CKC has recently carried out the following surveys which are relevant to this consultancy:
Social baseline survey for the food sector in Nghe An and Dak Lak provinces for the Mott MacDonald consultancy in January 2019 (30 questionnaire surveys with a mixed ethnic community).This survey was conducted with the participation of 30 households including 18 from the Thai, Hmong, and K’Mu ethnic minorities. The survey involved 1-hour face-to-face interviews about social and economic conditions of households affected by land acquisition.
Social baseline survey and report on wind power in Binh Thuan province for the Mott MacDonald consultancy in April 2019 (40 questionnaire surveys with a team of two with a rural community).A three-day survey was conducted in Thien Nghiep commune, Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province by two surveyors to collect socio-economic information about local households regarding a land transaction for a wind power development project. Forty Kinh households with 165 household members were engaged in this survey.
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Alistair Cameron from Hearts for Hue led a discussion at CKC offices about Development Studies. This is the third of a regular series of discussions on subjects that are relevant for Hue NGOs that CKC has organised in collaboration with other organisations.
At the sharing, we questioned if humanitarian aid is better delivered as ‘cash transfers’ rather than traditional aid ‘projects’. We also looked at the politics of education and how we can move on from achieving 100% literacy rates to focusing on the quality of education.
The Center for Knowledge Co-creation and Development Research (CKC) held a second sharing session on Social performance with international standards. CKC sees these sessions as a useful professional development opportunity for development practitioners and social researchers. They are also an opportunity for CKC to meet our social responsibility values “Develop a training/information sharing program which shares the learning gained by CKC projects with other agencies and young graduates/professionals”.
CKC Sharing Session 2 was conducted by Dr. Nguyen Quy Hanh – CKC Senior Researcher on Saturday 24 August. Representatives from CKC and three other organizations attended. Mr. Hanh explained how ‘Social Performance’ can be measured and used by NGOs to improve their effectiveness. Apart from conducting community development projects, NGOs can engage in delivering social impact assessments and planning, social due diligence and implementation of social programs for stakeholder engagement, community grievance, livelihood restoration and community development in compliance with international standards such as International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Asian Development Bank (ADB).
