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Publication spotlight: PIM Center – 20 years of development and future directions

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Issue 88 (2025) of the Journal of Water Resources Science and Technology features Dang Minh Tuyen’s article “PIM Consultancy Center: 20 Years of Establishment, Development and Directions for Expanding into New Areas”, pages 2–6.

Looking back on the Center’s development

The article reviews the establishment and development of the Consultancy Center for Participatory Irrigation Management, founded on 22 December 2004. It highlights the Center’s role in connecting research with practice in participatory irrigation management, water user organization development and community development.

Directions for expanding activities

The author proposes extending participatory approaches to natural resource and environmental management, livelihoods and rural development; strengthening the role of local water user organizations, cooperatives and communities in infrastructure management and water use. The article also discusses digital transformation, international cooperation and human resource development.

Reference value

The publication provides historical information and professional development directions as presented in 2025. The Center’s current organizational arrangements, functions and responsibilities are updated separately in the website’s About Us section.

Publication: Dang Minh Tuyen (2025), “PIM Consultancy Center: 20 Years of Establishment, Development and Directions for Expanding into New Areas”, Journal of Water Resources Science and Technology, No. 88, pp. 2–6. The English article title is a translation for this publication notice.

Full article

Read or download the full article about the Center (PDF, Vietnamese). This file contains only the article on pages 2–6 of Journal of Water Resources Science and Technology, No. 88/2025.