Over the past 43 months (from September 2020 to March 2024), the Win-Win for Vietnam project has faced various crises, including the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic downturns that coincided with its inception. Despite these considerable challenges, the project has achieved remarkable results, exceeding more than 51% of its targets, with some even surpassing 400%. […]
At the end of 2023, the project “Establishing a funding source for biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability in Danang City, Vietnam” (in short, the Conservation Fund project) officially concluded its 3.5-year journey. The project management board organised a Closing Conference with the purpose of summarising the implementation results, sharing lessons learned, expressing gratitude to donors, […]
On 31st October in Ho Chi Minh City and 3rd November 2023 in Hanoi, the Policy Conference “DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES FOR PROMOTION OF “RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES”: Experience in EU, Thailand & Practice in Viet Nam – Participation of Businesses and civil society organisations” took place with the attendance of over 200 delegates from […]
On the evening of 12th August 2023, in the village of Hoa Bac (Hoa Vang district, Da Nang city, Viet Nam), the Conservation Fund Project orchestrated a resounding success with a Fundraising Concert under the theme “Co Tu People – Guardians of the Forest”. During the musical evening, the UpRace community running project committed to […]
Recently, the Win-Win for Vietnam project in collaboration with VB4E organised two 2-day training courses on “Initiating Collaborative Actions for Carbon Emissions Reduction” in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam). More than 80 representatives from companies and civil society organisations (CSOs) have participated in the two training. The training courses revolve around […]
On 25 March, in Da Nang City (Viet Nam), the Conservation Fund project held an event connecting businesses with civil society organisations (CSOs) for biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability. About 90 delegates attended the event, including representatives from the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, international experts from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), 18 companies, 39 CSOs, local […]
Within the last months of this year, the Win-Win for Vietnam project plans to organise four monthly Creating Shared Values (CSV) Lunch talks on various topics related to SDGs. The CSV Lunch talk is expected to be an innovative format to offer a friendly and informal environment for businesses and non-profit organisations in Vietnam to […]
Yesterday, at the EU headquarters, among hundreds of EU-funded projects, the “EU4Youth – Unlocking the potential of young social entrepreneurs in Moldova and Ukraine” – in short, the EUnlocking project, won the Award for the category: “Excellence in advocacy and policy dialogue“. The EUnlocking project not only went through crises (the pandemic and the war […]
Last month, in Da Nang city (Vietnam), the “Conservation Fund” project organised the training course on Project Management and Financial Management for local Civil-society organisations (CSOs) who have just received a sub-grant from the project. With the approach of “learning by doing”, the project’s sub-grant component aims to provide financial and technical assistance to local CSOs […]
Anna Derkach is an expert in social work in Ukraine. She is also the founder of the Hippotherapy and Development Centre in Cherkasy, which received support from our EU4Youth EUnlocking project that focuses on unlocking the potential of young social enterprises in Moldova and Ukraine. Hippotherapy, one of the newest and most promising healthcare developments, is […]
Last month, the Win-Win for Vietnam project organised 2 business conferences in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi (Vietnam) on 12 August and 19 August, respectively. The 2 conferences aimed to introduce to the private sector in Vietnam about the current trend of integrating sustainability into business’s strategic CSR. The two conferences welcomed international and […]
Some weeks ago, the “EU4Youth – Unlocking the potential of young social entrepreneurs in Moldova and Ukraine” (in short, the EUnlocking project), co-funded by the European Union, held its closing event in Chisinau (the Republic of Moldova) under the hybrid format. The closing conference, with its theme “Running the project through crises” served as an […]
From 3 to 6 July 2022, the “EU4Youth – Unlocking the potential of young social entrepreneurs in Moldova and Ukraine” (in short, the EUnlocking project) organised a study visit to Germany for young social entrepreneurs from the Republic of Moldova. The visit aimed to foster the best practice exchange among social entrepreneurs as well as […]
On 25 June, the Networking Event – Connecting the private sector with biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability was organised successfully in Da Nang city, Vietnam. The event attracted the participation of 80 representatives from companies, civil society organisations (CSOs), local authority, the media, and local community. With the purpose of creating a bridge between the […]
The project “Win-Win for Vietnam – A cooperation mechanism between business sector and civil society organisations for corporate social responsibility and sustainable development goals” (The Win-Win for Vietnam project, in short) has recently launched its 2nd Call for proposals which will offer up to 10.000€/grant for registered Vietnamese CSOs working in the fields of sustainable development. […]
The project “Establishing a funding foundation for biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability in Da Nang City” (The Conservation Fund project, in short) has recently launched its 2nd Call for proposals which will offer up to 5.000€/grant for community-based organisations (CBOs) – Lot 1 and up to 20.000€/grant for registered Vietnamese CSOs working in the fields of […]
“Children in Ukraine are exposed to the traumatic experience of war, with tanks and weapons, they were forced to leave their homes. When the war started, we decided to become the most beautiful memory of the war for the refugee kids.”, said Igor, the founder of EduJoc – a social enterprise in Moldova that produces […]
CSV (creating shared value) is still a relatively new concept for the business sector in Vietnam. Moreover, accelerating cooperation between companies and civil society organisations (CSOs) through CSV practice toward delivering sustainable development goals (SDGs) is very new and challenging in Vietnam, especially in the context that the country is slowly recovering from the devastating […]
Social entrepreneurship is a relatively new concept in the Republic of Moldova, and has only enjoyed a regulatory framework since 2017. Though this provides several measures to promote and support social enterprises, there aren’t enough rules in place to properly apply the legisation. These legal gaps can present serious challenges. To overcome these obstacles, social […]
The baseline research for the “Win-win for Vietnam” Project was conducted by the Management and Sustainable Development Institute (MSD) under the supervision and technical support of RED Communication and Pro NGO!. This study was carried out from February to May 2021 with the engaging participation of 108 businesses, 65 Vietnamese CSOs and some experts in […]