OCD EXPERIENCE DATASHEET
Assignment Name
Approx value of the contract (in USD):
Consultancy to support Strategic Planning
Information not available
Process of four institutes under "Support to
Capacity Building of Water Resouces
Institutes" (WRSI)
Country: Vietnam
Duration
9 months
Location within country:
Hanoi, HCMC, workshops in Phu Quoc,
Da Lat, Tam Dao and Hoi An
Name of client
Approximate value of service provided by OCD
"Support to Capacity Building of Water
under the contract (in USD)
Resouces Institutes" component, under
USD 25,000.00
Water Sector Programme Support
(WaterSPS)
Address of client
Professional staff provided by OCD
"Support to Capacity Building of Water
1. Nguyen Quynh Chi, Business Development Specialist
Resouces Institutes" (WRSI)
2. Nguyen Thi Nam Phuong, Organisational
c/o Institute of Water Resources Planning
Development Specialist
162A Tran Quang Khai Str, Hanoi
3. Tran Thi Huyen Trang, Management Specialist
Tel: (84) (4) 934 8801
Fax: (84) (4) 935 0015
www.wrsi.org.vn
Start date
Completion date No. of staff-months, duration
October 2004
June 2005
190 consultant days, or approx. 8.6 consultant months.
Name of Joint Venture Partner, if any
No. of staff-months provided by Joint Venture
South East Asia Consulting (SEAC;
Partner: 3 consultant-months
www.seac.dk)
Name of senior staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader) involved and functions:
Mr. Jens Brinch, International Consultant, Team Leader, South East Asia Consulting (SEAC)
Narrative description of project:
Support to Capacity Building of Water Resources Institutes (WRSI) is a subcomponent of the
WaterSPS programme implemented by MARD with support from Danida (2002 -2005). WRSI is
implemented by the Water Resources Institutes with technical support from DHI – Water &
Environment (DHI) under a contract with Danida. A planned output of WRSI include the elaboration
of strategic development plans for each of the four water resources institutes and in support of these
activities. In October 2004, WRSI contracted OCD to support four research and planning institutes in
the water sector to formulate their Development Strategy (2005-2015) and Operations Plan 2005-06.
Description of actual service provided in the assignment:
OCD consultant worked in team with the International Team Leader, to facilitate the Strategic
Planning Process of the Water Research Institute and its Hochiminh City Sub-Institute, the Water
Planning Institute and its Hochiminh City Sub-Institute during Oct 2004 - June 2005 in the context of
their re-structuring towards service delivery, financial autonomy and transition from MARD to
MONRE. OCD consultants facilitated a series of four strategic planning workshops and worked with
Strategic Planning Taskforce in each institute, guiding and facilitating them in their process to develop
the strategy paper and annual operations plan for their respective institute.
Firm's Name: Organizational Capacity Development Co. (OCD)
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