Tag: Environmental sustainability

The Conservation Fund project – Mobilise businesses and communities to join hands for biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability

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, […]

“Bring the Forest back to life” Campaign

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 […]

Celebrate Business-CSO Partnerships For Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Sustainability

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 […]

Capacity building for local CSOs in Viet Nam

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 […]

Connect business sector with biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability in Vietnam

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 […]

SMALL GRANTS FOR VIETNAMESE CSOs WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

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 […]

Most of local CSOs are reluctant to cooperate with enterprises – Challenges & Opportunities

Currently, civil society organisations (CSOs) in Vietnam play an increasingly important role in raising awareness and promoting community responsibility in environmental protection. As a result, the project “Establishing a funding foundation for biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability in Da Nang City, Vietnam” (in short, the “Conservation Fund” project) aims to establish the Vietnam Wildlife Conservation […]

74% of surveyed enterprises are willing to contribute to the Conservation Fund

The baseline study “Investigation of the willingness to fund the conservation foundation of the private sector in Da Nang city, Vietnam”, starting to conduct from the beginning of the second quarter of 2021, has been completed.  In this study, the research team has done a survey with 220 companies and 20 in-depth interviews with people […]

European Union funds biodiversity conservation project in central Vietnam

The European Union (EU) is funding a biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability project in central Đà Nẵng City in 42 months from July 2020, to the end of December 2023, with total funding of 650,000 euros. The project, entitled ‘Establishing a funding foundation for biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability in Đà Nẵng’, aims to strengthen civil […]