Projects

2011

Mid-term review for the Support Programme to Response to Climate Change (SPRCC)
SPRCC
Nov 2011 – Apr 2012
Viet Nam: Ha Noi

Review the effectiveness of SP-RCC as a policy-based operation and coordination mechanism on climate change. Review the effectiveness and efficiency of SPRCC management.
Đánh giá tính hiệu quả của SPRCC.

Monitoring and Organisational Support for Irish Aid Funded Projects
Irish Aid
2011 – 2012
Viet Nam: various provinces

- Develop a Monitoring Framework (monitoring of activities, outputs and outcomes which contribute to the achievement of projects’ objectives) for discussion and approval by Irish Aid (IA)
- Develop a Monitoring Plan for CSF’s projects, as well as recommend field trip plans for IA management
- Conduct monitoring visits and meetings with grantees (at least one visit a year to a project)
- Prepare monitoring reports and meeting notes to IA at the monitoring visits
- Review bi-annual and annual project reports to highlight outstanding issues and recommendations for IA
- Maintain contact with grantees to update on the projects’ progress and to review projects’ Results Frameworks
- Prepare briefings and reports on projects when required
- Conduct Monitoring and Evaluation training for IA’s grantees
- Maintain databases and user-friendly reporting system.

External ex-post evaluations of 2 JICA-funded projects in Viet Nam
OPMAC Corporation – Japan
Nov 2011 – Jul 2012
Viet Nam: various provinces

Provide technical and administrative support to Japanese evaluator in evaluating 2 projects: i) “The Rehabilitation of Natural Forest in Degraded Watershed Area in the North of Vietnam”; and ii) “The Project on the Improvement of Port Management System”.

Advisory services for Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Strategies/Plans and gender mainstreaming in Viet Nam Provincial Environmental Governance (VPEG).
Canadian International Development Agency - CIDA
Jul 2011 – Dec 2012
Viet Nam: various provinces

Providing technical advice and instruct DONREs on mainstreaming gender in environment management, with focus on gender mainstreaming in industrial pollution management.
- Support the development of stakeholder engagement and communication strategies and plans as part of the Industrial Pollution Management Plan;
- Develop gender mainstreaming strategy and support the implementation of the strategy; 
- Support policy dialogues.

Evaluation of self-management for Viet Nam-Sweden Poverty Alleviation Programme.
Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)-Sida
Jun – Oct 2011
Viet Nam: Quang Tri, Yen Bai, Ha Giang

Conduct an external evaluation for management system of the Chia Se program.

Backstopping (Swiss) SDC Ha Noi in Natural Resources Management and Climate Change.
SDC
Apr – Sep 2011
Viet Nam: Ha Noi

Analyse and update sector issues, recommend possible sector interventions, and support SDC cooperation with its partners in Viet Nam

Research on Fossil Fuel Prices and Taxes, and Their Effects on Economic Development and Income Distribution in Viet Nam – Package 1 (Value chain and policy analysis of fossil fuel trade, subsidy and taxes).
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Sep – Dec 2011
Viet Nam: Ha Noi

Undertake a research on situation and intervention analysis and recommendations for the energy market in Viet Nam, with a focus on the production, trade and retail of different fossil fuel including use by consumers and industries.

End-of-the-project evaluation of VIE 02/001 project.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Dec 2011 – Apr 2012
Viet Nam: Ha Noi and relevant provinces

Review the project on “Support to the Implementation and Improvement of National Target Programs for Poverty Reduction” period 2006-2011.

Develop training materials and conduct trainings on PRA.
Second Northern Mountains Poverty Reduction Project (NMPRP2), MPI
Mar – Nov 2011
Viet Nam: Ha Noi, Yen Bai, Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, Son La, and Lai Chau

Developing training materials; and conducting trainings on PRA and sustainable livelihoods for community facilitators (CFs) (community consultation, village plan development, livelihood development, gender mainstreaming, participatory disaster risk mapping, flood and storm control, etc.) and project officers from central to commune levels.

Strengthening Capacities to Enhance Coordinated and Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction Actions and Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture in the Northern Mountain Regions of Viet Nam. (FAO 037)
FAO
Nov 2011 – Mar 2012
Viet Nam: Phu Tho, Yen Bai, and Lao Cai

Conduct end-of-project evaluation.

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