On November 11, 2026, CKC held a workshop titled “Sharing and co-interpreting research findings on women’s roles in accessing and using green finance in traditional handicraft supply chains linked to services and tourism in Phong Dinh Ward, Hue City”.

CKC has been conducting the study since December 2025 under the PWG-Phong Dinh Project. After 11 months of research, the team has generated preliminary findings on how women in the pottery and sedge grass (cỏ bàng) supply chains access and use green finance, including the enabling factors, constraints, and support needs they face.

The workshop consulted diverse stakeholders to validate and discuss the preliminary findings. Participants included representatives from:

• Local government and relevant agencies;
• Businesses, community-based organizations, and NGOs,
• Beneficiary communities;
• Lecturers, experts and researchers working in related fields.

Through group discussions and collective reflection, participants provided valuable feedback and helped clarify several key issues:

• Defining green indicators and green development pathways in local craft village planning, policies, and programs.
• Accessing the current plans for raw material production areas, and mechanisms for assessing and monitoring the environmental impacts of craft village activities.
• Exploring linkages among craft villages and among stakeholders to diversify products and develop integrated experiential tourism services, thereby improving livelihoods and incomes, especially for women.
• Analyzing the demand for local capacity strengthening in environmentally sustainable production, market access, and green finance sources.
• Examining how value and benefits are distributed among producer households and other value-chain actors to promote greater equity in the upgrading of craft village supply chains.

These inputs generated through these discussions will help refine the methodological approach for the next phase of data collection, refine the study’s analytical focus, and enhance the relevance of its findings for both policymaking and practical interventions.

The findings will inform stakeholders in developing policies and support programs for the sedge-weaving and Phuoc Tich pottery communities, as well as for broader initiatives related to craft village development, community-based tourism, green economic transformation, and gender equality.

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This research is part of the project “Women-Led Development of Eco-Friendly Handicraft Supply Chains for Tourism and Services in Phong Dinh Ward, Hue City” (PWG-Phong Dinh), supported by the “Women-Led Green Transition” (PWG) project under the European Union-funded “Women-Led Green Partnership Program,” managed by Oxfam in Vietnam. The project is implemented by CKC in collaboration with the Phong Dinh Ward Women’s Union and Kido Company.

All images below were taken with the consent of participants. Please contact CKC before using these images for any purpose beyond the Project’s official communications.

On 1 and 3 November 2026, the SODI-A Luoi Project organized three training and sharing sessions on collecting indigenous knowledge stories in A Luoi 1, A Luoi 2 and A Luoi 3 communes. The sessions brought together 30 women participants, more than 87% of whom were Pa Co and Co Tu ethnic minority women.

These sessions marked the launch of the Indigenous Knowledge Handbook Development Activity, which will be implemented from 2025 to 2029. Through this activity, ethnic minority women play a leading role in collecting, documenting, and preserving the knowledge, stories, and cultural values of their own communities.

Supported by a literature and culture expert, participants explored six key topics:
• Understanding indigenous knowledge and its significance;
• Identifying knowledgeable and respected community members;
• Developing skills in interviewing and eliciting cultural stories;
• Documenting stories through note-taking, audio recording and photography;
• Practicing interview role-plays and addressing real-life situations; and
• Planning data collection in the three communes and committing to an action plan for 2026.

The stories collected through this process will be compiled and published in a handbook to help preserve and promote A Luoi’s rich indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage. The activity also strengthens the capacity of ethnic minority women to collect and document community stories while contributing to the integration of indigenous knowledge into sustainable community-based tourism development.

Enabling women to lead the preservation and transmission of indigenous knowledge is a guiding principle of the SODI-A Luoi Project. By placing women at the centre of this effort, the project seeks to ensure that knowledge is preserved through the voices of community members themselves and passed on to future generations.

This activity is part of the Sustainable Livelihoods and Indigenous Knowledge Preservation Component of the SODI-A Luoi Project(2025 – 2029) titled “Socio-Ecological Transformation for Ethnic Minority Women through Creating Sustainable Livelihoods in A Luoi”. The project is funded by SODI (Solidaritätsdienst-international e.V.) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). VUFO Hue is the lead implementing agency, and CKC is a key implementation partner for the Environmental Awareness, Sustainable Livelihoods and Indigenous Knowledge Preservation, and Communication Components.

All images below were taken with the consent of participants. Please contact VUFO Hue before using these images for any purpose other than for the Project’s official communications.

Trung tâm Nghiên cứu Phát triển và Đồng kiến tạo Tri thức (CKC) đang tìm kiếm đơn vị cung cấp dịch vụ ĂN UỐNG trong khuôn khổ Dự án “Phát triển chuỗi cung ứng sản phẩm làng nghề thân thiện với môi trường do phụ nữ lãnh đạo phục vụ các hoạt động dịch vụ và du lịch tại Phường Phong Dinh, Thành phố Huế” (Dự án PWG-Phong Dinh).