Open Development Vietnam (ODV) wants to understand how women are engaging in open data movements across the Mekong countries. ODV is particularly interested in understanding why and how women participate and what some of the barriers to their participation are. Most importantly ODV wants to ...

Asia, just like the rest of the world, is grappling with COVID-19. Despite tremendous economic growth and advances in healthcare, technology, and elsewhere during the preceding decades, we are struggling to overcome the pandemic and the resultant economic and social fallouts. Journalism for an Equitable Asia ...

Established in 2011, Makesense is an international NGO whose vision is to solve today’s social and environmental issues by providing incubation and capacity building activities for individuals, social entrepreneurs, and forward-thinking organizations.Act4Impact is one of Makesense Asia’s premiere social innovation program, catering to citizen-advocates who ...

The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “Enhancing CSOs’ Contribution to Governance and Development Process in Vietnam” to enable and enhance Civil Society Organizations’ engagement as an efficient actor of governance and development process in Vietnam.More information ...

Plastic waste is polluting the land, rivers and seas, impacting the health and wellbeing of both people and the environment, particularly in developing countries. In response, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) invites proposals for interdisciplinary research projects aiming to understand the risks plastic pollution poses ...

#WikiGap is a workshop where volunteers gather to add content to Wikipedia about women experts and role models in various fields.On October 19 Embassy of Sweden, UN Women, UNDP, CSAGA, Media Network on Gender and Vietnamese Women’s Museum will arrange a #WikiGapVietnam workshop in Hanoi ...

The survey report “Impacts of the Covid-19 epidemic on social enterprises and support needs assessment” synthesized by CSIP after surveying 78 social impact-generating enterprises and online interviews with some social enterprises on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.The report provides:– Key findings of the survey: ...

About the ContestThe purpose of this contest is to encourage professionals, researchers, and students, especially those who identify as Indigenous Peoples, to demonstrate the value of data through effective visual data storytelling, and to contribute to the open data community by increasing the accessibility of ...

The eMpowering Youths Across ASEAN (EYAA) is a partnership programme between Maybank Foundation and ASEAN Foundation that aims to alleviate poverty and improve the social and economic well-being of ASEAN communities through youth volunteerism and social innovation.Each accepted participant will be grouped with 9 other ...

Asian Institute of Technology in Vietnam and Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies announce that the online application for the Executive Master in Development Policies and Practices (DPP) for 2018-2019 is now open (http://dpp.graduateinstitute.ch/home.html).  Scholarships are available for candidates coming from the Mekong Region (Vietnam, ...

The U.S. Mission to Vietnam seeks candidates for the Spring 2020 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship on civic engagement, environmental issues and natural resource management, and social entrepreneurship and economic development.Vietnamese citizens between the ages of 18 and 25, full-time undergraduate students ...

Vietnam Summer School of Science (VSSS) is an annual free academic summer school for aspiring Vietnamese students and young scientists who are keen on pursuing research as a career. VSSS 2019 marks the 7th year journey with Vietnamese youth.Time: From 22-25/07/2019Venue: International Center for Interdisciplinary ...

CFI launches a scheme to support online newsrooms in the Mekong region to publish content on environment, health and sustainable development.With the support of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and as part of its Mekong: Sustainable News project, CFI will help local newsrooms to ...

To achieve the mission to transform the world through a new approach to sustainable peace, Investment Exchange (IIX) believe that we must address the root causes of inequality and injustice in the world, especially gender inequality. IIX’s projects and activities are aiming at eliminating inequality, injustice, ...

The Renewables Academy (RENAC) is offering this training together with GreenID and adelphi within the scholarship programme COBENEFITS.The face-to-face training will take place in Ha Noi, at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, from Tuesday 01 October until Wednesday 02 October 2019, 9:00 – 17:00.Training coverage: ...

The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) will organize the 6th Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED (Global Citizenship Education) from 25 to 31 May 2020.The one-week Workshop aims to build capacity of dynamic youth leaders around the world to identify strategies to achieve ...

  ELIGIBILITY: Public or private organizations in ASEAN countries. Individuals are not eligibleTOPIC: Accelerating the digital transformation of Southeast Asia with innovative training programs. Participating programs can teach any of the following four categories of essential skills:Specialized digital skills for information and communication technology (ICT)Professional digital skills ...

The second and final round of Aus4Innovation Partnership Grants under the theme “Scaling existing Australia–Vietnam Innovation Partnerships” is now open for applications with 2.32 million AUD funding available.Innovative ideas from existing Australia-Vietnam partnerships that enhance Vietnam’s Innovation Ecosystem to bring about long-term, sustainable societal impacts ...

The Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT-RRCAP) and the Sustainable Energy Youth Network (SEYN), with the support of the Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, is welcoming applications for ...

Blue Swallow (Én Xanh) is a Vietnam’s leading program to build, accelerate and recognize business initiatives for social changes. The program aims at promoting and accelerating spirit and pioneering business solutions to contribute to solving social and environmental protection issues.The Blue Swallow 2019 is co-organised ...