Summary of Small Grant Programmes in the field of environment. conservation and
development in Vietnam
Small Grants
AusAid- Australian Small
Activities Scheme (ASAS)
Contact: Counsellor
(Development
Cooperation) AusAID Australian Embassy
Goal/Objectives
To contribute to
poverty
reduction and
achievement of
sustainable
development
Eligible
Applicant
GOs, NGOs
Duratio Maximu
n
m Budget
< 1 year 100,000
AUD
Contact: Canadian
Cooperation Office
12th Floor, Hanoi Tower
49 Hai Ba Trung Street,
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: 934 8414;
Fax: 934 8395
Email:
huong@cida.org.vn
To finance
relatively small
development
projects in
various sectors
that will have a
significant
impact on the
beneficiaries.
To strengthen the
capacity of local
groups to
develop plans
and deliver
programmes
designed to
reduce poverty
and improve the
capacity of the
poor to
participate in
economic, social
and political
development
Specific
endorsement
of MPI
required
Other
contribution
s of up to
30%
required
Focus on
community
8 Dao Tan Street
health,
Ba Dinh, Hanoi
education, smallTel: 831 7755
scale
Fax: 831 7711
infrastructure,
Lee.sunhee@ausaid.gov.a rural
development and
u
environment.
Canada Fund for Local
Initiatives- Vietnam
Remarks
(I)NGOs,
and CBOs
< 2 year 10,000
USD
process.
Community-Based
Coastal Resource
Management Learning
and Research Network
(CBCRM LeaRN)
Small Grant Programme
Contact: Prof. Elmer M
Ferrer
Centre Co-ordinator
CBCRM Resource Centre
Room 107-A Philippine
Social Science Centre
Commonwealth Avenue
Diliman, Quezon City
Philippines 1101
telfax 0063-2-9203368
Expanding and
Individual
innovating on the and group
current learning
and practice of
CBCRM and
sustainable
livelihoods (SL).
3,000
USD
Sharing of the
current work,
challenges and
cutting edge
issues on
CBCRM and SL.
grants@cbcrmlearning.or
g
Ford Vietnam
Conservation and
Environmental Grants
Contact: Ms. Hong
Galaxy Company
305 – No. 4 Northern Star
Building
4 Da Tuong, Hanoi
Tel: 942 0383
GEF/SGP- Small Grant
Programme
To support the
preservation of
the natural
environment,
local heritage
and natural
resources.
Organisation
s and
individuals
To demonstrate VNGOs,
community-level CBOs
strategies and
Contact: Ms. Nguyen Thi technologies that
could reduce
Kim Anh
UNDP GEF/SGP National threats to the
global
Coordinator
environment
25-29 Phan Boi Chau,
Hanoi
Tel: 942 1495/173
To draw lessons
50,000
USD
Fax: 942 2267
Email:
kimanh@undp.org.vn
from
community-level
experience and
support the
spread of
successful
community-level
strategies and
innovations.
To build
partnerships and
networks of local
stakeholders to
support and
strengthen
community,
CBO, and NGO
capacity to
address
environmental
problems and
promote
sustainable
development.
SNV-Netherlands
Development
Organisation
Local Environmental
Fund (LEF)
Contact: Rajesh Shrestha
or Chi Thi Ty
108-112 D1 Van Phuc
Diplomatic Compound
Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Tel: 846 3791
Fax: 846 3794
Email: rajesh@snv.org.vn
chi@snv.org.vn
The Whitley Laing
Foundation
Rufford Small Grant
To support
GOs, NGOs
innovative, small
scale and local
initiatives in the
development and
operationalizatio
n of
environmental
policies and
strategies in
Vietnam
25,000
USD
Quarterly
appraisal
To promote
sustainable
development,
public education
£ 5,000
Quarterly
appraisal
Individual,
small groups
Programme
Contact: The Whitley
Laing Foundation
Fax: +44 (0)20 7925 2583
Email:
rsg@whitleyaward.org
Or visit
www.whitleyaward.org
EC /UNDP – Small
Grants Programme for
operations to promote
tropical forests
and
environmental
campaigning.
Contact: Dr Nguyen Hai
Nam EC UNDP PTF
Coordinator Vietnam
To act as catalyst Civil society, To be
to promote and
NGOs,
added
demonstrate
CBOs
communitybased
management and
resource-use in
tropical forests.
UNDP
25-29 Phan Boi Chau
Street
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel:(84-4) 9421495/9422267
Fax:(84-4) 822-4003
Email:
hainam@undp.org.vn
To draw lessons
from local
experience and
support the
spread of
successful
community-level
strategies and
innovations.
to be
added
Call for
Proposals to
be
announced
Jan 2003
To build
grassroots level
capacity to tackle
problems that are
contributing to
forest destruction
and degradation
through
partnerships and
networks.
World Bank-The Small
Grants Program
To promote
Local NGOs,
dialogue and
Civil society
dissemination of
Contact: Ms. Nguyen Thu information on
the development
Lan World Bank Office,
and to enhance
63 Ly. Thai To, Hanoi
partnerships with
Funded by
EC and
based upon
existing
UNDP GEF
SGP model
3,000
USD
Tel.: 934 66 00, ext.: 299
Or visit:
www.worldbank.org.vn
key players in
the development
arena.