Funded by the Interchurch Organisation International Cooperation (ICCO), from November 2014 to December 2015, the Center for Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH) carried out the project “Community-based sustainable aquaculture production in Phu Da, Phu Thuan, Phu Xuan Communes, Tam Giang Lagoon” through the “shrimp-crab-siganus” intercropping model and stable market linkage. This project was designed as the first phase of a larger development strategy including two stages where the model is expected to be replicated across Tam Giang Lagoon. Through this project, ICCO also supported CSSH to pilot the model of a CSSH’s social enterprise in the upcoming time.

The independent evaluation was undertaken to provide a systemic and objective assessment of (1) project objectives and outcomes, (2) results, impacts and levels of achievement of expected results, and (3) relationships between CSSH and other stakeholders. The three main evaluation objectives were determined upon criteria of efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and stakeholder analysis.

CKC has recently carried out the following surveys which are relevant to this consultancy:

Social baseline survey and report on solar power in Binh Thuan province for the ERM consultancy in March 2019 (50 questionnaire surveys with a team of two with a vulnerable rural community).  This survey was conducted in Hong Phong district, Binh Thuan province that engaged the participation of 40 Kinh households mainly living on agriculture. The objective of the survey was to understand the socio-economic situation of households affected by land acquisition for solar power development and then build livelihood restoration strategies for local community.

Social baseline survey and report in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces for the ERM Consultancy in April 2019 (280 questionnaire surveys with a team of five with a rural community). A large-scale survey with the participation of 280 households (1040 surveyed members) was conducted by a team of five members within 7 days on site. The survey was carried out in 13 villages located in five communes from Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces. Household interviews and key informant interviews were employed to grasp demographic information at provincial, communal and household levels.

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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