CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

1.     Proposed Position					Social and Livelihood Specialist
2.     Name of Firm					Institute for Development Studies and Supports, Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations
3.     Name of Staff					Dr. Ha Huu Nga
4.     Date of Birth						Nationality:	Vietnamese
5.     Education					§  Ph.D. Anthropology, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Viet Nam, 1994. §  M.A. Anthropology, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Viet Nam, 1988. §  B.A. History, Hanoi University, Viet Nam, 1978.
6.     Membership in Professional Societies					Southeast Asian Anthropologists Association
7.     Other training					§  Training Course on Project Evaluation, Swinburne University (Australia), Hanoi, 1993-1994. §  Training Course on Livelihood Develoment for Indigenous Peoples. Nanning, China 1995. §  Training Course on Applied Anthropology and Livelihoood Development, Melakka, Malaysia, 1998. §  Third Millennium South East Asian Anthropology, Training Course on Social Development Anthropology, Penang, Malaysia, 1999. §  Gender and Human Resource Development for Rural Areas, UNESCO,  Ha Long City, Vietnam 2002. §  Training Coure on Value Chain Analysis in Making Markets Work Better for the Poor, UNDP, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2005. §  Training Course on Rural Development in INRS, University of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2006. §  Training Course on Gender and Rural Development, Chungshan University, Guangzhau, Guangtung, China, 2007. §  Training Course on Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2TM , UNDP – Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, 2007. §  Training Course on Managing Successful Programmes, UNDP – Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, 2008.
8.     Countries of Work Experience					Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Holland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Tadjikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
9.     Languages					English                               Fluent Russian                    Good
10. Employment Record
	From: Feb. 2013		To		Present
					Institute for Development Studies and Supports, Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations
	Position held				Head, Development Studies Division. Chairman of the Scientists’ Council of the Institute for Development Studies and Supports.
	From: Jan 2005		To:		2013
	Employer		:		Regional Sustainable Development Institute of Vietnam,  Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.
	Position held		:		Head, Devision of Environment and Social Sustainable Development. Chairman of the Scientists’ Council of Regional Sustainable Development Institute of Vietnam .
	From: Jan 1979		To:		Dec 2004
	Employer		:		Institute of Archaeology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.
	Position held		:		Social Anthropological Specialist Head, Section and Secretary of Scientists’ Council.
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		Feb. 2019 –  Dec. 2020 Studying and proposing solutions for building self-governance models of village-commune communities in New Rural Development. Science and Technology Program for New Rural Development. Institute for Development Studies and Supports, Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations Position held: Project Manager (State level). Main features of the Project: i). Clarify the basic concepts; built a theoretical framework; establish theoretical and practical basis, a framework of criteria for assessing the self-governance model of local communities; ii) Appreciate the current situation of self-governance of the village community  in the coastal areas, mountainous areas and ethnic minorities; iii) Proposing solutions for implementing the grassroots democracy, promoting traditional values ​​and new values ​​of autonomy and self-governance of the community in New Rural Development today; iv) Building self-governance models for implementing the grassroots democracy in village communities in New Rural Develoment. Dec. 2017 –  2018 Building policies to mobilize scientific and technical staff for participating in science and technology transfer in New Rural Development. Science and Technology Program for New Rural Development. Institute for Development Studies and Supports, Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations Position held: Project Manager (State level). Main features of the Project: i) Improve the efficiency of mobilizing scientific and technical staff to participate in the transfer of science and technology in New Rural Development in different regions; ii) Establish a theoretical and practical basis for mobilizing science and technology staff to participate in transfer of science and technology in New Rural Development; iii) Assess the status of resources and mechanisms and policies to mobilize science and technology staff to participate in the transfer of science and technology in New Rural Development in different areas, including difficult communes, border and sea island regions; iv). Propose policies to mobilize science and technology staff to participate in transfer of science and technology in New Rural Development. Activities to be carried out: i) Report on the current status of staff and policies to mobilize science and technology staff to participate in the transfer of science and technology in New Rural Development in different regions; ii) The report on proposing policies to mobilize scientific and technological staff to participate in transfer of science and technology in New Rural Construction; iii) Report on the testing results of new policies in transfer of science and technology in different communes of New Rural Development Program. Dec. 2015 – July 2017 Collective Behavior and Social Organization: Sociological Studies on Disaster (in the case of rural communities affected by natural disasters in Central Vietnam) The Institute for Development Studies and Assistence, The National Science and Technology Foundation (NAFOSTED) Vulnerable Group and Gender Specialist The specialist will carry out the following tasks and duties: - Conduct field trips in 6 provinces of Central Vietnam - Conduct in-depth interviews with affected vulnerable groups in rural communities (women, disables, children, ethnic minorities, poor people); - Conduct focus group discussions with the affected rural communities in Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai provinces; - Field trips reporting; - Writing Chapter One of the Final report: Conceptual Framework for the assessment of collective behaviors of rural communities affected by natural disasters in Central Vietnam; - Writing Chapter Two of the Final report: Assessment of collective behaviors of rural communities affected by natural disasters in Central Vietnam.
		Nov., 2015 – Oct., 2016 Development of Management Information System for Forestry Sector in Vietnam (FORMIS II) Finland Government and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  Poverty Reduction and Gender Specialist The specialist will carry out, but not limited to, the following tasks and duties: - Review of the 5MHRP and the FPDP data as well as poverty, gender and ethnic minority data; - Conduct national stakeholder interviews on the 5MHRP and the FPDP; - Review and investigate proper and appropriate indicators for forestry with relation to poverty and gender; - Conduct quick analysis of the impact of the 5MHRP on poverty and gender in 1998-2010 comprising the current available data in Excel format including statistical analyses; - Conduct deep statistical analyses on all relevant data, review and collect more accurate data and create reports and thematic maps for following purposes: - Deep impact analysis of the 5MHRP on poverty and gender for the years 1998-2010 including statistical analyses; - Analysis of the trend in plantations, growth of plantation area, average size of forestry holdings and other parameters for the years 2011-2020 including statistical analyses.
		August, 2014 – Dec. 2016 (12 person-months) Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) 6 province of Central Vietnam WB and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Gender and Social Development Specialist The overall objective of the consultancy is to work with a small team of individually recruited consultants and a conduct a SESA and design a stand-alone ESMF. - In conjunction with other team members assess and evaluate the potential socio economic impact of current and future REDD+ related policies and intervention activities on forest communities in ER program area; - Help review the different forest dependent communities and disadvantaged groups (including gender – based risks) accessing forest resources; - Undertake diagnostic stakeholder meetings with the District, Commune, village, Forest Management Boards (MBs) and State Forest Companies (SFCs) reviewing social and local community participation issues; - In conjunction with other team members determine the social and institutional issues affecting different line agencies, NGOs, ethnic minority groups/associations; - Conduct gender analysis and ensure that gender concerns are incorporated into the ESMF, REDD+ options and planning, including the requirement for gender-disaggregated data collection, gender consultation and the gender action plan; - Assist in the preparation of the Process Framework, in consultation other team members involved in the preparation of the Ethnic Minority Planning Framework; and - Contribute to the stakeholder analysis, and communication plans of FCPF and particular attention should be placed on ensuring that the communications reach rural communities.
		Novembert, 2013 – Dec. 2016 (9 person-months) Development of Northern Chu and Southern Ma Rivers Irrigation System Project, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ethnic Minority and Social Development Specialist - Develop  Institutions  for  the  related  stakeholders  in  the  social  security  policy implementation, gender, ethnic minorities; - Support Team Leader to propose a legal framework necessary for the above institutions; Coordinate with Deputy Team Leader and related specialists in preparing, updating and adjusting the implementation plan to ensure project completion progress according to the signed agreements; - Survey and assess the social, economic aspect of the project area in every year of project time, support for M&E  data for baseline  and continuous  years and Project Completion Report. - Guide, assist  and  monitor  DARD,  PPMUs  and  the  relevance  agencies  to  implement according  to  the  above  Manual  and  support  CPMU  in  training  for  the  social  security policy; - Coordinate with all specialists in team to assist CPO/CPMU in preparing of TORs, scope and implement Outputs 1 – 4; - Monitor  social  safeguard  implementation,  and  gender  and  poverty  issues  to  ensure expected  project  outputs  and  propose  measures  to  ensure  the  project  implementation progress as planned in the project DMF.
		August, 2011 – Dec. 2015 (6 person-months) Agricultural Product Safety and Quality Production 16 province of North and South Vietnam ADB and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Ethnic Minority and Social Development Specialist   Specialist for Development Support and Promoting for Agricultural Product Safety and Quality Production (6pm). The specialist will: - Assist in training and extending GAPs applied for safety production in general and for crop models under Project in particularly; - Assist CPMU, IPMU and PPMUs in put into the practice of the policies and regulations on the safety production development; - Identify and propose the priorities, support in implementing, supervising and management  of the applied models in safety vegetable, tea and fruit production and post-harvest at project provinces; - Prepare the technical reports for safety production development supporting and promoting; - Review the current training program and documents, including the documents provided by NGOs and related agencies; - Design and propose necessary training courses and TOT courses for improving safety crop production and quality management.   December 2010 – September 2017 (6 person-month ) Environmental and Social Panel of Experts for Huoi Quang Hydropower Project in Vietnam In the frame of the MAIN-CONTRACT signed between the HPMU1 and SOGREAH (France)  Ethnic Minority and Social Development Specialist Objectives: - Contribution to the training seminar on gender and social issues of Hydropower projects to be held during the inception mission; - Compliance of the EIA and other related documents with the international good practice regarding gender and social issues; with applicable Vietnamese laws and regulations regarding gender and social issues: consultation, expropriation, land acquisition, etc.; compliance of Contractor(s) activities with gender and social issues guidelines set out in the EIA and the SEAP, etc. - Evaluation of plans and proposals for gender and social issues identified in the SEAP, recommendations to resolve non-compliance detected and evaluation of actions implemented. - Check for correct compensation of all PAPs to be consistent with the SEAP commitments; check the existence of correct conflict resolution and grievance mechanisms. - Review activity or monitoring reports related to gender and social issues as resettlement, income restoration or any other gender and social issues; update, consolidate and revise the plan, and carry out tasks, for monitoring and evaluation of resettlement compensation and related issues. - Study the opportunity and design a process of implementation for a Benefit Sharing System. Sept.2007- Dec.2013 (33 person-months) Forestry Sector Development Project (FSDP).   6 provinces of Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, Thưa Thien Hue, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An. World Bank and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Ethnic Minority and Social Development Specialist. The objective of the project is to achieve sustainable management of (plantation) forests and the conservation of biodiversity in special use forests to enhance the contribution of forestry to rural poverty reduction and global environmental protection. Participation in the project will be voluntary and the project, therefore, will be demand-driven. Tasks: §   To work closely with the provincial project officers to ensure that they are aware of the provisions of the Ethnic Minority Development Strategy and the Social and Gender Policies Framework, and that they act according to those provisions when relevant; §   To liaise with and the provincial participation consultants to ensure that they are aware of the provisions of the Ethnic Minority Development Strategy and the Social and Gender Policies Framework, and that they act according to those provisions when relevant; §   To assist in preparation of development plans for their ethnic minority communes based on the ethnic minority development strategy prepared by MARD; §   To assess the extent to which acquisition of land and assets were undertaken during the project and to see the compliance with the provisions of the Social and Gender Policies Framework. September 2010 – April 2011 (4 person-month) Gender and Disaster Risk Management Assessment  (DRM) East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank The World Bank office in Vientiane, Lao PDR Ethnic Minority Development Specialist Objectives The World Bank office in Vientiane, Lao PDR plans to hire an international consultant to undertake an assignment to support the collection and synthesis of data and best practices on gender and natural disasters in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam focusing on floods and droughts. - The main task of the international consultant is to lead a small team of locally hired consultants in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to collect and consolidate local datasets disaggregated by gender on recurrent disasters in each country and collect best practice examples of gender integration from in-country field visits and prepare an overview of the results. - The consultant is also expected to undertake a stocktaking exercise of best practice examples of gender integration into DRM projects and programs in the region, and based on this, to create guidelines and recommendations for World Bank staff and clients on integrating gender aspects into disaster risk management programs by sector. Task: - Desk study - Guidelines for Bank staff and clients how to integrating gender  considerations analytically and in the field into disaster risk management programs and policies. - Develop benchmarks and indicators Produce a draft report which combines the deskstudy, gives practical and includes guidelines, benchmarks and indicators as annexes. - Consult with World Bank teams in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam working on DRM - Consultation workshop - Writing Final report, Guidelines, Benchmarks and Indicators May 2009 – Dec. 2012 (12 person-month). Urbanization and the role of social and gender policies in urban infrastructure development in Vietnam INRS Quebec University, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences The International Opportunity Fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC). Team Leader; Social and Gender Specialist Objectives: i) research into the urbanization of Hanoi city, Thanh Hoa city, and Vinh city; ii) assessing of impacts of social and gender policies on the changes of daily life conditions, perceptions of urbanisation processes by the state and by the inhabitants, and iii) role of social and gender policies in accelerating of development of these cities. Tasks: - organizing scientific meetings in each city on social and gender policies; - participate at the IVe biennal congress of the Réseau Asie in Paris in 2012; - facilitating scholars exchanges in research into social and gender policies; - writing a research report on social and gender policies and elaborating a multiple-year research program; and - elaborating a long-term strategy for improvement of social and gender policies for cities of Vietnam. Jan. 2009 – May. 2011 (12 person-month). Livestock and Value Chain in Rural Household Economy Development: Women’s Role in the Red River Delta compared to the Cuu Long River Delta, Vietnam. Ministry of Science and Technology – Vietnam Academy for Social Sciences Team Leader; Ethnic Minority Specialist Objectives: i) research into the role of women in rural household livestock-based economy development; ii) value-chain analysing of livestock raising, household-sized food processing, and Biogas Technology; iii) assessing of impacts of women’s role on the improved environmental and economical conditions in rural areas; iii) role of social and gender policies in accelerating of sustainable development of rural areas. Tasks: - organizing scientific meetings in each locality on the role of women in rural household livestock-based economy development; - collecting and processing related data - writing a research report on the role of women in rural household livestock-based economy development; - elaborating a long-term sustainable development strategy for improved economical and environmental rural areas of Vietnam.
		Nov.2007-Nov.2009 (24 person-months) Forestry Sector Development Project (FSDP).   4 provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh. World Bank and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Ethnic Minority Specialist. The objective of the project is to achieve sustainable management of (plantation) forests and the conservation of biodiversity in special use forests to enhance the contribution of forestry to rural poverty reduction and global environmental protection. It is planned that about 66,000 ha will be planted in 120 communes of 21 districts, of which at least 56,000 ha will be planted by households. Participation in the project will be voluntary and the project, therefore, will be demand-driven. Tasks: §   To work closely with the provincial project officers to ensure that they are aware of the provisions of the Ethnic Minority Development Strategy and the Social and Gender Policies Framework, and that they act according to those provisions when relevant; §   To liaise with and the provincial participation consultants to ensure that they are aware of the provisions of the Ethnic Minority Development Strategy and the Social and Gender Policies Framework, and that they act according to those provisions when relevant; §   To assist in preparation of development plans for their ethnic minority communes based on the ethnic minority development strategy prepared by MARD; §   To assess the extent to which acquisition of land and assets were undertaken during the project and to see the compliance with the provisions of the Social and Gender Policies Framework.
		Nov.2008 – June 2009. (4 person-month) Enhancing Transparency, Community Participation, and Social Accountability in Large Infrastructure Development (Handbook). Compiling Handbook, training and disseminating in 5 provinces of Gia Lai, Hai Phong, Kien Giang, Lao Cai, Quang Nam. World Bank and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Team Leader and Ethnic Minority Specialist The objectives of Handbook is to: - assist the Government of Vietnam in identifying of methods and approaches to the concepts of transparency, community participation, and social accountability in infrastructure projects, especially concerning to social and gender policies framework. - support the Government of Vietnam in developing of effective practices for strengthening transparency, community participation, and social accountability in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country’s large infrastructure projects concerning to social and gender policies framework. - guide the Government staffs in piloting of effective practices for strengthening transparency, community participation, and social accountability in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country’s large infrastructure projects concerning to social and gender policies framework. - promote the central and local authorities in replicating of effective practices for strengthening transparency, community participation, and social accountability in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the country’s large infrastructure projects concerning to social and gender policies framework. Tasks: - Organize and lead the research team for gathering and analysing of the data concerning to methods and approaches to the concepts of transparency, community participation, and social accountability in large infrastructure projects concerning to social and gender policies framework. - Ensure  that the quality of the handbook meeting all the criteria of being understandable, being applicable, and being participatory set by the World Bank’s social and gender policies framework. - Conduct pilot trainings of utilization of the Handbook for the local authorities in provinces of Kien Giang, Gia Lai, Quang Nam, Lao Cai, and Hai Phong in complaince with the World Bank’s social and gender policies framework.
		Name of assignment or project: Monitoring Resettlement Plan and Community Consultantcy and Evaluation Project Impact under Central Region Transport Network Project (ADB5) Year: 2006 - 2009 Location: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong, Ninh Thuan, and Binh Thuan provinces Client: Project Management Unit 1 and ADB Main project features: Surveying economy and society and living standard of households; Monitor and assess the project Positions held: Ethnic Minority Specialist Activities performed:   §  Making the Community Consultant and Dissemination Strategy §  Develop a set of reference materials, providing policy and institutional guidance;  §  Interview officers of Compensation Committees at different levels §  Surveying economy and society and living standard of households §  Interview Project - Affected persons §  Organize and control group focus for disadvantageous groups such as the poor, ethnic minorities (EM) §  Visit those who processed complaints §  Write reports
		Sept. 2007 – Jan. 2008 (5 person-month).  Trung Son Hydropower Project Technical Assistance Quan Hoa District, Muong Lat District (Thanh Hoa), Moc Chau District (Son La), World Bank and Vietnam Power Source Development Project. Ethnic Minority and Resettlement Specialist. The purposes of the project is to report of Package XH-01: social and gender survey and assessment of Trung Son Hydropower Project Technical Assistance (PHRD grant) for preparation of Vietnam Power Source Development Project: to ensure that all project affected people will have influence in decision making regarding all issues related to their own interest; and to minimize adverse impacts caused by compulsory resettlement; avoid possible social conflicts during the project compulsory resettlement implementation. The tasks of social assessment: -Identifying  stakeholders such as ethnic communities, especially women and children or disable groups under the compulsory resettlement implementation; - Gathering  pertinent social, economic, gender and cultural data such as comprehensive data set of socioeconomic information, tangible and intangible cultural heritages; - Assessing  all types the impacts of the projects on beneficiary groups including cultural, social, economical, gender as well as environmental ones under the compulsory resettlement implementation; - Ensuring  that views of such groups are included in project designs, for example, involving ethnic minorities in consultation and participation process; and, - Preparing cultural-appropriate participation strategies and mitigation measures. It is important that these participation strategies and mitigation measures are acceptable to ethnic minorities under the compulsory resettlement implementation;
		Jul. 2006 – Jul. 2008 (12 person-months) Research into the Ethnic Minorities Human Resource Development for the areas under tremendous impacts of mass resettlement programs. Conducted in 8 regions: North East, North West, Northern Central, Central Vietnam, Southern Central, the Central Highlands, Eastern South Vietnam, Western South Vietnam. Funded by Ministry of Sciences and Technology and Vietnam National Academy for Political Sciences and Administration. Team Leader, Ethnic Minority Specialist The Project is being implemented in all provinces among the above 8 regions of Vietnam in which ethnic minorities live. The objectives of the project are: - to conduct serveys on socio-economic and human resource data of ethnic minority societies under tremendous impacts of mass resettlement programs. - to gather socio-economic data of ethnic minority societies, their human resource under tremendous impacts of mass resettlement programs. - to analyse socio-economic data of ethnic minority societies under tremendous impacts of mass resettlement programs and their human resource to serve for the Human Resource Development Policy of the Ethnic Minorities of Vietnamese government. - to propose solutions for the development of ethnic minority human resource under tremendous impacts of mass resettlement programs. Tasks: - Build and prepare fieldtrip tool kits for gathering of socio-economic and human resource data of ethnic minority societies under tremendous impacts of mass resettlement programs in 8 regions of North East, North West, Northern Central, Central Vietnam, Southern Central, the Central Highlands, Eastern South Vietnam, Western South Vietnam. - Lead the research team in collecting and analysing of the socio-economic and human resource data of ethnic minority societies under tremendous impacts of mass resettlement programs in the above regions. - Organize scientific workshops and conferences for consultation to the relevant specialists and scientists about the issues of human rersources in ethnic minority societies under tremendous impacts of mass resettlement programs from the above regions.. - Write field trips reports and final report.    Oct. 2006 – Sep.2007 (6 person-months) The Northern Mountains Poverty Reduction Project (NMPRP). Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Son La, and Yen Bai. WB / Ministry of Planning and Investment Ethnic Minority and Gender Specialist The project is under the national targeted program for hunger eradication and porverty reduction. Responsible for compliance of project activities as the follows: assist to CPMU in establishment of the whole project’s mass media framework, which should include broadcasting programs for each component, and organize the mass media campaigns in the minorities languages. Works in provinces of Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Son La, and Yen Bai. Tasks: i) develop a framework for the ethnic minority project mass media of  broadcasting programs and the others such as guidebooks, flyers, posters ect. based on the 5 principles, 5 requirements and 5 strategic choices mentioned above. ii) conduct field trips each year to contact with PPMUs, the project district – communal institutions and the grassroots to gather ethnic minority groups’ data and assist in their ethnic minority support activities. iii) prepare toolkits for the whole project information and communication in the bi-language of the Viet and relevant ethnic minority groups. iv) assist in recruiting Ethnic Minority Counterparts of Mass Media in the provincial, district and communal levels with priority of the relevant ethnic minority persons such as elders, village chiefs, women representatives. v)  assist in designing and conducting Project Mass Media campaigns, village level training courses in the project areas in compatibility with the relevant ethnic minority groups’ gender, cultural traditions and languages. vi) provide villagers with effective information of the Project on Central and Local Radio Broadcasting Programs in relevant ethnic minority languages in accordance with the participatory approach and with their inherent cultural and gender identities. vii) assist in the coordination of ethnic minority support activities among the relevant components with disseminating information, lessons learnt to the project stakeholders, feedbacks from the grassroots levels; and assist in conducting ethnic minority and gender participatory M&E of the project.
		Feb. 2007 – Jun. 2007 (3 person-months) Survey for Japanese Assistance Policy for the Development Triangle JICA, Japan, 4 Provinces: Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum). Team Leader, Ethnic Minority Specialist The Development Triangle Area (DT Area), which extends the border areas of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV), includes four provinces in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, namely Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum. Since DT Area is one of the poorest regions in Vietnam, the Vietnamese Government is strongly supporting the development of the DT Area. In November 2004, the Prime Ministers of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam approved the “Socio-Economic Development Master Plan for Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam Development Triangle”. Subsequently, CLV Countries requested Japan to support development of the DT Area based on the Master Plan on the occasion of Japan – CLV Summit in 2004. While Japan has already announced various new ODA projects for the DT Area since the above Summit in 2004, it is necessary to seek clearer development strategy for the DT Area.   The Project is being implemented in Provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum for assessement of socio-economic situation of ethnic minority and majority (the Kinh) development. Responsible for compliance of project activities as the follows: assist to gather and analyse data of economy and societies from the 4 above provinces served for Japanese Assistance Policy for the Development Triangle (10 neighboring provinces of Cambudia (Stung Treng, Rattanakiri, Mondulkiri), Laos (Sekong, Attapu, Saravan) and Vietnam (Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum)). The main purposes of this survey are summarized as the follows: The survey will serve as a basic reference document for Japanese Assistance Policy for the DT Area in Vietnam. The survey will also be utilized to examine the relevance and feasibility of some project proposals for the DT Area in Vietnam.The survey is divided into two sections. The first part of the survey contains activities of collecting and analyzing information on: i) Current socio-economic development stage of the region; ii) Central Government’ policies for the region; iii) Local governments’ capacity; iv) Development potentials and challenges; v) Other donors’ support for the region; vi)  pre-Feasible Study on the proposed projects in the area of training on local government officers, education, and health sectors. Tasks: - Prepare questionnaires and interviewing tool kits for gathering of the data concerning to socio-economic data from four provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Dak Nong in  the Central Highlands. - Lead the research team in collecting and analysing of socio-economic data obtained from four provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Dak Nong in  the Central Highlands. - Organize scientific workshops and conferences for consultation to the relevant specialists, and scientists and the local authorities about the socio-economic issues of of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Dak Nong. - Write field trips reports and final report.
		Jul. 2006 – Sep. 2006 (4 person-months) Vietnam Country Social Analysis (CSA). East Asia Social Development Unit (EASSD) Washington DC, The Word Bank. Dak Lak, Ha Giang, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue. Ethnic Mionority and Social Development Specialist The Project is being implemented in Provinces of Dak Lak, Ha Giang, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue to examines ethnic minority development in the context of this group’s access to assets, capabilities, and voice. In this setting, the CSA will examine why ethnic minorities continue to experience socio-economic marginality when compared to majority groups such as the Kinh. Through an examination of these issues, the CSA objectives are to provide actionable policy and operational measures for the World Bank and its partners to support social inclusion  for ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Work in Provinces of Dak Lak, Ha Giang, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue. Tasks: i) Produce an overview on previous work on the uplands development strategies in Vietnam, particularly in minority areas, including of previous work on: regional development policies and their impacts on upland communities; market penetration and access to markets in upland areas, particularly for minorities; key commodities in the uplands and role of minorities in producing market commodities. ii) conduct anthropological village-level field studies in three region, with a focus on development issues that include social and economic histories of ethnic minorities under study; social changes and economic development changes that have affected these minorities. iii) Contribute a final post-field report development trends among uplands and minority areas of the issues such as: 1) targeting and quality and quantity of coverage of poverty reduction programs; differences in development policies for minorities in different provinces; role of individual and community participation in development policies of communes, districts and provinces; and  main barriers to future economic development in minority areas visited.
		Feb 2005- Aug 2007 (18 person-months) Central Region Livelihood Improvement Project Kon Tum, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Viet Nam ADB / Ministry of Planning and Investment The primary objective is to assist the Government to ensure that the poor in upland commune provinces achieve sustainable livelihoods with an improved quality of life through a reduction in the incidence of poverty in the project area. Ethnic Minority Specialist Ensuring compliance of project activities with IPDP and ADB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policy framework focusing particularly on (i) the ethnic minority groups living in the project provinces, ethnic population, their distribution/ geographic location; (iii) their socio-cultural characteristics, and traditional values, best practices and beliefs related to community, land, and natural resources; and (iv) the socioeconomic status of ethnic groups (family size, education, literacy, main livelihood activities of men and women, land ownership and rights to land and natural resources, local resource use, access to different types of rural infrastructure, and other key factors). Preparing action plan to assist ethnic commune with income development. Conducting gender awareness. Tasks: i) Complete audit of all provincial proposed annual workplans to check that they are in complaince with ADB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policy framework; ii) Develop a strategy for improved methods of mainstreaming ethnic minority concerns into Project service delivery activities in complaince with ADB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and resettlement policy framework; iii) Create and promote use of a simple ethnic minority toolkit to raise awareness with other team members, project partners and local citizens regarding special concerns of ethnic minorities in complaince with ADB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policy framework; iv) Ensure that PME and BME provide effective information to Project management, ADB and the Government to monitor ethnic minority involvement in all phases of project implementation and ensure representation of ethnic minority groups in any commune and village decision making bodies related to the Project in complaince with ADB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policy framework; v) Prepare a specific report on these issues for the comprehensive project review at the end of the second year.
		Apr. 2003 – Dec. 2006 (12 person-months) Provincial Roads Improvement Project DRCC – PMU 5 (MOT) – Asian Development Bank (ADB)                                                                        Social Development and Ethnic Minority Specialist The Independent Monitoring and Evaluation of Resettlement Action Plan Implementation for Subproject 1, 2, 3, 4 in 27 provinces and cities of North Vietnam. Tasks: - Interviewing some PAPs - Participating in meetings with PAPs - Surveying economy and society and living standard of households in land acquisition zones - Evaluating project affection for households in land acquisition zones - Analyzing and processing information - Compiling reports
		March 2003 – Dec. 2005 (8 person-months) System Efficiency Improvement, Equitization and Renewable Project (SEIER). DRCC - Power Network Project Management Board, the World Bank. Social Development and Ethnic Minority Specialist The Independent Monitoring and Evaluation of Resettlement Action Plan Implementation in 15 provinces and cities of North Vietnam. Tasks: - Interviewing some PAPs - Participating in meetings with PAPs - Surveying economy and society and living standard of households in land acquisition zones - Evaluating project affection for households in land acquisition zones - Analyzing and processing information - Compiling reports.
		Aug 2002- Aug 2004 (24 person-months (fulltime) Agricultural Diversification Project Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Quang Tri, Phu Yen, Thua Thien Hue World Bank / Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Diversify and intensify agricultural production so as to increase and stabilize farmers' incomes and rural employment in the poor central highland and coastal provinces of Viet Nam. Ethnic Minority Specialist Responsible for ensuring compliance of project activities with WB's guidelines on ethnic minorities and gender policies. Reviewed existing materials/regulations on ethnic development, reviewed quality of data and information on ethnic minority groups living in the project provinces, identified constraints and made recommendations. Designed and conducted survey socio-economic status of ethnic minority, traditional culture and best practices applied for agricultural crops to develop the Ethnic Monority Development Program and Evaluation of the impact of project to the Ethnic Minority People.. Collated feedback and consolidated reports. Tasks: i) Assist the recruitment of specialists for the PPMUs in the 3 Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai and Dak Lak. These specialists should have knowledge of PRA and indigenous cultivation in complaince with the WB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policies framework; ii) Conduct training courses for extension workers on participatory and extension methods and sensitivity to ethnic minority cultural diversity in complaince with the WB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policies framework; iii) Assist and train 3 specialists for the PPMUs to launch project information communication campaigns to improve community knowledge, establish PCWGs and prepare action plans in complaince with the WB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policies framework; iv) Assist, monitor, guide and speed up the implementation of Project activities, particularly in the 3 Central Highlands and Quang Ngai provinces (In the 2004 plan, the EM Sub-component replaced Quang Ngai by Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue and Phu Yen provinces) to ensure the implementation compatible with EM cultures in complaince with the WB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policies framework; v) Ensure the co-operation between donor agencies responsible for different project components in complaince with the WB's guidelines on ethnic minority, and gender policies framework;
		Jan.2001 – Dec. 2004 (10 person -month) Opinion Consulting procedures, Land Acquisition Compensation, Resettlement and Counseling for people- Rural Road Project II DRCC - No18 Project Management Unit (MOT) – World Bank Ethnic Minority Specialist The Independent Monitoring and Evaluation of Resettlement Action Plan Implementation in 17 southern provinces; 23 northern, middle and Central Highlands provinces; and 18 nothern, middle and Central Highlands provinces. Tasks: - Interview some PAPs; - Participate in meetings with locals of the land acquisition; - Organize additional meetings with communes inhabited by ethnic minority people to guide them assess social impact; - Assess project impacts on households in the land acquisition; - Analyze and process information; - Write monitoring reports.
		Aug - Oct 2001 (3 person-month) Child Labor in Ethnic Minorities Lao Cai, Viet Nam UNICEF The study focused on child labor among ethnic minorities in Lao Cai province Ethnic Minority and Social Specialist - Conducted a study on how to address ethnic minorities concerns in socio-development plan of the province with the main focus on socioeconomic status of ethnic minorities, their sociocultural traditions (role of men, women, children), practices for livelihood, education concepts, national and provincial strategy for ethnic minority development, recommendations and solutions for existing issues. Prepared and presented action plan for child education. Obtained and consolidated feedback from all stakeholders. Organise the training and workshops.
		Apr-Jul 2001 (4 person-months) Anthropological Survey Kon Tum, Viet Nam Government of Viet Nam Survey for preparation of a Government industrial project in Kon Tum. Team Leader / Ethnic Minority and Social Specialist Responsible for survey design, implementation and reporting. Determined the ethnic minority to interview, number of interviewees. Focused on family and social behaviors/culture, gender issues, women roles in family and society, their perception to social development and economic activities in the area and recommendations for identified issues then development of Ethnic Minority Development plan, assess the impact of project to the people. Capacity building for Government staff in different levels
		Jan-May 2000 (5 person-months) The Analytical Study on the Situation of Ethnic Minority Women and Children Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Quang Ngai and Ninh Thuan, Viet Nam UNICEF Study focused on Action Approach to Support Ethnic Minority Families and Children - working with Chain, Ede, Bana and Hre ethnic groups. Ethnic Minority and Social Specialist Responsible for survey design, implementation and reporting and studying on gender issues in the study areas. Examined and identified gender issues in different ethnic minorities and made recommendations on equality of men and women. Implementation of training including training material preparation and training plans
		Jun-Sep 2000 (4 person-months) Socio-economic Development of Vinh Chau District Soc Trang, Viet Nam Petro Viet Nam and Soc Trang Province Committee The project aimed at ethnic minority, socio-economic development of Soc Trang province, which has a large population of Kh'me ethnic mminority. Ethnic Minority and Social Development Specialist Studied the traditions and characteristics of those ethnic minority groups to integrate it into the ethnic minority, socio-economic development plan. Assess the development social risks to the benefits of the ethinic minority people.
		Oct-Nov 2000 (2 person-months) Study on Sexual Perception and Behavior of Viet Nam's Ethnic Minority Groups in Lao Cai Lao Cai, Viet Nam UNAIDS / UNICEF Study on sexual perception and behavior of Viet Nam's ethnic minority groups, which focus on H'mong and Dao ethnic groups Team Leader / Ethnic Minority Specialist Responsible for study design, trial methodologies. Development of Ethnic Minority Development plan, Development of Gender awareness. Assess the social risks to the ethnic minority people’s benefit.
		Jul-Aug 1999 (2 person-months) Hunger Elimination and Poverty Reduction in three Upland Communes Inhabited by Ethnic Minority Quang Ngai, Viet Nam Petro Viet Nam, Government of Viet Nam The project aimed at poverty reduction for ethnic minorities in 3 communes in Quang Ngai province (Ba To, Minh Long and Son Ha districts). Ethnic Minority and Social Development Specialist Responsible for working with H're ethnic group to ensure they benefits from project activities and integration of gender issues in project activities. Identified actual needs for livelihood improvement through studying traditional culture, practices for living, roles of women, men and other gender issues for family and society behaviors, local resources and participation of ethnic minority in project implementation.
		Aug. 1996 - June 1998 (9 person-months) Study on Cultural and Human Impacts in Planning of Dzung Quat Deep Seaport and Industrial Park Quang Ngai, Viet Nam Government of Viet Nam The project aimed at development of Dzung Quat deep sea port at Dzung Quat Industrial Park. Social Development and Gender Specialist Studied the cultural and human factors related to planning phase of the project. Responsible for studying the gender, social issues in the project area. Assess the impact of the project to the women and development of improvement for gender awareness in the community.
		Oct 1994-Apr 1996 (18 person-months) Survey on Social Conditions for Preparation of a Deep Seaport and an Industrial, Trade, Tourism and Services Zone in Chan May Thua Thien Hue, Viet Nam Government of Viet Nam Planning for the deep seaport and an industrial, trade, tourism and services zone 'in Chan May. The project influenced a wide area of Phu Loc, Nam Dong, A Luoi, Huong Tra, Phong Dien, Phu Vang, Huong Thuy districts and Hue city. Socio-Economic and Gender Specialist Responsible for data collection on socioeconomic status in the areas, the socioeconomic profile of the families and societies in the areas, (mainly on livelihood activities of women, land ownership and rights to land and local resources, access to different types of rural infrastructure, and other key factors). Identified the women behaviors, perception to the project. Assess the social impact of project to their livelihood and benefit. Set up the social development and gender plan. Training the government staff on these issues.
		Sep 1992-Apr 1995 (32 person-months) (intermittent) Study on Non-economic Factors and Development Hanoi, Da Nang and Ha Bac, Viet Nam Government of Viet Nam The study assessed the impacts of non-economic factors to development. Social and Gender specialist Study the overall socio-economic development of Hanoi, Danang and Ha Bac. Desk research, field data collection and processing to assess the social impacts of the development to the poor people including the ethinic minority people in Da Nang and Ha Bac. Identify the social and gender impacts on the overall development of the studied areas. Conduct workshops and prepare reports.
		1979 – 2006 Institute of Anthropology – Different Projects Whole Vietnam Vietnamese Government Social, Ethnic Minority Development, Gender specialist Implement a various projects funded by Vietnamese Government. Most of the projects are aimed to study the socio-economic, ethinic minority development, impact of the development to the ethnic minority as well as poor people. Development of ethnic minority development plan.

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I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this CV correctly describes myself, my qualifications, and my experience.  I understand that any wilful misstatement described herein may lead to my disqualification or dismissal, if engaged.

                                                                                                                      Date: 25 March, 2020

Ha Huu Nga., PhD                                                                                                                    

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