Announcement of the results of the first grant call – PWG Project

In the first call for proposals, the "Project on supporting women-led green initiatives" (PWG), funded by the European Union (EU) through Oxfam, has received 119 applications from 107 organizations.

Twenty-two initiatives were selected for funding by an independent review panel based on their high scores and alignment with PWG’s criteria.

The theme of the first grant call of PWG project is “Raising awareness and contributing to improving green livelihoods, accessing decent jobs and increasing participation and contribution to policy development in response to climate change, disaster risk reduction and environmental protection for women”.

The PWG Project Management Unit and Oxfam in Vietnam would like to congratulate the 22 organizations and initiatives receiving the first grant! Here are 22 selected initiatives:

1. Promoting green livelihoods and enhancing the role of ethnic minority women in upland areas through the cultivation, processing, and commercialization of indigenous tangerines in Muong Khuong and Pha Long communes, Lao Cai Province – Institute of Science and Application Research – Hanoi Pedagogical University 2
    
2. Enhancing the capacity of Red Dao women in Ta Ngao Hamlet, Bat Xat Commune, Lao Cai Province to preserve and develop indigenous knowledge associated with the value chain of medicinal agricultural products, aiming for sustainable development, biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, and greenhouse gas emission reduction – Lao Cai Farmers’ Union
    
3. Greening with women, from waste to livelihoods – Vietnam Environmental Incident Response Center (ESE)
    
4. Empowering Co Tu women with resilient forest-based livelihoods and climate adaptation skills – Center for Development of Community Initiative and Environment (C&E Center)
    
5. Green aquaculture – circular economy initiated by women fishers in Hue city – Provincial Fisheries Association of Thua Thien Hue (HUEFIS)
    
6. Sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority women in cinnamon-growing households in Bao Nhai and Coc Lau communes, Lao Cai through piloting an agroforestry-based cinnamon cultivation model integrated with gender equality – Consultative Institute for Socio-Economic Development of Rural and Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA)
    
7. Digital knowledge ecosystem integrated with e-commerce to support sustainable OCOP product development – Center for Consultancy on Family Health and Community Development (CFC Vietnam)
    
8. Elevating rice-shrimp livelihoods in Ca Mau: Women leading green and digital transformation through the circular economy – Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED)
    
9. Promoting women-led green transformation in the southwestern mountainous communes of Hue City: Transitioning from traditional farming models to organic aquaculture and medicinal plant cultivation linked to the market – Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD)
    
10. Enhancing sustainable livelihoods for women with disabilities through recycled product production – Center for Inclusive Development Action (IDEA)
     
11. Improving the livelihoods of ethnic minority women through an inclusive medicinal plant value chain adapted to climate change in A Luoi 2 and A Luoi 4 Communes, Hue City – Centre for Community Research and Development (CCRD)
     
12. Promoting green livelihoods for women, especially women with disabilities, through the development of value chains for recycled handicraft products in Hue City – Center for Highland Natural Resource Governance Research (CEGORN)
     
13. Enhancing access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises, cooperatives, and business support organizations to promote green transition, create jobs, and strengthen the role of women in developing and implementing climate change response policies in Hue and Da Nang – FTU Innovation and Incubation Space
     
14. HẠT NGỌC TRỜI BAY XA (Sky pearl flying far) – Promoting the leadership role of women in implementing green agricultural business models in Tu Le, Lao Cai – Khau Pha Friends Joint Stock Company
     
15. Preserving heritage linked to women-led green transformation at the Loc Thuy cajeput oil craft village – Thua Thien Hue Women's Union
     
16. Green livelihood transformation led by women in the lowland acid grassland of the Mekong region in Ninh Quoi commune, Ca Mau province – Mekong Institute, Can Tho University
     
17. Local Herbal Tea – Greening livelihoods for women in Khanh Yen – Lao Cai Cooperative Alliance 
     
18. Lam Thuong – reviving heritage, connecting green livelihoods – Center for Ecological Community Development (ECODE)
     
19. Circular economy from indigenous banana trees – Empowering women in Lao Cai – Center for Climate-Resilient Crop Research, University of Agriculture and Forestry – Thai Nguyen University
     
20. Developing women-led supply chains of environmentally friendly craft village products to serve service and tourism activities in Phong Dinh ward, Hue City – Center for Knowledge Co-creation and Development Research (CKC)
     
21. Women leading green livelihoods from water lilies linked to ecological conservation in the buffer zone of Cu Lao Cham – Hoi An World Biosphere Reserve – University of Education – University of Da Nang
     
22. Strengthen the co-management model for protecting forests and coastal ecosystems between local people and forest rangers in Dong Hai district, combined with livelihood models of natural and improved extensive aquaculture under forest canopies for coastal households (especially households with women as heads), and promote participation and contributions to improving state policies on integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) – Ca Mau Cooperative Alliance

Oxfam sincerely thanks and acknowledges the commitment and efforts of all organizations that submitted proposals, contributing to promoting women’s leadership in green transformation, environmental protection, and climate change adaptation.