Ethnic Minority Movement Stereotype and discrimination against ethnic minorities (EM) is a critical issue and it is among the key drivers of poverty and injustice facing by EM in Vietnam. Building up on the results of the Oxfam project on EM Voice and Empowerment in Dac Nong (partnering with CECEM and the local partners) and ISEE's efforts in building up EM leaders, and our experiences and expertise in public campaign, mobilization, supporting movement building, Oxfam, ISEE and CECEM have been working together to develop a joint program on EM Movement Building (2015-2020), aiming that (i) 18 EM groups in 14 provinces and their network actively lead their own movements to change stereotype and discrimination in public and policy sphere, (ii) The law on discrimination and law on EM have provisions to prohibit discrimination against ethnic minorities, reinforcing their rights to culture and identity; and incorporate participatory and accountability mechanism for meaningful engagement of EMs in policy making process at national and local levels.
This program has been started its implementation from beginning of 2015, with limited and ad-hoc core funding of OGB, Novib and OHK.  From the last 8 months of implementation, this project has achieved encouraging and remarkable results:
- A nationwide EM people#s network from 18 ethnic minority groups is set up with engagement of EM potential leaders and EM youth in 14 provinces. EM network have identified the mission, vision as well as initiated specific tasks/actions of the group. EM Youth and EM Leaders develop their initiates/ their own activities in the future to contribute in EM development. Leadership and advocacy capacity building and reflections on #Values# for EMleaders and EM youths
- Public events including #I believe that I can# in Hanoi with EM groups from 18 provinces joining and the #Road show# in Dac Nong province organized by EM themselves attracted about two thousand of men and women EM of different generations(children, youth and elderly) and the local authority joining this event. Those public events have been succeeded in EM showing andbeing proud of their values (solidarity, freedom, diversity), being more confident, and enabling EM people to take collective action, strengthen solidarity among different EM groups and within communities.
- Representatives of the EM people# network has been engaged and raised up their voice in a number of policy dialogues at local and national levels on land and EM policies
- Most of all, pro-activeness and self-esteem of all participants have been strengthened that made them eager and inspired to do more by and for themselves.
- This project has engaged other CSOs organizations working on EM issues and local authorities.
A number of donors (IA and DFAD) in Vietnam are interested in this project.  IA expressed their willingness to co-fund this project. Meanwhile Oxfam in Lao has expressed their interest to cooperate with Oxfam in Vietnam#s EM movement project to bid for the global EU Call under the EU#s Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR).
Meanwhile, in the coming months (Sept-Dec 2015) we need funding for the following planned activities of the program,  that we do not have funding to cover yet. This funding will help to maintain momentum and meanwhile bridging with donor funding (IA could fund from Mar. 2016)