Tag: sustainability

The Win-Win for Vietnam Project Celebrates Remarkable Achievements Amidst Crises

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%. […]

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, […]

Policy Advocacy: Promote Responsible Business Practices in Viet Nam

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 […]

“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 […]

CSV Training – Initiating Collaborative Actions for Carbon Emissions Reduction

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 […]

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 […]

CSV Lunch Talks – innovative format to bridge the gaps between business and civil-society sectors

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 […]

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 […]

Introducing CSR integrated with sustainability to enterprises in Vietnam

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 […]

Running the project through crises – social entrepreneurship for society and sustainability

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 […]

SMALL GRANTS FOR VIETNAMESE CSOs TO PROMOTE PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESS SECTOR

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. […]

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 […]

Win-Win Networking Event in Ho Chi Minh City – Bring Private Sector & CSOs Closer For Sustainable Development

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 […]