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Australia to provide more funding to PAPI survey in Vietnam

Australia will add an additional 9.7 million AUD (6.75 million USD) between 2021 and 2025 to its funding of the Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) survey, conducted by the UN Development Programme.
Australia to provide more funding to PAPI survey in Vietnam ảnh 1Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie speaks at a recent workshop in Hue city (Photo: VNA) 

Hanoi (VNA) - Australia willadd an additional 9.7 million AUD (6.75 million USD) between 2021 and 2025 toits funding of the Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public AdministrationPerformance Index (PAPI) survey, conducted by the UN Development Programme.

The new funding comes under a recently-signed co-sponsorshipagreement between the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade andUNDP.

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudieaffirmed her country’s strong support for Vietnam’s efforts in promotingprovincial governance and public administration, especially in response to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, UNDP Resident Representative CaitlinWiesen said Australia’s substantial contribution will help PAPI further boostgovernance and public administration efficiency in Vietnam.

Australia’s sponsorship comes at a time when Vietnamis entering the post-pandemic recovery period, she noted, adding that UNDP willcoordinate with partners to assist Vietnamese cities and provinces in improvingtheir public administration performance, enhance accountability, and worktowards people-centred administrations.

PAPI reflects people’s voices on the performanceof the State apparatus and the quality of all-level administrations’ provisionof services. The survey has collected opinions from 131,501 people since itslaunch in 2009, selected randomly nationwide.

Australia has been the official sponsor since2018./.
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