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Scoping mission on EU support to the European Management University in Vietnam <p>The objective of this scoping mission is to assess the rationale and strategic orientation for a potential new EU intervention to support the establishment of the European Management University (EMU) in Vietnam. The specific objective of the assignment is to provide an independent assessment of: 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the relevance of the establishment of the EMU in Vietnam, taking due consideration of, but not limited to, the current higher education landscape in Vietnam, the labour market demand and the country¿s development ambition. 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the necessary conditions, key challenges and arrangements required for the establishment of the EMU in Vietnam. 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the validity and viability of the latest EMU proposal, which will be shared with the contractor. 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the possible value added and role of the EU in this project, and in which modality(ies)/set up. In conducting the assignment, the Contractor shall duly take into account the cross-cutting objectives of the EC, higher priority will be given to climate change and persons with disabilities. The global and specific objectives shall clarify that all EU funded actions must promote the cross-cutting objectives of the EC: environment and climate change, rights based approach, persons with disability, indigenous peoples and gender equality.</p>
Technical assistance to develop the project document for the EU VN responsible, smart and green economy programme - industrial componen Contract related to: Technical assistance to develop the project document for the EU VN responsible, smart and green economy programme - industrial componen - The Support Measures and Cooperation Facility for Asia and the Pacific 2022, 2023 and 2024 provides the European Commission the possibility to finance small-scale activities that are needed for the achievement of the objectives of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI-Global Europe) in those regions.
IEEP - Accelerating energy efficiency in larger industries through energy management systems, system optimization and the promotion and adoption of energy efficiency in small and medium-sized enterprises. <p>The Project will improve energy efficiency across the industries through the introduction of ISO Energy Management Standards incorporating industrial energy System Optimization. It aims to promote and stimulate market demand and increase the adoption of energy efficiency practices by industry (including DEUs and SMEs) for their greater energy performance, reduced carbon footprint and enhanced productivity and competitiveness.</p><p>The Project will support the MOIT and relevant government agencies in developing and issuing regulations and guidelines on energy audits and on energy efficiency and low/no carbon technologies for industries. It&nbsp;aims at enhancing the awareness and technical capacity of key stakeholders on EnMS and SOs and the provision of technical assistance in the implementation of EnMS and SO solutions, by strategically contributing to the VNEEP3 energy saving targets, as well as more generally reducing GHG emissions and increasing energy security.</p><p>By achieving the outcomes set in the intervention logframe, it is expected that in the long-term there will be an improvement of EE of the industry sectors in Viet Nam (impact), under the assumptions that no major financial shock or impact to business/export will be caused by the sanitary emergency, and that financing institutions are willing to invest and finance for the installation of new equipment.</p>
Promoting Green Credits for Gender-responsive Deforestation-free and Forest-degradation-free Value Chains <p><strong>Impact </strong>(Overall Objective): Enhanced women's rights to decent job and entrepreneurship opportunities in Green and Circular Economy.</p><ol><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><strong>outcome 1</strong>: Improved technical and operational capacity of the pioneer smallholders and women-led cooperatives for deforestation-free and forest-degradation-free production.</li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><strong>outcome 2</strong>: Increased access of pioneer smallholders and cooperatives to green credits for their gender-responsive agroecology value chains.</li></ol>
Activity under preparation Eco-Fair Women Businesses <p>The overall objective of the action is to support women and girls of all diversities have more accessibility to decent jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities in the green economy and the circular economy through supporting Eco-Fair Women Businesses (WBs).</p><p>The specific objectives of the action are as follow:</p><p>SO1: To improve knowledge and skills of WBs, female workers and girls on Eco-Fair agriculture in the green and circular agriculture sector.</p><p>SO2: To strengthen the capacity of WBs to implement Eco-Fair agriculture practices in the green and circular agriculture sector.</p><p>SO3: To improve access to finance for Eco-Fair WBs operating in the green and circular agriculture sector</p><p>SO4: To enhance the market accessibility of Eco-Fair WBs</p><p>SO5: To promote and disseminate policies on decent jobs for women and girls, green and circular agriculture</p>
Integrated sustainable landscape management in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam through deforestation-free jurisdiction Contract related to: Integrated sustainable landscape management in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam through deforestation-free jurisdiction - Promoting integrated landscape approaches and investments in sustainable land management, in order to conciliate and meet multiple objectives on a specific territory.
Justice Initiatives Facilitation Fund of the EU Legal and Judicial Empowerment Programme in Viet Nam (EU JULE JIFF) <p>EU JULE JIFF aims to increase access to justice for vulnerable groups in Vietnam through a mechanism of grant-making to civil society organizations (CSOs) linked to capacity development, networking, and evidence-based research for national-level policy dialogue.</p>
EU-Viet Nam Sustainable Energy Transition Programme Sector Reform Performance Contract to support a more sustainable energy transition in Viet Nam
Translation and Interpretation services for the EU-VN PCA committee meeting Contract related to: Translation and Interpretation services for the EU-VN PCA committee meeting - The Support Measures and Cooperation Facility for Asia and the Pacific 2021 provides the European Commission the possibility to finance small-scale activities that are needed for the achievement of the objectives of the NDICI.
Expenditure Verification to Delegation Agreement 2017/393-941 <p>Annual Verification Plan 2022 for Delegation Vietnam. Delegation Agreement with GIZ.</p>
Sector Reform Performance Contract of the EU - Viet Nam Sustainable Energy Transition Programme <p>Building on the Energy Sector Policy Support Programme to enhance Access to Sustainable Energy in Rural Areas of Viet Nam, this action aims at contributing to a sustainable energy transition in Viet Nam. Its specific objectives are: 1.Improved energy efficiency; 2.Larger share of renewable energy in the energy mix; 3.Improved performance of the Viet Nam Energy Information System (VEIS). </p>
Hanoi sustainable urban transport program - metro line 3 extension, phase 1 The grant will finance the implementation of the feasibility study for the extension of Hanoi Metro Line 3 as well as technical support for the development of an integrated urban transport system in the city.The total eligible cost indicated includes the EU contribution and a contribution from a Trust Fund - co-financed by AFD, and managed by ADB of USD 0.75 M, equivalent to EUR 0.7 M. This TA will support Hanoi authority in preparing the bidding documents and the bidding process.
Activity under preparation EU - VN Promoting Circular Economy in the Agriculture sector The overall objective of the Action is to contribute to the development of a climate neutral, responsible and circular economy in Viet Nam. It aims to achieve the following specific objectives: ·Specific objective 1: To improve the regulatory framework and business environment for the uptake of gender-sensitive, responsible and circular economy practices·Specific objective 2: To improve the circularity in agriculture value chains.··
Activity under preparation Promoting Inclusive Circular Economy in Viet Nam The Action aims to achieve the following specific objectives:-Specific objective 1: To increase participation of non-state actors in decision-making processes on gender sensitive, responsible and circular economy.-Specific objective 2: To increase uptake of responsible and circular economy practices by non-state actors-Specific objective 3: To support non-state actors in promoting demand for responsible and circular economy products and services
Enhancing grass-root Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) engagement in monitoring REDD+ programmes in Vietnam To develop and implement a Forest Change Independent Monitoring (FCIM)  mechanism for CSOs to monitor forest changes within the framework of the Emission Reduction Programme (ER-P) in six North Central Coast (NCC) provinces of Vietnam and advocate for formalising it.
Support measure 2017-2019 in favour of Vietnam (2019) This support measure is a flexible instrument giving the European Commission the possibility to finance small-scale activities needed for the achievement of the objectives of the DCI Regulation, including its operational and policy priorities.
Carrefour des Opportunités (CarrOpps) Carrefour des Opportunités (CarrOpps) is a five-year project that will leverage a combination of digital technologies and in-person hubs to improve youth engagement in positive activities and promote peace. The project will facilitate access to digital resources, offer employment readiness training, provide entrepreneurship incubation, expand access to basic financial services, and offer health and nutrition e-coaching. CarrOpps aims to integrate youth 18 to 35 into Burkina Faso’s social and economic fabric.
2010 Director's Program - David Johnston Provide financial assistance to students in good standing enrolled in the Local Economic Development Program of Faculty of Environmental Studies of the University of Waterloo, focusing on microfinance, to be overseen by the Deans of Graduate Studies and Environmental Studies or their delegates of the University of Waterloo, who will provide a report to the Foundation describing the utilization of the Gift.
2013 - The MasterCard Foundation Global Scholars Program The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.
2013 Director's Program - Paul M. Ostergard To provide scholarships for students who have financial need and are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences or the Case School of Engineering of the Case Western Reserve University.
2015 PSIPSE Scale-Up - STIR Education This project will take successful pilots of teacher-led classroom innovations to scale in Uganda.
2016 Program - MF Scholars Enable approximately 15 senior microfinance practitioners to attend Harvard University’s ‘Rethinking Financial Inclusion’ program and, in turn, equip them to address critical problems in financial inclusion.
2015 Project - Digital Frontiers Institute This project is about creating the first accredited online courses
in inclusive digital payments and financial services to address capacity gaps in the emerging digital financial inclusion space. These activities will be carried out by a new Digital Frontier Institute, which will be based in Cape Town, South Africa. The Institute will be launched initially as a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Associates, and it will be spawned off as an independent entity once it demonstrates some success.
2010 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners.  Scholarships are provided, based on financial need.
2020 CRRP - Supporting the National Network of Friendship Centres $1,000,000 CAD
2020 YAW-N Project - Transforming Nigerian Youth 2020 YAW-N Project - Transforming Nigerian Youth
2011 Director's Program - Paul M. Ostergard To provide scholarships for students who have financial needs and are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences or the Case School of Engineering of the Case Western Reserve University.
2015 Project - MASO MASO aims to provide relevant technical, financial and business development skills to enable economically-disadvantaged young people to build viable careers in the cocoa sector in Ghana. 

It also train young farmers and entrepreneurs how to expand their cocoa-related enterprises and create more employment opportunities within the cocoa value chain.
2012 Program - Talloires Network Develop and test innovative university-led models that will enable 6,000 students and alumni to accelerate their transition into the workforce.
2017 Innovation Fund - Enabling creative and social enterprise in Uganda Objective
•	Young Ugandans benefit from skill development, certification and mentorship which will increase their opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship in the creative industries. Broader outcomes include elevated youth voice, strengthened civil society, peacebuilding and socio-economic development through arts-based enterprise.
•	This project seeks to innovative in several ways. First, it offers the opportunity to explore youth livelihoods in African creative industries, a small but growing sector that is youth-oriented and often youth-driven, and has links to larger growth sectors, particularly hospitality/tourism and the digital economy. Second, it offers opportunity to explore whether formal, internationally-recognised short course certification enhances access to job and business opportunities for African youth with different levels of formal education.  Third, we will test whether and how the Foundation and its partners can facilitate a more flexible, modular approach to local partnership development and training. Finally, youth voice will compellingly present in the creative, cultural and artistic projects they develop, offering an opportunity for the Foundation to diversify the ways we communicate youth stories and elevate African youth expression.

Core Activities
•	60 youth trained and certified in creative and social entrepreneurship 
•	15 youth awarded prizes towards their enterprise idea, and an additional 20 youth receive mentoring, based on a competitive pitching process
•	Research conducted to assess the effects of training, certification, mentoring and prize fund support
2020 CRRP Project (co-partnership with E-Malezi) 2020 CRRP Project (co-partnership with E-Malezi)
2010 Program To test and demonstrate how consolidation can help rural MFIs in Mali achieve compliance with a new law in West Africa.
2010 Management Program To finalize, launch and promote industry wide discussion of a book that traces the origins and impact of microfinance and explores how to sustainably increase financial services for the poor.
2017 Planning Project - Increasing Efficiency and Improving Quality of Secondary Education in Africa Innovations in Secondary Education - research on secondary education in SSA
2013 Management Program - Midterm Evaluation Support the midterm evaluation of Camfed's educational model in Ghana and Malawi.
2016 Director's Project - President Mogae To purchase school uniforms for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in 13 Junior Secondary Schools situated in Gaborone, Botswana.
2013 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners.  Scholarships are provided based on financial need.
2018 Innovation Fund Project •	This project will facilitate the linkage of supply and demand of skills in the Information Technology (IT) and IT enabled services (ITES) sectors in Ghana for young women who are working or being trained in these sectors by developing an employability and digital literacy skills assessment tool.
•	This project is innovative, as this tool will help young women understand the skills in demand in the IT and ITES sectors and help them assist and signal their employability and digital skills to employers. It will also help these employers assess the level of employability and digital readiness of young women in Ghana. This will facilitate the recruitment process as they are looking to hire or engage these girls in further internship or training.
2019 Management Project - Community Internships 2019 Management Project - Community Internships
2015 Management Project - 2015 Youth Think Tank EOY Youth engagement strategy/outcome. Part of the deliverables listed on youth engagement memo.
2011 Management Program To conduct a needs assessment and design a sustainable multi-partner model to improve secondary-level teacher training and provide higher education opportunities for disadvantaged young people living in Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya.
2014 Project - Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab Create and share knowledge in order to support innovation and scale up of financial services for rural customers, who are typically smallholder farmers.
2011 Management Program - UNESCO Youth Forum To provide financial assistance for young persons nominated by partners to take part in The UNESCO Youth Forum: How youth drive change.
2012 Program - Samasource East Africa Regional Expansion Expand Samasource’s online work employment model to broaden its impact.
Provide digital skills training and employment to 4,300 young people, and train 5,700 young
people for computer-based work.
2013 Management Program - Past African Recipients of International Scholarships (PARIS) Study with UC Berkeley 2013 Management Program - Past African Recipients of International Scholarships (PARIS) Study with UC Berkeley
2017 Mgmt Project - Women's Transformative Leadership Conference 2017 Mgmt Project - Women's Transformative Leadership Conference
2016 Management Project - Youth Segmentation Research Series The project involves conducting a research study Exploring the Gendered Dimensions of Youth Livelihoods Programming, with a  primary focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The overarching purpose of the study is:
- To increase the overall understanding of gendered structural challenges faced by young men and women in developing the skills needed to enter the labour market or sustainable self-employment.
- To provide specific insights for The MasterCard Foundation based on the review of its programme portfolio about how interventions to support access to sustainable jobs or entrepreneurship opportunities can be tailored to overcome the specific gendered challenges faced by young women and young men.
2016 Project - Access2Access Access Holding aims to provide full banking services to micro and small businesses and low-income households. The project will support the implementation of a digital financial services strategy and talent development in three banks. It will focus work in challenging markets such as Liberia and Zambia (facing difficult infrastructure, limited talent and macro-economic difficulties); in Rwanda, Access Bank faces a very competitive market.
2014 Management Program - Innovative Products Establish an in-house incubator to facilitate the development of innovative financial products and services, leveraging JKCL's existing work around providing credit to finance micro-assets.  Ideas that prove successful in pilot implementation will be offered at scale by JKCL to current and new clients.
2017 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners.  Scholarships are provided based on financial need.
2020 Centre for ICT Entrepreneurs Project 2020 Centre for ICT Entrepreneurs Project
2015 Management Project - African Microfinance Week Support travel scholarships for seven African presenters at the African Microfinance Week conference in Dakar.
2016 Tertiary Scholars Convening Support the development of the annual Mastercard Foundation Scholars Tertiary Convening and cover travel and accomodation for individuals who would otherwise be unable to attend.
2015 Director's Project - Paul M. Ostergard To provide scholarships for students who have financial need and are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences or the Case School of Engineering of the Case Western Reserve University.
2011 Program Create a comprehensive monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework to capture and share learnings across the three "Learn, Earn and Save" projects.
2018 Scholars - Deepening TL The Foundation will provide additional funding to all Scholars Program tertiary institution partners to enable them to support Scholars to activate promising ideas and to augment viable social and entrepreneurial projects. This project will expand Scholars' capacity to exercise transformative leadership and give-back, and will catalyze economic opportunities for others.
2011 Scholarship Program To provide scholarships to 120 financially disadvantaged students to complete university education.
2012 - The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program Enable students to complete quality secondary or university education and become catalysts for social and economic transformation across Africa.
2013 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners from Asia, Africa, North-West Europe and the Middle East. Scholarships are provided based on financial need.
2018 Mgmt Project - Higher Education Finance Models in Africa The purpose of this research is to understand effective models of providing finances to low income students for them to access quality, relevant higher education.
2013 - The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.
2018 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners.  Scholarships are provided based on financial need.
2012 Management Program - African Philanthropy Forum For the design, planning, stakeholders' engagement and management of the first conference of the "African Philanthropy Forum" to be held in Africa at the end of 2013 or during the first 3 months of 2014.
2013 Program - Innovations in Secondary Education - Universalizing Secondary Education for Girls in Africa Facilitate entry, re-entry and retention of girls in secondary education and build community demand and accountability for girls education in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
2014 Director's Project - President Mogae 2014 Director's Project - President Mogae
2012 Program - MF Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners.  Scholarships are provided based on financial need.
2014 Management Project - Innovations Journal 2014 Management Project - Innovations Journal
2013 - Youth Employment Opportunities in Agri-Business and Sustainable Energy Improve the livelihoods for out-of-school rural young people in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Mozambique by creating jobs in agribusiness and renewable energy sectors.
2020 Project - National TVET Blueprint/National TVET Workforce Blueprint The National TVET blueprint will define a strategic road map to guide the development of TVET in Kenya by a comprehensive and coherent framework with the primary goal of maximizing the impact on skilling young Kenyans towards the attainment of dignified and fulfilling work.  The National TVET Workforce blue print aims at developing workforce development strategy to foster youth employment in the county, at the same time address how Kenya can overcome the persistent challenges and obstacle for women that ultimately will reduce the possibility for societies to develop pathways for economic growth with social development
2011 Management Program - Ghana Launch For the in-country launch of the partnership.
2009 Management - The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) This program is to research and write a case study on effective philanthropy.