July

20 - Aug 7

CPR learning evaluation and pilot cross cultural learning study with Keith Inkster

HCMC CPR

21 - Aug 18

WUSC Vietnam Study Tour on 'Poverty Reduction in Vietnam' hosted by HCMC CPR

HCMC

27

Pilot Project #2 Inception Workshop

HCMC CPR

27 - 29

Meeting to define planning activities and orientation of CCPR (see Outputs for report)

Cuo Lo, Vietnam

August

1

Micro-credit training workshop and needs assessment

Tan Thanh Commune (HCMC)

10

Pilot Project #2 Targetting Workshop

HCMC CPR

11

"Participatory Research and Action on Urban Poverty Reduction" curriculum evaluation meeting with university convenors and experts

HCMC

15 - 18

LPRV National Workshop

Ha Long

16

Andrew Lawrence & Vince Verlaan: meeting with Bardolf Paul

Vancouver

16

Xochitl Benjamin begins CIP Internship with LPRV. Starts with CCPR in Hanoi on October 8.

Vancouver/ Vietnam

September

15

Grant Boyle: Presentation of paper "Internet for Institutional Research in Vietnam" at Internet Political Economy Forum 2001

Singapore

17

Vince Verlaan: Presentation on Lessons Learned in LPRV to CIDA Policy Branch Vice-President Brian Emmett

Ottawa

20

Information Needs Assessment Workshop

Vinh CPR

20

Vince Verlaan: Presentation of paper "Which Role for Information and Communication Technologies in International Development: Lessons from the LPRV Program" (co-written with Grant Boyle) at the BUGS Conference.
CANCELLED due to NA flight disruptions

UQAM, Montreal

October

1

Jon McGowan, NetCorps intern, starts in Vietnam (orientation session in Ottawa: Sept 10-15)

NCSSH

1

Publication of AUCC UniWorld article on LPRV

UniWorld Fall issue

9 - 12

Course Development Workshop: "Participatory Community Profiling" with visits to local project sites

Hue

13

One-day inception workshop for the Hue Institutionalizing Biogas project with PRD

Hue

31 - Nov 3

Micro-credit Workshop

HCMC

November

December

5 - 9

Policy Assessment Workshop

Hoi An

10 - 12

LPRV International Workshop

Hoi An