Table 4: Australia’s country and regional level engagement through a systems lens Assessment of country and regional operating environment Australia’s strategic approach Institutional Capacity within and Coordinated donor National agenda for Functional policy and Australia’s country Examples of architecture across government environment tackling climate strategy framework and regional strategic change approach to climate opportunities, change engagement given the country context Solomon Emergent. Siloed Very limited capacity and Some limited and An agenda that focuses Documentation exists No strategic portfolio Support national Islands departments working not making best use of unsuccessful attempts. on DRR but does to but has limited traction. approach. and sub-national on climate change what is there. attend to the sensitive Work underway on a architecture to Donors actively looking Stronger in DRR than in despite the fact that area of logging new climate change deliver climate Major gaps at provincial for places to put money. climate change. climate change, disaster practices. policy. Recognition of change and DRR level. the FRDP. priorities. risk management and Not visible in climate environment are in one change dialogue. Encouraging ministry. No culture of discussion on the mainstreaming or Australia is largest wider climate working collaboratively donor in-country. change challenges across government on of logging, climate change. migration and security. Vietnam Strong centre with Some significant Fast-changing donor Green growth agenda Rapidly maturing policy Integrated Climate Engage with the maturing of MONRE and progress in recent years landscape with is central. Greater and strategy framework Change Investment Vietnamese MARD. Other ministries at the centre. More continued shift away practical application (to which DFAT and Strategy 2010–2017 authorities on major challenge it faces. still marginal in terms of mixed, but improving, from grant funding to needed. Key challenges other donors have made aligned to government concerted action on picture at sub-national loan finance. Mature aid to this include an important priorities. Support capacity to climate change. level. Technical coordination structures economic policies contribution). be developed and Competitive funding assistance links with have struggled to which are not used within the environment at externals that brings adjust. National conducive to Vietnamese system provincial level capacity development government remains investments in
Table 4: Australia’s country and regional level engagement through a systems lens Assessment of country and regional operating environment Australia’s strategic approach Institutional architecture Capacity within and across government Coordinated donor environment National agenda for tackling climate change Functional policy and strategy framework Australia’s country and regional approach to climate change engagement Examples of strategic opportunities, given the country context Solomon Islands Emergent. Siloed departments working on climate change despite the fact that climate change, disaster risk management and environment are in one ministry. No culture of mainstreaming or working collaboratively across government on climate change. Very limited capacity and not making best use of what is there. Major gaps at provincial level. Some limited and unsuccessful attempts. Donors actively looking for places to put money. An agenda that focuses on DRR but does to attend to the sensitive area of logging practices. Documentation exists but has limited traction. Work underway on a new climate change policy. Recognition of the FRDP. No strategic portfolio approach. Stronger in DRR than in climate change. Not visible in climate change dialogue. Australia is largest donor in-country. Support national and sub-national architecture to deliver climate change and DRR priorities. Encouraging discussion on the wider climate change challenges of logging, migration and security. Vietnam Strong centre with maturing of MONRE and MARD. Other ministries still marginal in terms of concerted action on climate change. Competitive funding environment at provincial level Some significant progress in recent years at the centre. More mixed, but improving, picture at sub-national level. Technical assistance links with externals that brings capacity development Fast-changing donor landscape with continued shift away from grant funding to loan finance. Mature aid coordination structures have struggled to adjust. National government remains Green growth agenda is central. Greater practical application needed. Key challenges to this include economic policies which are not conducive to investments in Rapidly maturing policy and strategy framework (to which DFAT and other donors have made an important contribution). Integrated Climate Change Investment Strategy 2010–2017 aligned to government priorities. Engage with the Vietnamese authorities on major challenge it faces. Support capacity to be developed and used within the Vietnamese system
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