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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

EFD 2 is the second phase of Enterprising for Development Program (EFD). Its first phase was successfully launched from 2015 to 2018.  To further develop the program, Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion (CSIP), with technical and financial support from Oxfam, continues to implement the second phase of ...

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 ...

The U.S. Mission in Vietnam is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 competition for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. The Humphrey Fellowship is a one-year, non-degree, full scholarship program offered to promising mid-career professionals who have a proven track record of leadership, and a strong commitment to public service. ...

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 ...

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 ...

As part of the Mekong Environment Forum and Can Tho University workshop on Building Community Capacity, the East-West Management Institute Open Development Initiative (ODI) supported a call for data submission to engage young and innovative Vietnamese citizen scientists to develop, implement and produce data driven ...

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 ...