GoV-UN Implementing Agencies and Working Mechanims

Implementing Agencies

The joint Government-UN programme to fight highly pathogenic avian influenza operates under the leadership of the Viet Nam Government's high level National Committee for Avian Influenza Disease Control and Prevention (NSCAI).

The programme is nationally executed by the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development and Ministry of Health (MOH), with support and technical backstopping from UN agencies:

FAO and WHO are providing technical expertise drawing upon their global research, experiences, best practices and network of international experts in respective fields to support national preparedness, animal and human surveillance and response, poultry vaccination, post-vaccination surveillance, protection of humans in the poultry vaccination programme, research, information, education and communications (IEC) and other activities;

UNDP is acting as administrative agent and supporting the Government to effectively coordinate donors and other stakeholders; and

UNICEF is contributing expertise and coordinating the design and implementation of the information, education, and communications (IEC) component.

Key Working Mechanisms

Programme Steering Committee (PSC)

The PSC brings together representatives of the four Government Ministries and four UN Agencies that are jointly implementing the programme. Composition, role and working mechanism of the PSC.

Programme Management Group (PMG)

The PMG operates as a core group of the PSC and brings together personnel at the working level of the four Government Ministries and four UN Agencies that are jointly implementing the programme. Composition, role and working mechanism of the PMG.

Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Working Group

The IEC Working Group operates as a sub-group of the PMG and brings together personnel at the working level of the four Government Ministries and four UN Agencies to ensure coordinated, effective and focused IEC interventions based on clear, correct, creative and consistent key messages. Composition and purpose of the IEC Working Group.

The IEC Working Group is also fostering the development of a wider Avian Influenza IEC Network bringing together Vietnamese and international agencies working on avian influenza communications.