Biodiversity Action Plan Decision (PM Decision No. 845/TTg, 1995)

Biodiversity Action Plan, Decision Approving (PM Decision No. 845/TTg, 1995) PRIME MINISTER · Pursuant to the Law on the Organisation of the Government dated 30 September 1992; · Pursuant to the Law on Environmental Protection dated 27 December 1993; · According to the proposal of the Minister of Science, Technology and Environmental (MOSTE) in official letter No. 2423/MTg dated 25 September 1995 DECISION Article 1 Approval of the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) for Vietnam with the long-term and immediate objectives and the main contents as indicated in the attached document. Article 2 Implementation Details 1.Activities must be implemented under a project format with detailed objectives, contents, location, scale, duration and outputs. Project must be pre-assessed before funding decision. Mid-terms and final assessments are necessary steps in the implementation process. 2.Responsibility of the Central Organisations: MOSTE is the key Organisation in implementing the BAP. MOSTE has the responsibility to contact and discus with the concerned Ministries, sectors and local agencies in carrying-out the BAP step by step. MOSTE shall submit an annual report to the Prime Minister on the implementational outputs of the BAP. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), based on domestic sources and foreign aid, following the main objectives of the BAP and in close coordination with MOSTE, has the responsibility to lay out annual implementation plans of each BAP objective for the related and local agencies. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Ministry of Fisheries (MOF) and the National Centre of Natural Science and Technology are the major implementing Organisations of the BAP. These organisation shall work closely with MOSTE and MPI on the annual implementation plans and inform MOSTE about the outputs of their components. MOSTE shall collect this information and submit an annual report to the Prime Minister. The Ministry of Education and Training; the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs; the Ministry of Health and the State Committee for Ethnic Affairs and Mountainous Regions should pay priority attention that the related objectives and locations of the BAP are within their Social-Economic Programmes and should discuss with MOSTE and MPI any related issues. 4.Responsibility of Local Authorities: The People’s Committees of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government have the responsibility to implement this Plan within their area. The People’s Committees of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government shall make their own plan and discuss this with MOSTE, MPI and the concerned ministries on implementational matters, informing MOSTE about the outputs of their activities annually. Article 3 This Decision shall become effective as from the date of its signing. For the Prime Minister (signed) Nguyen Khanh Vice Prime Minister