Oxfam has been working in Vietnam since 1955, when we made our first humanitarian grant. After several decades of supporting humanitarian responses, we started to focus on development work in the late 1980’s. We work with communities, the government, civil society organisations and other non-government organisations to promote equity, human development and economic well-being through social and economic change. A time for change Oxfam is now internally changing the way we work in more than 90 countries around the world. Vietnam is one of the earlier countries to witness this change. From July 2011, seven Oxfams in Vietnam came together to work as one Oxfam under one management and a joint country strategy.
Oxfam has been working in Vietnam since 1955, when we made our first humanitarian grant. After several decades of supporting humanitarian responses, we started to focus on development work in the late 1980’s. We work with communities, the government, civil society organisations and other non-government organisations to promote equity, human development and economic well-being through social and economic change. A time for change Oxfam is now internally changing the way we work in more than 90 countries around the world. Vietnam is one of the earlier countries to witness this change. From July 2011, seven Oxfams in Vietnam came together to work as one Oxfam under one management and a joint country strategy.
Project Document for “Environmental Remediation of Dioxin Contaminated Hotspots in Viet Nam” was signed on 28 June 2010 by and between Minister of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Global Environment Facilities (GEF) is funding agency of this project. The project will be implemented in 4 years, from 2010 to 2013. The Objective of the project is “to minimise disruption of ecosystems and health risks for people from environmental releases of TCDD contaminated hotspots”. This will contribute to the broader Goal, which is “to overcome the consequences of toxic chemicals used in the war in Viet Nam”.
Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) was established in 2000 as Vietnam’s first non-governmental organization focused on conservation of nature and the environment. Our mission is to foster greater understanding amongst the Vietnamese public about environmental issues of local, national and global significance, ranging from protection of wildlife and natural ecosystems to climate change. We employ creative and innovative strategies to influence attitudes and behavior, not only highlighting the need to protect Vietnam’s rich natural heritage and the living world around us, but also encouraging greater public participation in achieving this important and challenging task.
The Sub-Project Management Unit of Project “Support for the implementation of Resolution No. 80/NQ-CP on directions for sustainable poverty reduction (2011 – 2020) and the National Targeted Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction (2012 – 2015)” aims at supporting for Resolution No. 80 of the Government of Vietnam on directions for sustainable poverty reduction (2011 – 2020) and the National Targeted Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction (2012 – 2015). The project is funded by UNDP and co-funded by Irish Government with a counterpart fund from the Government of Vietnam. Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) is the implementing agency of the project, Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA)/Department of Ethnic Minority Policy is co-implementing agencies.
Irish Aid is currently recruiting consultant to conduct Gender Equality Situation in Vietnam and Gender review of Irish Aid Program. Interested partners are invited to submit an expression of interest and proposals to [email protected] by COB 23rd November 2012. The proposal should provide the following information: a) Outline of the approach and methodology to undertaking the assignment b) Profile of staff proposed for the assignment c) Detailed quotation for the study, showing days and costs by individual team member
Vietnam has been implementing a pilot methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) model since 2008. While the country prepares for rapid expansion of the program nationwide, the government and partners are examining ways to increase efficiency in human resources andservice provision via a variety of MMT models. As part of this effort, the Vietnam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) requested the support of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to examine human resource needs based on the current pilot. PEPFAR has assigned FHI 360 to work with the VAAC, in consultation with the PEFPAR MMT technical team, to conduct the analysis.
“Southeast Asia has lost half their mangroves over the past 30 years, primarily as a result of clearing for shrimp ponds. This has serious consequences: mangroves protect against tidal waves and storm surges; they are vital fish nursery-grounds, provide timber, honey, and other products; and raise land level by trapping sediment. They also sequester carbon faster than any other forest type. Healthy mangroves thus make important contributions to both climate change adaptation and mitigation and form the basis of coastal ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA). Ngoc Hien covers 70,000 ha mangroves that’s largely intact forests. These mangroves are in problem of conversion. For example, of the 36,266 ha of intact mangroves in 2004, 10,250 ha (26%) were converted to shrimp ponds by 2009.
UNDP is seeking a Senior Researcher (international or national) working with a team leader and a national field researcher to conduct a gender analysis for the UN-REDD Programme. The gender analysis will include a review of the outcomes of Phase 1 from a gender perspective, and identify gender issues in land/forest management and gender power dynamics in social, economic and political spheres that might reinforce and/or result in unequal status, opportunities, benefits and risks faced by women and men in Lam Dong Province.
