, in the context of EFAand the follow up to the ‘Dakar Framework forAction’, were considered. Special attentionwas given to the development of CLCs in Asiaand the Pacific region and to strategies forestablishing linkages and partnerships. Furtherthematic discussions covered the process,outcomes and impact of the CLCs, capacitybuilding of CLC personnel and strategies forthe sustainability and expansion of CLCs. Theprogramme included field visits to CLCs.

Nguyen Thuy Trang,a student from

Ngo Sy Lien lowersecondary school in Hanoi, received

the first prize in the11-14 category for

her drawing ‘Mother and I’.

Growing Up in Cities – Hanoi:A cooperative effort of the Education and SocialSciences sectors

The process of rapid urban deve-lopment has led to a growingconcern that cities are failing tomeet the needs of their com-munities, and especially those ofchildren and young people. TheUNESCO ‘Growing Up in Cities’projects address this concernthrough interactive research thatenlists the energy, ideas andaspirations of young people todefine their own priorities, and ultimately aims to give young

people a voice. In 2001, the Hanoi projectbecame the latest addition to this worldwidenetwork. The project focuses upon the relativelynew but pressing issue of young people’s lack ofoppor-tunities in urban environ-ments. Theobjective of the project is to provide literacy andvocational training to marginalised young peopleto equip them to participate in the life of the cityin an active and meaningful way and therebyfacilitate their re-integration into ‘mainstream’society. The Viet Nam project is being imple-mented in collaboration with UNESCO and theViet Nam Youth Federation under the frameworkof the Viet Nam Youth Federation Action Plan(2001-2002) for Social Voluntarism for Childrenand Youth in Need of Special Protection.

Young students attending a class atthe Centre for Vocational Training

and Job Service for Youth in Hanoi.

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CULTUREP R O G R A M M E A C T I V I T I E S

Vital Traditions:A regional textile workshop

Traditions that continually evolve yet stay true totheir roots were a cross-cutting theme of a three-week workshop entitled ‘Vital Traditions – Revivaland Innovation of Traditional Textiles’, held in theend of 2001 at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnologyin Hanoi. The workshop explored options availablefor augmenting economic opportunities for localcraft artisans in the Asia and the Pacific region byidentifying and reviving traditional designs, creatingnew textile designs and improving the technicaland marketing skills of craft producers.

Thirty participants, representing artisans andresource people from the craft sectors of tencountries in Southeast Asia, attended the workshoptogether with participants from the Co Tu, ChauMa, H’mong and Thai ethnic minorities of VietNam. The instructors were textile designers, artists,and teachers from Australia, France, the USA andViet Nam. The workshop also included experts inthe fields of weaving, marketing, the developmentand study of crafts, and cultural traditions.

Documentation of the process and the newproducts created by the participants during theworkshop were displayed on the final day.

The workshop was organized by the UNESCOHanoi Office in collaboration with the Viet NamMuseum of Ethnology, Craft Link (a Vietnamese not-for-profit organization) and the NationalCommission, and was financially supported byNORAD. It was part of the ‘Artists in Development’Creativity Programme, one of a series of ten suchworkshops held around theworld to preserve traditionalskills and promote thecreative talents of artisans.

A documentary film,brochure and report on theworkshop will be released inthe spring of 2002. Follow-up activities to theworkshop recom-mendations are being planned for the year 2002 and beyond, and will beincorporated in the Office’s strategy for theprotection and promotion of intangible heritage.

At the Craft Link Bazaarin Hanoi in November2001, Ms. Lo Thi Dau(left) and Ms. Ma Thi Xoof the H’mong ethnicminority of Sa Pa Districtin Lao Cai Province soldtextile crafts they haddesigned and producedthem-selves as a part of UNESCO’s trainingproject.

The participants in theVital Traditions regionaltextile work-shop on the steps of the Viet NamMuseum of Ethnology in Hanoi in December2001.

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Strengthening craft and tradition amongethnic minority women: WeavingTraining and Demonstration Workshop

In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture andInformation (MoCI), a workshop was held at theViet Nam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi inOctober 2001. It aimed to improve weavingtechniques among women from the Katu, Tai,and Kinh (in Ha Tay Province) ethnic groups,raise awareness of some of the challenges facingcraft workers in ethnic groups and promoteknowledge and understanding of the weavingtechniques among the general public. Theresults of the workshop included improvedtechnical skill in weaving, better understanding

of quality and authenticity ofproducts as well as knowledgeabout markets, marketing and the preservation of crafts. Thetraining was an element in thepreparations for the regional textileworkshop described earlier.

The workshop constituted part of the poverty alleviation andintangible heritage conservationactivities of the UNESCO HanoiOffice, and aimed to promotetraditional Vietnamese culture in thecontext of the rapid socio-economicchanges that are taking place in VietNam. Through this, and similar

activities, the Office supports income generationand cultural development with a focus on ethnicminority women, providing them not only withincreased household income, but also wideraccess to decision making and a moreprominent role in their communities.

Income generation through handicraftdevelopment: Skills training for ethnicminority women in northern Viet Nam

Craft activities can be a useful means ofgenerating income in poor areas, providingbasic education and a way of earning money asan alternative to a life on the street. They canoften bring about significant economic changeas well as indirect benefits such as improvedhealth, strengthened individual and collectiveself-esteem and identity. This has been the casein the province of Lao Cai in northern Viet Nam,

where women in the San Xa Ho commune of SaPa district were taught to use their indigenouscraft skills to earn extra income to benefitthemselves and their families. Implementedthrough Craft Link and drawing upon itsextensive experience of developing handicraftsfor income generation, the project spannedeight months in the latter half of 2001 duringwhich the participants received training inliteracy, craft preservation and development,financial training and management, andmarketing. As a practical outcome of thetraining, the project revived the art of makingcollars using traditional materials

The Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum project:Moving forward

Located in northeast Viet Nam and inscribed onthe World Heritage list in 1994, Ha Long Bay is a unique land and seascape of ‘karst’ limestoneislands, reaching up to 200m above sea level. It extends over an area of approximately 1500km2 and is rich in natural resources andbiodiversity. Ha Long City, a rapidly developingurban and industrial area that includes Cam PhaTown with a total population exceeding 300,000,is immediately adjacent to the centre of the Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Area (WHA).

The Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum Feasibility Study,undertaken in the year 2000 with funding fromthe United Nations Development Programme,marked the first holistic approach tostrengthening environmental and culturalmanagement capacity in Viet Nam usingheritage interpretation techniques. By buildingthe management capacity of the Ha Long BayManagement Department and expandingcommunity and stakeholder participation inconservation activities, protecting theenvironment became everyone’s concern.

Throughout the life of the project, the highestauthorities in Quang Ninh Province haveendorsed this approach and facilitated its imple-mentation. The supportive role and participationof H.E. Mr. Ha Van Hien, former Chairman ofQuang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee andpresent Secretary of Quang Ninh CommunistParty, is greatly appreciated and will be adetermining factor in the efforts of Quang NinhProvince to secure the funds required for theestablishment of the Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoi,Secretary General of

Viet Nam NationalCommission for

UNESCO, Ms. RosamariaDurand and Dr. Dang

Van Bai, Director ofDept. of Conservation

and Museology of MoCIcutting the ribbon to

open the Workshop inOctober 2001.

Ms. Bloong Thi Hoaof the Ca Tu ethnicminority in Quang

Nam Province during the weaving

demonstration.



Second inscription of Ha Long Bay

In December, 2000, the name of Ha Long Bay was entered in

the World Heritage List for the second timefollowing a decision by the World HeritageCommittee at a meeting in Cairns, Australia. On this occasion, the inscription was underCriterion (i) for Natural Heritage Sites, for the“most extensive and best-known example ofmarine invaded tower karst and one of the mostimportant areas of fengcong and fenglin karst in the world.” (Report of the 24th Session of the World Heritage Committee, section X, sub-section A, item A.2). To commemorate thisfurther recognition, H.E. Mr. Ha Van Hien, thenSecretary of Quang Ninh Communist Party and

Chairman of QuangNinh ProvincialPeople’s Committee,received the WorldNatural HeritageCertificate at aceremony in Ha LongCity on 30 April,2001.

Preserving heritage in Hanoi

Since receiving the ‘UNESCO Cities for Peace’Prize in 1999, Hanoi People’s Committee hasbeen engaged in different activities to upholdthat prestigious title by preserving the heritageof Hanoi during a period of rapid urbandevelopment. The Hanoi UNESCO Office hasendeavoured to work closely with the HanoiPeople’s Committee to support these activities,conducting topical research in architecture andopening links to other cities in the region tosolve similar development issues. These effortswill continue in the future, strengthening thebond between the Office and the HanoiPeople’s Committee.

NORMATIVE ACTIONS FOR HERITAGECONSERVATION IN VIET NAM

Protecting Viet Nam’s heritage:reinforcing the regulations

The UNESCO Office in Hanoi worked with MoCIon a number of different activities during thelatter part of 2001. Firstly, in consultations withthe Ministry, it was decided that more efforts wereneeded to raise public awareness of the negativeaspects of illicit trafficking in cultural property. Inresponse to this, MoCI conceived two televisionprogrammes to inform and convey information tothe public and making a connection with VietNam’s new National Heritage Law and thepolicies that are being implemented to protect thenational heritage. These programmes also featurediscussions about illicit trade in antiquities and other issues relating to the protection ofcultural heritage.

Secondly, MoCI organized three importantworkshops in November 2001 in Hanoi, two ofwhich received financial and technical supportfrom UNESCO. Each workshop was timed tocoincide with, and support, a much largerMoCI workshop that had already been plannedto discuss the implementation of the NationalHeritage Law. The three workshops wererelated to the following topics:

• ‘The Role of the UNESCO Convention on Preventing the Illicit Traffic in CulturalProperty’, including the ‘1970 UNESCOConvention on the Means of Prohibiting andPreventing the Illicit Import, Export andTransfer of Ownership of Cultural Property’and the ‘UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Objects’ (1995)

• The Role of Copyright in the Protection ofCultural Heritage in Viet Nam’, including the‘Berne Convention’ (1886), the ‘UniversalCopyright Convention’ (1952) and the ‘TRIPSAgreement (Agreement on Trade-relatedAspects of International Property Rights)’,(1995)

• ‘The Management Regulation of Investigation,Excavation and Settlement of UnderwaterCultural Heritage in Viet Nam’ including the‘UNESCO Convention on the Protection ofUnderwater Cultural Heritage’ (2001). 7

Ms. Rosamaria Durand presentsthe World Heritage Certificateto H.E. Mr. Ha Van Hien.

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National HeritageLaw – a new toolfor the World Heritage Areas

In keeping with its objectives to offer capacitybuilding opportunities to managers of WHAs,the Hanoi UNESCO Office, in collaborationwith the National Commission, prepared aproposal that was successfully submitted to theWorld Heritage Fund. The aim was to bringtogether the managers of four WHAs to discusspreservation and conservation issues in thecontext of the recent Vietnamese NationalHeritage Law and to prepare an Action Plan for Hoi An Ancient Town.

In December 2001, representatives from thefour WHAs in Viet Nam (Ha Long Bay, Hoi An,Hue and My Son) assembled in Hoi An to attenda three-day workshop with representatives fromvarious levels of the Government and from theUNESCO Office in Hanoi. This provided aforum for sharing experience and information,underscoring important issues and developing a collective management plan incorporating an understanding of the Heritage Law. A draftAction Plan, in which the identification andintegration of surrounding communities andother stakeholders were important componentsin heritage protection and conservation, waspresented to participants for their comments.Follow-up activities will include the completionof this Action Plan as well as preparation for thefuture implementation of its proposals.

UNESCO AND THE UNITED NATIONSINTERNATIONAL YEAR OFVOLUNTEERS 2001

In celebration of the United Nations Inter-national Year of Volunteers, the Hanoi UNESCOOffice undertook the following two projects,both aimed at increasing the participation of volunteers in heritage protection andpreservation.

Heritage step by step: Involving youngpeople in conservation

Based on experience gained from the project to develop Ha Long Bay as an Ecomuseum, theUNESCO Office commissioned a guidebook foryouth participation in heritage conservation. The pocketsize publication is a brief, user-friendly guidebook that enables young people to participate in the interpretation, conservation,and management of heritage areas, especiallyWHAs, and facilitates activities related tocultural heritage, voluntary work andcommunity participation. The publication wasdeveloped with the participation of the YouthGroup of the Ha Long Ecomuseum Project, Ha Long Bay Management Department and the Quang Ninh Youth Union, supported by the Viet Nam Youth Federation.

The publication was produced in the context of the United Nations International Year ofVolunteers in 2001, and was printed inpreparation for the United Nations Year forCultural Heritage 2002. Despite thepublication’s focus upon Ha Long Bay WHA, it was designed for use in any heritage localityand developed as a prototype for reproductionin other countries.

Youth for heritage conservation in Viet Nam: The Hanoi UNESCO Officein collaboration with United NationsVolunteers

The International Year of Volunteers aimed tomark the importance of voluntary work, notonly within the UN (United Nations) system and in development activities, but also as animportant element in community developmentin general. Against this backdrop, the Office,working with United Nations Volunteers inHanoi and Bonn and relevant national andprovincial youth organisations, undertook todevelop a major proposal for a project toinvolve young people in the conservation ofheritage areas. The main goal of the project is to raise public awareness and encourageneighbouring communities to participate in theconservation and interpretation processes of the WHAs in Viet Nam. At the end of 2001, the project was short-listed by a potential donorand, if approved, will be launched in 2002.

Participants in the Capacitybuilding workshop for thefour WHA ManagementBoards, held in Hoi An in central Viet Nam inDecember 2001.

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A highlight in the celebration of the Inter-national Year for the Culture of Peace, andmarking the beginning of the InternationalDecade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, was theattendance of the three top officials of UNESCOat the Asian Women for a Culture of PeaceConference held in Hanoi in December 2000.The Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. KoïchiroMatsuura made an opening speech to theconference delegates, followed by Ms. SoniaMendieta de Badaroux, President of theExecutive Board of UNESCO (2000-2001). Ms. Jaroslava Moserova, President of the GeneralConference (2000-2001), gave a closing address.

The Director-General of UNESCO,Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura,at the Asian Women for a Culture of PeaceConference.

PROMOTING PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

Following the International Year for the Cultureof Peace in 2000, UNESCO remains the leadagency during the International Decade for theCulture of Peace and Non-Violence for theChildren of the World (2001-2010), an inter-sectoral programme that involves all UNagencies. The key objective for the Decade is to promote education for a culture of peace,specifically focussing upon children, and isconsequently executed in close association withthe United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).Given its mandate, UNESCO, in its program-ming strategies for the Decade, will give impetusto issues immediately linked to values offreedom, justice, solidarity, the right to peace,and the creation of a foundation for a Culture ofPeace, and will mainstream its programming inaccordance with these fundamental values.

Multidisciplinary Approach to Development

In this vastinterconnected whole,there are no isolatedphenomena, and arelationship exists -according to theparadoxical imagefamiliar to us all -between the flutteringof a butterfly's wingsand the unleashing of a storm.

Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General ofUNESCO

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Asian women leading the way towardspeace and non-violence: Implementationof the Plan of Action of the Asian Womenfor a Culture of Peace Conference

In May 2001, the National Commission, in cooperation with the Viet Nam Women’s Unionand the Hanoi UNESCO Office, organized aLaunching Ceremony for the ‘Implementation of the Plan of Action of the Asian Women for aCulture of Peace Conference’, held in Hanoi inDecember 2000. As an initiative for the nationalfollow-up to the Asian Women’s Conference, andin celebration of the International Decade for aCulture of Peace and Non-violence for theChildren of the World (2001-2010), this eventreaffirmed Viet Nam’s commitment to a culture of peace in general, and the contribution ofVietnamese women to a culture of peace andsustainable development in particular.

A special honour to guests and speakers was thepresence of by H.E. Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh, VicePresident of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.During the ceremony, Ms. Rosamaria Durand, asUNESCO Representative in Viet Nam, presentedthe Office’s Plan of Action, focused on income-generating activities for women in the crafts sector.

Furthering amity: Education for a Culture of Peace

In November, 2001, the Hanoi UNESCO Office, in collaboration with the National Commission,convened a national seminar on education for aculture of peace in Hanoi. The seminar provided aplatform for dialogue amongst policy makers andprac-titioners in the field of education, with the aimof designing a number of specific recommendationsand practical guidelines for streamlining theconcept of ‘Culture of Peace’ into the Vietnameseformal and non-formal education system.

This seminar was held as a follow-up to therecommendations from the ‘National Workshop ona Culture of Peace in Viet Nam’ held in May 1999,and the ‘National Seminar on Education for aCulture of Peace for UNESCO Associated Schoolsin Viet Nam’ held in December 1999, two eventsorganised by the National Commission. TheSeminar also connected thematically to the International Decade for a Culture of Peace andNon-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), and constituted an element in the Decadeprogramme of the Hanoi UNESCO Office.

At the launch of the implementation of a plan of action in follow-up to the Asian Women for

a Culture of Peace conference in May 2001,H.E. Ms Nguyen Thi Binh, Vice President of

the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, honouredthe event by delivering a statement.

The Opening session of the ‘National Seminaron Education for a Culture of Peace’, hosted byH.E. Mr. Le Vu Hung, Vice Minister of Educationand Training, H.E. Mr. Chu Tuan Cap, Presidentof the National Commission for UNESCO and

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ms. NguyenThi Hoi, Secretary General of the National

Commission for UNESCO.

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SCIENCE FOR COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT

Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve

In February 2000, the Inter-national Co-ordinating Council of UNESCO’s ‘Programme on

Man and the Biosphere’ (MAB)approved the entire mangrove

forest of Can Gio in southern VietNam for inclusion in the World

Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Can Gio, a 75,740 hectare mangrove area withbiological diversity of high conservation value,is located between Ho Chi Minh City and theSouth China Sea. Although it was almostcompletely destroyed by bombing and herbicidespraying during the years of conflict betweenViet Nam and the USA, more than 200 speciesof fauna and 52 species of flora are nowflourishing in the reserve. In collaboration withthe Hanoi Office and the UNESCO RegionalOffice for Science based in Jakarta, and in closeconsultation with Viet Nam MAB Committee,the Can Gio Management Board arranged sevencommunity workshops during 2001 with theobjective of enlisting the support of localcommunities, producing public informationmaterials and upgrading the data managementof the area.

Confronting the pandemic: a CulturalApproach to HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam

In 2001, the UNESCO Office in Hanoi undertooktwo research studies on HIV/AIDS in Quang Ninhprovince and Ho Chi Minh City, the two areas of the country with the highest prevalence of HIV positive people. Financed by the UnitedNations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) andUNESCO, the studies focussed on using culturalreferences and resources to encourage positivebehavioural changes and more supportiveenvironments for people with HIV/AIDS. Thefindings provided significant and often alarminginsights into the role of cultural factors thatstrongly influence people’s perceptions andinterpretations, consequently dictating theirbehaviour towards themselves and those affectedby the epidemic. The findings call for establishingsupport groups and developing appropriateeducational materials to raise awareness aboutprevention methods, support and care.

Workshops were conducted during thesummer of 2001 in the Can Gio Biospherereserve to encourage local communities toparticipate in protecting the ecologicallysensitive area.

…much of the discriminatorybehaviour towards HIV positivepersons was through attitudes,words, and gestures in connectionwith everyday life activities suchas eating, sharing rooms, usinghousehold implements andobjects and straightforwardphysical presence.

(‘Vietnamese cultural approach to prevention, support and care in selected areas of Ho Chi Minh City’ (2001): SocialDevelopment Research and Consultancy (SDRC) for the UNESCO Hanoi Office)

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The Hanoi UNESCO Office in the media

Information and photographsrelated to the Office's activitiesappeared frequently in the nationaland local media during 2001. Mostof the coverage related to specificevents organized by, or involving,

the Office, but occasional general interviewswith Ms. Rosamaria Durand, UNESCORepresentative, featured UNESCO’s program-ming activities in Viet Nam. Particular highlights

that attracted media attention during 2001included the presentation of theCertificate for Ha Long Bay’s secondinscription on the World Heritage Listand wide coverage of the RegionalTextile Workshop organized in Hanoi. Ms. Durand also represented theOrganization on Viet Nam NationalTelevision (VTV) on severaloccasions. These included

commenting on the destruction of theBamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan at aRegional Meeting of the International Council ofMuseums held in Hanoi in March, 2001 and onliteracy and education in Viet Nam and in theworld on 8 September, International LiteracyDay. This interview also featured an in-depth

presentation of the ‘Growing Up in Cities– Hanoi’ project.

The Hanoi UNESCO Office has kept records of significant articlesappearing in Viet Nam News, an

English-language daily newspaper, itsequivalent in French, Le Courrier du Vietnam,and two publications in Vietnamese. However,items appearing in the large number ofVietnamese language newspapers, magazinesand periodicals are not represented in thebiennial overview below.

The Hanoi UNESCO Office and the UN Country Team

As a member of the UNCT, theHanoi Office has participatedin the process to develop a

number of comprehensive andcritical documents such as the

Common Country Assessment (CCA),United Nations Development AssistanceFramework (UNDAF) for the Socialist Republic ofViet Nam for 2001-2005 and the ComprehensivePoverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Paper.The Office has also contributed to documentsrelating to the Millennium Development Goalsfor Viet Nam in the Viet Nam DevelopmentTargets, especially in the areas of education andethnic minorities. In the UNDAF developmentprocess of 1999/2000, culture and developmentwas included as a crosscutting theme for the firsttime in keeping with UNESCO’s focus uponlinking culture to development strategies andobjectives.

The Hanoi Office has also provided input to theUnited Nations Resident Coordinator’s AnnualReports, which document the different forms ofcollaboration at the country level between theagencies. Worthy of notice are the manycontributions to UN News, the commonquarterly magazine of the UNCT, the mostimportant of which are listed below:

2000: International Year for the Culture of Peace. Vol. 5, No. 4 (1999)

A Diary for Peace. Vol. 6, No. 1 (2000)

Viet Nam Youth Federation and UNAgencies – Working Together to EmpowerYoung People: Viet Nam Youth Forum 29Nov. – 3 Dec. 2000. Vol. 6, No. 3 (2000)

UN International Year for the Culture ofPeace: UNESCO at UN InternationalSchool on International UN Day in 2000.Vol. 6, No. 3 (2000)

The Hanoi Celebration 2000 Campaign: A Partnership with the City of Hanoi. Vol. 6, No. 3 (2000)

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Giving Voice to the Young People of VietNam: The Viet Nam Youth Forum. Vol. 7,No. 1 (2001)

The Strategic Importance of Investing inYouth Development Issues: The Strategy ofUNESCO’s Action with and for Youth. Vol.7, No. 1 (2001)

Traditional Knowledge Systems andSustainability. Vol. 7, No. 3 (2001)

Improving Management and Resource Usein Can Gio [Biosphere Reserve], Viet Nam.Vol. 7, No. 3 (2001)

UNESCO’s Growing Up in Cities Project:Addressing the Needs of Young People inHanoi. Vol. 7, No. 4 (2001)

In addition to these, the UNESCO Office inHanoi was featured in the same magazine on a number of occasions. These included, forexample, the establishment of the Office (Vol.5, No. 3 [1999]), Ms. Rosamaria Duranddelivering a UN joint statement on theInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty(Vol. 5, No. 4 [1999]) and the presentation ofparticipants’ reflections on the Viet Nam YouthForum (Vol. 7, No. 1 [2001]).

Culture and Development: A UNdiscussion paper prepared with thetechnical assistance of UNESCO

As a member of the Viet Nam UNCT, the HanoiUNESCO Office has participated in the exerciseof drafting UN System Discussion/AdvocacyPapers on particular priority developmentissues. Culture and development was one suchissue identified by the Office and proposed tothe UNCT as a priority item.

As a result, the UNESCO Office in Hanoi wasidentified as lead agency for the developmentof this paper, and began implementing thisinitiative in collaboration with the NationalCentre for Social Sciences and Humanities,MoCI and other selected stakeholders in VietNam in December 2001. The aim of this paperis to initiate a process for addressing theprinciples, priorities and mechanisms involvedin locating culture in community developmentin Viet Nam while simultaneously considering

achieving sustainable development within a cultural economics framework.

It is expected that the paper will involve the international community, participatingVietnamese partners and, in particular the UNagencies in Viet Nam, in a discussion of broadissues in the cultural field. Opening up a criticaldialogue around the inextricable link of cultureto development will underscore and strengthenthe efforts already undertaken in Viet Namduring the UN Decade for Culture andDevelopment.

The Hanoi UNESCO Office present at the 31st Session of the GeneralConference of UNESCO, UNESCOHeadquarters, Paris, 15 October to 3 November, 2001

As its contribution to the Field Office exhibition'The Challenges of the Field', the Officeprovided examples of educational displays,featuring crafts, designed for use by ethnicminority communities together withpublications, photos, videos, posters and othermaterial describing its programming. It alsocontributed to the Cultural Diversity exhibition,presenting textiles from ethnic minoritycommunities selected from among those thathad previously participated in activitiesconcerned with training in crafts developmentconducted by the Hanoi Office.

The Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO

Established in 1971 and located in the Ministryof Foreign Affairs, the National Commission is aconstituent element of UNESCO. It promotesand advocates the ideals of the Organization,provides information to the Vietnamese public,mass organizations and national institutions andcentres, assists with the coordination of allUNESCO related activities and facilitates theirimplementation.

The technical cooperation agreement betweenUNESCO and the Government of the SocialistRepublic of Viet Nam, signed in October 1999,is the cornerstone of the work of the NationalCommission and the UNESCO Office and is

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based on a shared commitment to sustainabledevelopment, poverty alleviation, human resourcedevelopment, peace and democracy building inViet Nam.

Against this backdrop, UNESCO Hanoi and theNational Commission jointly develop operationalactivities that respond to the needs expressed byVietnamese stakeholders.

In 2000, H.E. Mr. Chu Tuan Cap, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, was appointed President of theNational Commission, replacing H.E. Mr. NguyenDy Nien, who after a long and fruitful involve-ment with UNESCO became Minister for Foreign

Affairs. Since 1999, the National Commission hasbeen under the capable leadership of Ms. NguyenThi Hoi, the current Secretary General.

The Office of UNESCO in Hanoi wishes toexpress its grateful appreciation of the NationalCommission’s support. The closeness of the relationship and the practical help and advice thatthe Commission has willingly provided has been a critical factor in the achievement of the Office'sobjectives throughout the biennium.

In addition to the UN organizations, bilateral and multilateral donors and other internationalinstitutions and agencies with whom we havecolla-borated, we would particularly like to thankthe many Vietnamese partners that we haveworked with, and that have contributed to ourefforts. Limited space precludes a fullycomprehensive list, but particular thanks go to the following organizations:

VIETNAMESE STATE BODIES

Communist Party of Viet Nam • Central Committee

Commission for External Relations• Central Commission for Science and Education

National Assembly• Foreign Affairs Committee

Office of the State President• Department for External Relations

VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

Ministry of Construction• International Cooperation Department• Research Institute on Architecture

Ministry of Culture and Information• Department for Conservation and Museology• Department of Copyright• Department of International Relations

Ministry of Education and Training• Department of Continuing Education• Department of Early Childhood Education• Department of International Relations • Department of Planning and Finance• Department of Primary and Pre-school Education • Department of Secondary Education• National Institute for Education Development• National Institute for Educational Sciences

Ministry of Foreign Affairs• Consular Department• International Organizations Department• Press and Information Department• Protocol Department

Ministry of Health• International Cooperation Department

Ministry of Planning and Investment• Foreign Economic Relations Department

Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment• Department of International Relations

State Committee for Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Area Affairs

PROVINCIAL AND CITY PEOPLE’S COMMITTEES

Ha Long City People’s Committee

Hanoi People’s Committee• Department of Culture and Information• Department of Foreign Affairs

Hoi An People’s Committee

Quang Nam Provincial People’ s Committee• Department of Culture and Information•Department ofTourism• World Heritage Conservation Office

Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee• Department of Tourism

Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee• Department of Culture and Information• Department of Education• Department of Health• Department of Planning and Investment• Department of Tourism

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Institute of International Relations

Viet Nam National University, Hanoi

SPECIALISED INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCH CENTRES

Hai Phong Institute of Oceanology

Ho Chi Minh City AIDS Committee

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources

National AIDS Bureau

National Centre for Monument Conservation

National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Viet Nam

National Library of Viet Nam

National Youth Committee of Viet Nam

National Centre for Natural Sciences and Technology• International Cooperation Department• Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources• Institute of Geography

National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities of Viet Nam

• Centre for Family and Women's Studies• Institute of Folklore Studies• International Cooperation Department

Research Institute of Marine Products in Hai Phong

Viet Nam Committee for Protection and Care of Children

Viet Nam Man and Biosphere Program (MAB) National Committee

Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism

Viet Nam Research Center on Human Rights

MASS ORGANIZATIONS

Centre for Vocational Training and Job Service for Youth

Quang Ninh Youth Union

Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Viet Nam Fatherland Front

Viet Nam Women’s Union

Viet Nam Youth Federation• International Cooperation Department

WHA MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTS

Ha Long Bay Management Department

Hoi An Centre for Monuments Management and Preservation

Hue Monuments Conservation Centre

My Son Relics Management Board

Quang Nam Heritage Sites Conservation Centre (Hoi An Old Town and My Son Sanctuary)

MUSEUMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Ho Chi Minh Museum

National History Museum

Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology

Vietnamese Women’s Museum

VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATIONS

Association of Vietnamese Folklorists

Centre for Education Promotion and Empowerment for Women

Craft Link

Psychology Education Association of Ho Chi Minh City

Social Development Research and Consultancy

Viet Nam Architect Association

The Viet Nam NationalCommission for

UNESCO, headed byMs. Nguyen Thi Hoi,

Secretary Generalsince 1999 (fourth

from the right).

O U T R E A C H & P A R T N E R S H I P S


These UNESCO publicationshave been produced by theHanoi Office since itsinception in 1999:

• UNESCO Office in Viet NamAnnual Report 2000 (2000) Thefirst year of programming activities ofthe Hanoi UNESCO Office.

• DIARIES2000 - Peace is in Our Hands:

International Year for the Culture of Peace(1999)

2001 - World Heritage Areas: Ha Long BayEcomuseum (2000)

2002 - Education for All: A Global Priority(2001) Produced as advocacy tools, theseVietnamese-English diaries highlight major thrusts inthe programming of the Hanoi Office and raise theawareness of UNESCO’s main areas of activity.

• UNESCO Viet Nam Office (1999) The original brochure for promoting UNESCO’s work in Viet Nam, and the Office’s first publication.

• Manifesto 2000: For a Culture of Peace and Non-violence (2000) A bilingual, promotional tool for the Manifesto 2000global movement for peace.

• EFA Planning Guide: Southeast and East Asia(2001) Originally published by the UNESCORegional Bureau for Education for Asia and the Pacificin Bangkok, this guide has been translated intoVietnamese and provides the methodological tool fordrafting the National EFA Plan of Action in Viet Nam.

• Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum Feasibility Study(2001) The technical report of the Ha Long BayEcomuseum feasibility study, available both inVietnamese and English.

• Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum (video) (2001)Presenting the philosophy and approach to the HaLong Bay Ecomuseum concept in an accessible way.

• Vital Traditions: Revival and Innovation ofTraditional Textiles (2002)* Technical report of the regional textile workshopheld in Hanoi in 2001.

• Artists in Development CreativityProgramme: Vital Traditions (2002)* This summary report outlines the mainactivities undertaken during the three-week regional textile workshop in Hanoi.

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Publications • Vital Traditions: Revival and Innovation of Traditional Textiles (video) (2002)* A video bringing forward the voices of the workshopparticipants and showing their areas of expertise at theregional textile workshop. In original languages withEnglish subtitles

• Guidebook for Youth Participation inHeritage Conservation (2001) A brief, pocketsize and user-friendly guidebook that encourages and enables young people toparticipate in the interpretation, conservationand management of heritage.

• The Viet Nam Youth Forum 2000 RecordThe outcome report, published both in Vietnamese and English, of the first,national youth forum held on Hanoi in 2000.

• Globalization with a HumanFace: Promoting CulturalDiversity and Education for All:A Priority for the NewMillennium.Season’s greeting cards for 2000 and 2001,respectively. The Office sends traditional UNESCOHanoi greeting cards all over the world at the endof each year.

• Folders and fact sheets related to variousprogramming and project activities.

(*developed and prepared in 2001, but published in 2002)

In addition, the Hanoi UNESCO Office hasparticipated in a number of joint publicationswith the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), producing a presentation on the UnitedNations in Viet Nam, The UN works for the next generation 2001 calendar, and UN works …campaign posters.


THE UNESCO HOUSEOFFICE PREMISES:

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RESOURCESH U M A N

The Hanoi UNESCO Officehas been headed by Ms. Rosamaria Durand, Representative and Head ofOffice, since its establishmentin September 1999, and hassince been ‘home’ to manypeople. These dedicatedindividuals have contributedgreatly to the success ofUNESCO’s activities in VietNam, and have played apivotal role in the Office’sdevelopment.

STAFF BASED IN THE UNESCO HOUSE AT THE END OF 2001:

Ms. BUI Thi Hai, Office Manager (01/2000 -)Ms. DOAN Thi Dung, Secretary to the Representative

(07/2000 -)Ms. HOANG Lan Anh, Cleaner (04/2000 -)Mr. HOANG Van Thuy, Night Guard (04/2000 -)Ms. LE Thu Huong, Programme Officer,

Education for All (09/2001-)Ms. Yung LE, Project Officer, Youth and Culture

of Peace (03/2001-)Mr. Joshua MILLEN, Project Officer, Cultural Heritage

(08/2001-)Ms. NGUYEN Thi Anh Dung, Liaison Officer,

Regional Textile Project (10/2001-)Mr. NGUYEN Quoc Chinh, Night Guard (04/2000 -)Ms. NGUYEN Thi Ngoc Quynh, Project Assistant,

Education for All, (11/2001-)Mr. Normand RODRIGUE, Project Officer,

Cultural Heritage (07/2001-)Ms. Yayoi SEGI-VLTCHEK, Assistant Programme

Specialist, Education and HIV/AIDS (09/2001-)

Mr. Thomas SLATIS, Programme Officer, Culture and Communication (07/2000 -)

Mr. TRAN Manh Hy, Gardener (04/2000 -)Mr. TRAN Van Tien, Driver (02/2000 -)

FORMER STAFF:

Ms. DO Thi Thu Huong, Project Assistant, Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum Feasibility Study (07/2000-01/2001)

Ms. Madeleine HAGNE, Project Officer, Gender (06/2000-01/2001)

Ms. Aprile SCHWARTZ, Project Officer, Science and HIV/AIDS (06/2000-06/2001)

Ms. Sarika SEKI HUSSEY, Project Officer, Education (06/2000-06/2001)

Mr. Len TOOKE, Project Manager, Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum Feasibility Study (06-12/2000)

EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS:

Ms. Pernille ASKERUD, Education and CultureDr. Klaus BAHR, Lead Consultant for EFAMs. Jan BAKER, Craft DesignDr. Diane BRETHERTON, Culture of PeaceMs. Claire BURKERT, Craft DevelopmentMr. Serge DOUSSANTOUSSE, HIV/AIDSDr. Amareswar GALLA, Principal Technical

Advisor in CultureDr. HA Huu Nga, Culture, ArchaeologyMr. Nyan MYINT, Education, Data Processing

and Projection AnalysisMr. Fabrizio OSSELLA, Education, Non-formal

and Youth EducationMr. Gregory PEARSON, Education,

EFA PreparationsMr. PHAM Hoang Hai, Books, Publishing, LibraryMr. PHAM The Khang, Books, Publishing, Library Prof. TO Ngoc Thanh, Culture, Intangible HeritageMr. Len TOOKE, Specialist Editor, Culture, HeritageMs. TRAN Han Giang, GenderProf. Pham Xuan Nam, Culture and Development Dr. TRAN Van Y, GIS Systems

The UNESCO House is a beautiful heritagebuilding, restored between late 1999 and theearly months of 2000 with financial assistancefrom Hanoi People’s Committee and theNational Commission, in the former Frenchcolonial area of central Hanoi. The house is anexample of a distinct architectural style thatmust be preserved. By locating its Office in arenovated heritage house, UNESCO wishes tomake a statement in support of the continuedconservation of such heritage in the context ofrapid urban development.

The staff of theUNESCO House in

September 2001.Left to right, front row:

Normand Rodrigue, LeThu Huong, Rosamaria

Durand, Yung Le,Hoang Lan Anh,

Nguyen Quoc Chinh;Middle row: Joshua

Millen, Doan Thi Dung,Tran Manh Hy, Hoang

Van Thuy;Back row: Tran Van

Tien, Bui Thi Hai,Thomas Slatis, Yayoi

Segi-Vltchek.


MandateU N E S C O A N D I T S

UNESCO FIELD OFFICES IN THE ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION

The United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO) is the UnitedNations’ specialized agency with a mandate for intellectual cooperation in the fields of education,science and the social sciences, culture and commu-nication. From the Headquarters of the Organization

in Paris, UNESCO liaises with its 188(and six Associate) Member Statesthrough a worldwide network of Offices.The Offices assure UNESCO’s presencein the regions and maintain interactiverelations with the various partners inpursuing the Organization’s mission.

UNESCO’s Constitution stipulates that“The purpose of the Organization is tocontribute to peace and security bypromoting collaboration among thenations through education, science andculture in order to further universalrespect for justice, for the rule of law andfor the human rights and fundamentalfreedoms which are affirmed for thepeoples of the world, without distinctionof race, sex, language or religion, by theCharter of the United Nations.” (Article I.Purposes and Functions, par. 1)

The constitution was adopted by the London GeneralConference in November 1945 and entered intoeffect on 4 November 1946 when 20 states haddeposited instruments of acceptance.

Approved by the 31st Session of the GeneralConference of UNESCO in October 2001, theMedium-Term Strategy for 2002-2007 (31 C/4) isplaced in the context of UNESCO's commitment tocontribute to peace and human development in anera of globalisation. The programmes and activities in this strategy are aligned along three strategic axes:“developing and promoting universal principles andnorms”; “promoting pluralism, through recognitionand safeguarding of diversity together with theobservance of human rights”; and “promotingempowerment and participation in the emergingknowledge society”.

Two cross-cutting themes underpin these policychoices: the “eradication of poverty, especiallyextreme poverty” and “the contribution ofinformation and communication technologies to the development of education, science and cultureand the construction of a knowledge society”.

UNESCO Offices throughout the world, incollaboration with National Commissions forUNESCO, develop regional, sub-regional andnational strategies. In the Asia and the Pacific regionstrategic areas have been identified in collaborationwith the Secretaries General of the NationalCommissions for UNESCO. Among them, UNESCOgives high priority to assisting Member States in the region to develop national Education For All(EFA) plans.

Cluster Office

National Office

Cluster Offices & Regional Bureaus

UNESCO Office Almaty: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

UNESCO Office Apia: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands,Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education: Cambodia,Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam

UNESCO Office Beijing: China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea

UNESCO Office Jakarta and Regional Bureau in Science: Indonesia,Malaysia, Philippines

UNESCO Office New Delhi and Regional Bureau for Communication and Information: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka

UNESCO Office Teheran: Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan,Turkmenistan

Hanoi

Bejing

Phnom Penh

Bangkok

Jakarta

Apia

DhakaKathmandu

NewDelhi

Islamabad

Tashkent

Almaty

Teheran

SAMOA

StrategyU N E S C O A N D I T S

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“For UNESCO, the great

challenge today is to

determine how better to

enhance understanding and

sharing between and among

cultures: how to promote

the wider diffusion of

information and knowledge

about the realities of

different cultures, and how

to promote acceptance of,

and respect for, other

cultures and belief systems.

Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO,

at the 162nd session of theExecutive Board, UNESCO,

Paris, 2 October 2001.

Disclaimer: Delineation of national boundaries are for reference purposes, and do not represent an endorsement by UNESCO Headquarters, Institutions or any of its Field Offices.


RESOURCESF I N A N C I A L

ACCU Asia Cultural Centre for UNESCO

APPEAL Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All

ASP UNESCO Associated Schools Project

CCA Common Country Assessment

CG Consultative Group for Vietnam

CIDA Canadian International Development Agency

CLC Community Learning Centre

EFA Education For All

HIV/AIDS Human Immune Deficiency/AcquiredImmune Deficiency Syndrome

ICT Information and CommunicationTechnologies

IEST International EFA Support Team

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

MAB UNESCO’s Programme on Man and the Biosphere

MoCI Ministry of Culture and Information

MoET Ministry of Education and Training

NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

UN United Nations

UNCT United Nations Country Team

UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework

UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization

USD United States Dollar

VTV Viet Nam National Television

WB World Bank

WHA World Heritage Area

2000-2001 (1 January 2000 - 31 December 2001)

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 2000-01

16%

84%Programme

OperatingCosts

PROGRAMME, EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDS& OPERATING COSTS 2000-01

REGULAR PROGRAMME ALLOCATIONS BY SECTOR 2000-01

24%60%

16%6%

35%59%Programme

Operating Costs

Extra-BudgetaryFunds

EducationCulture

Social andHuman Sciences

BUDGET 2000-01 (30 C/5)ALL AMOUNTS IN USD

TOTAL

REGULAR PROGRAMME

EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDS

*) Culture 84,500.00Education 121,000.00EFA Support - UNESCO Bangkok 21,897.80Social and Human Sciences 14,500.00Programme Subtotal 241,897.80Operating Costs 163,000.00Regular Programme 404,897.80

BIENNIUM

YEAR 2000 YEAR 2001

Viet Nam Youth Forum 25,985.00Asian Women for a Culture of Peace Conference 23,671.42Ha Long Bay Ecomuseum Feasibility Study 130,523.00Book and Library Pre-feasibility Study 11,820.00Extra-Budgetary Funds Subtotal year 2000 191,999.42EFA Diary 2002 11,095.00Strengthen HIV Prevention and Care among Youth 19,000.00Project Development of Youth in Heritage Conservation in Viet Nam 5,000.00Project Development Fund of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust 5,000.00Strategy Development of Management Capacities for Hoi An Ancient Town 28,920.00Regional Textile Workshop 110,000.00**) EFA Support - Japanese Funds-in-Trust 49,890.00**) EFA Support - WB/CIDA 196,870.00Extra-Budgetary Funds Subtotal year 2001 425,775.00Extra-Budgetary Funds 617,774.42

UNESCO Hanoi Office 1,022,672.22*) Includes contributions from the Division of Women, Youth and Special Strategies ($10,000 USD) and the Youth Coordination Unit ($10,000 USD).**) Approved. Disbursement in 2002.

ACRONYMS

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ANNUAL REPORT 2001& OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES 1999-2001

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

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