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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On the afternoon of 10 December 2020, at Grand Saigon Hotel, the Institute for Research on Development Communication (RED) held a strategic consultation meeting for the “Win-Win for Vietnam” project to promote the cooperation between the business sector and local CSOs toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Vietnam. Mr Tran Nhat Minh, Director of […]
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 […]
Improving the legal framework is critical if social entrepreneurship is to develop its full potential in Moldova and Ukraine. This is one of the main conclusions from the international conference on ‘Best legal practices and support programmes for social entrepreneurs in Moldova and Ukraine’, organised in hybrid format by the ‘EU4Youth – Unlocking the potential […]