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Introduction

UNDP Viet Nam is looking for 01 qualified consultancy firm/institute/organization for an Action Research to Enhance Citizen Participation in and Transparency of State Budget Planning and Expenditure in Viet Nam in 2025.

To strengthen grassroots democracy implementation, on 10 November 2022, the National Assembly of Viet Nam approved for issuance of the Law on Grassroots Democracy Implementation, which is an important upgrade from the Ordinance No. 34/2007/PL-UBTVQH11[1] on implementation of grassroots democracy in communes, wards and townlets. This law is foundational as it institutionalizes the implementation of and enhances “the socialist-oriented democracy that promote the ownership rights of the peoples through citizens’ representative and direct democracy”,[2] especially at the grassroots level. This is one of the 12 directions in the 13^th Party Congress Resolution which states: “To widely promote socialist democracy, the people's right to self-governance and mastery; to bring into play the strength of the great national unity; to build and improve people's trust, strengthen their voice in the development process and to advance social consensus; to continue to reform Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations”[3].

[3] See https://www.tapchicongsan.org.vn/web/english/focus/detail/-/asset_publisher/FMhwM2oQCZEZ/content/the-13th-national-party-congress-resolution.

To support the implementation of the Law on Grassroots Democracy Implementation, and to promote good practices of budget disclosure in the new context, UNDP Viet Nam is looking for an experienced national research institution/research-based consulting firm/non-government organization to collaborate with in conducting the action research and advisory service to advocate for enhanced citizen participation in and transparency of state budget planning and expenditure in 2025. This action research and advisory assignment helps looking for good practices whereas citizens have effectively exercised their rights to know, to discuss, to supervise, to verify annual budget plans and expenditure in a context where the district level is abolished from the local government structure, to draw good lessons learnt for different government levels and policy implications for revision of the 2015 State Budget Law.

The overall objective of this service is to enhance citizen participation in and transparency of state budget processes in Viet Nam for inclusive and people-centric governance, taking into consideration of the new context where the district level is abolished from the local government structure in Viet Nam.

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