Assoc. Dr.Doan Doan Tuan, ME. Tran Viet Dung
Center for Participatory Irrigation Management
Abstract:
Currently, in the whole country, there exist 6 main types of grassroots irrigation organizations. Most of the existing grassroots irrigation organizations established are not proactive and lack the voluntary participation of service users. With limited income, grassroots irrigation organizations have not really operated effectively. In order to meet the Law on hydraulic work, the establishment of grassroots irrigation organizations should be carried out with well-designed road map, aligned with regional characteristics. For regions such as the Red River Delta, Central Coast, Southeast, Central Highlands, where grassroots irrigation organizations are supported, directly, by the State with funding for public utility services, all water users must participate in the form of reorganized or newly established cooperatives or water user group. For the Mekong Delta region, where the State does not support, directly to water users, funding for public utility services, it is necessary to propagandize and encourage people to set up the grassroots irrigation organizations organization to select organizations / individuals to provide services. In the highlands (Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lao Cai, Dien Bien, Lang Son, Lai Chau, ..), current Irrigation Management Board established by the commune should be reorganized into water user groups. For long term, when eligible, these groups will be converted into a cooperatives