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).
CKC is supporting the CoPLUS Investment Consultancy with their ‘From Goodwill to Good World’ program. The Goodwill program provides significant support for business ideas, products, and services which promote sustainable development.
Philip Thomas from CKC was asked to assist with their orientation training so that applicants for the program could prepare for their interview. We were happy to support this training because we want to encourage sustainable development and we believe that there are many businesses which contribute so much to this urgent priority. We also want to support and work with local businesses who share CKC values, because co-working is important to CKC and because we know that there is more to be gained from collaboration than competition.
Twelve applicants attended the presentation which was held in the meeting room at the Anh Khoa Coffee shop on Thursday 26 September. The participants included organic produce businesses, responsible tourism services, and waste management initiatives.
