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VIET NAM GREEN GENERATION FOR A GREEN GLOBE

PROPOSAL SUMMARY
1. Project Title: ‘Vietnam Green Generation for a Green Globe’
2. Project Site: Vietnam
3. Proponent: Raising Awareness on Environment and Climate Change Program
4. Project Objective: To improve the knowledge on environment and establish a
sustainable life style for Vietnamese youth
5. Cooperating Organizations:
• SMAX
• Live & Learn
• US – Vietnam Trade Council
6. Start-Up Date: December 2008
7. Project Period: 2 years
8. Total Project Cost: 44,561 USD
9. Brief Project Description:
The project’s goal is to educate Vietnamese youth on environment protection and to improve
the contribution of Vietnamese youth on the fight with climate change and environment
pollutions by building a network of voluntary environmental clubs/organizations and other
relevant bodies. The project would play the role of an intermediate proponent improving the
connectivity between those environmental clubs. The establishment of a ‘green network’
would facilitate expanding the activities and the influences of environmental clubs and gather
the resources for future development.



I. RATIONALE

1. Climate Context:
Climate change is, in the opinion of most scientists, inevitable. Indeed, the effects are
probably being felt in many parts of the world, as average temperatures are rising and many

areas are setting annual high temperature records. Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable
countries in the world, threatened by rising sea levels, greater-intensity storms, floods and
droughts and other effects of global warming.
Changes in Temperature and Rainfall
Between 1900 and 2000, annual average temperatures increased by 0.1°C per decade.
Summers are becoming hotter with average summer month temperatures increasing by 0.1°C
to 0.3°C per decade. It is expected that, compared to 1990, temperatures will increase in the
range 1.4-1.5°C by 2050, and the highest temperature increases will be inland. Changes in
rainfall patterns are complex and season and region specific. Monthly rainfall is already
decreasing in most of the country in July and August and increasing in September, October
and November, and rainfall intensity is increasing considerably. According to researches,
compared to 1990, annual total rainfall is expected to increase in the range 2.5 percent to 4.8
percent by 2050. The increase will be largest in the north of Viet Nam and least in the
southern plains. It is expected that rainfall will be concentrated, even more than now, in the
rainy season months, leading to an exacerbation of drought problems in the dry season.
Climate change, then, is set to make precipitation more uneven and variable over time and
space.
Floods and Drought
Even before future climate change is factored in, Viet Nam is at risk from extreme weather
events. In some areas, such as the central provinces and the Mekong River Delta, floods
appear to be increasing in intensity compared with those in the first half of the 20th century,
though whether this simply reflects increased human settlement, cultivation, and
infrastructure development is unclear. Flood damage is expected to be aggravated by an
increase in daily rainfall of 12-19 percent by 2070 in some areas, affecting both flood peak
discharges and the return period of floods. Drought problems will intensify through increased
variation in rainfall and increased evaporation triggered by rising temperatures.
Typhoon Patterns
The number of typhoons that Viet Nam experienced increased between the 1950s and the
1980s but subsequently decreased in the 1990s. The peak month of typhoon landfalls has
shifted from August in the 1950s to November in the 1990s, and considerable uncertainty

exists about the expected frequency of typhoons in the coming century. The trajectory of
typhoons appears to have moved southwards in recent years though it is widely expected that
due to a rise in temperatures, the north will become more subject to typhoon activity and the
intensity of storms will increase, resulting in higher peak wind speeds and more intense
precipitation. Coastal zones will suffer from more intense typhoons, posing higher threats to
people’s lives, livelihoods, infrastructure and agricultural production. Upland communities
will be faced with increasing risks of flash floods and landslides from heavy rainfall. An
estimated 80-90 percent of Viet Nam’s population is potentially directly affected by
typhoons.
Sea Level Rise
Several studies have reported sea level rise in Viet Nam. According to UNEP (1993) sea
levels around Viet Nam increased by 5 cm between the 1960s and 1990s and the Hydro
meteorological General Department estimates that the seawater level is raising at an average
rate of 2 mm per year. Coastal erosion has also been reported, such as in the Ca Mau area
where more than 600 hectares of land have been eroded, with 200m wide strips of land lost in
some locations. Predictions for the extent of sea level rise in the future differ, with national
publications asserting a rise of up to 1m by 2100. Sea level rise will overwhelmingly impact
on the low-lying Mekong River Delta, which could be almost completely inundated for some
periods of the year.
Impacts on Agriculture
A rise in seawater level will worsen saline water intrusion in coastal zones too, which is
already a problem in some areas due to fresh water extraction for irrigation and drinking
water and the construction of canals in the deltas and upstream dams. The Mekong River
Delta will be the most affected region with 1.77 million ha of salinity land, accounting for 45
percent of the land. Inundation and the resulting loss of land, and saline water intrusion in the
Mekong Delta and parts of the Red River Delta, the country’s most important agricultural
areas, will pose serious threats to farmers as well as agricultural export products such as rice
and possibly to national food security.
Besides inundation, more frequent flooding, saline water intrusion, drought, and typhoons,
both agriculture and natural ecosystems will suffer from increased minimum temperatures, a

decreasing number of days with temperatures under 20°C and an increasing number of days
with temperatures above 25°C. This will affect growing periods, crop calendars and crop
distribution, increase pest and virus activity. This also causes a migration of tropical trees and
crops northwards by 100-200 kilometers and to higher altitudes in the mountains by 100-550
meters where they will replace subtropical species. Some species may even extinct as a result
of changing climatic conditions.
Fisheries & Aquaculture
Climate change is expected to have a considerable impact on Viet Nam’s fishery and
aquaculture sectors, which accounted for 3.9 percent of GDP in 2005. The numbers of
tropical fish with a low commercial value (except for tuna) would increase and the numbers
of sub-tropical fish with a higher commercial value would decrease. Coral reefs are expected
to degenerate and fish living in these habitats are expected to disappear. Moreover, sharp
decreases in plankton would lead to migration of fish and reductions in fish body mass. As a
result, it is estimated that the economic sea production capacity of Viet Nam would be
reduced by at least one third. Due to a rise in seawater level, aquaculture farms will have to
be relocated and saline water intrusion and reduction of the mangrove area will create loss of
habitat for fresh water creatures. At last, increased rainfall intensity might temporarily reduce
the salt concentration of seawater, affecting some species such as dual crust mollusks, living
in coastal areas.
Climate Change and Human Health
Climate change is also expected to affect people’s health as increasing temperatures facilitate
the growth and development of various viruses and disease carriers, resulting in higher
incidence of infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue. Extreme weather and increased
frequency and/or intensity of natural disasters, such as typhoons and floods, will threaten
people’s lives and may lead to more fatalities, if significant mitigation and adaptation
measures are not put in place.

2. Community Context

One of the main causes for the heavily polluted environment in Vietnam is the lack of

awareness of local citizens. Although Vietnamese citizens have superficial knowledge on
the climate change and environmental issues through mass media, most of them think that
this problem is irrelevant to their lives and the Government is responsible for solving it. This
mindset leads to the inconsiderate actions and habits in daily lives.

The eagerly participant of local residents in environmental event such as Earth Hour does
show their awareness of the problems. However, these events are only action-oriented, thus
barely have any influences in local residents’ life styles. This situation shows the need of
educational programs which can help affecting the mental model of people and create a
sustainable lifestyle for residents.

3. Overview of Environmental voluntary clubs and non-governmental organizations
a. Government and Non-Governmental Organizations
The Vietnamese government and donors are increasingly concerned by climate change and
a variety of actions and institutions are underway, including some national working groups
and a National Target Program. The NGO community has a role to play in helping to
develop, advocate for and implement plans to help Vietnam in its response to climate
change. Many NGOs are engaging with climate change in a variety of ways and many are
seeking information to develop their organizational strategy and position in relation to
climate change issues.
The NGO 'Climate Change Working Group' (CCWG) was established in February 2008 in
recognition of the fact that Vietnam is likely to be significantly affected by climate change
and that NGOs are well placed to support localized responses. CCWG provides a forum for
Vietnamese NGOs (VNGOs) and International NGOs (INGOs) to actively participate in the
climate change debate. This group plays a significant role in facilitating information and
resource-sharing and coordination among NGOs currently engaged in addressing climate
change across a number of sectors and themes. Current core members include the NGO
Resource Centre, Oxfam, CARE, Catholic Relief Service, World Wildlife Fund, SNV, East
Meets West, etc.
b. Voluntary Clubs and Groups

A large number of volunteers groups have emerged in big cities of Vietnam in recent years.
In which, more than 10 environmental volunteer clubs established in big cities: Green
Action Vietnam, Cycle for Environment, Green Vietnam, Environment 360, Talking Green,
Go Green, 3R, Motivation (Nhiet Huyet), Green Generation Network, and Environmental
clubs in several universities and high schools and online groups, etc. On March 15th, 2009,
a Memory of Understanding among nine regional environmental clubs has taken place in
Hanoi.
Several groups are founded by visionary young individuals, founding members of these
clubs are young people personally touched by the urgency of the environmental protection
or degradation of their living environment. Some established a club after participating an
event organized by an environmental NGO, some went to abroad on a workshop that
changed their thinking and some just read about environmental problems through the
internet or newspaper. Web pages and blogs are now used to share information and bring the
groups together. Over thousand young people and older members of the community have
participated to some of the activities ranging from promotion of cycling, cleaning of the
city, signing a petition for environment, organizing a fair for recycling, creating community
art or just joining to English talking clubs that discuss and debate on environmental issues
and share information.
Many of them are under concern about the human behavior and system change towards
sustainable practices in Vietnamese society, without realization how and when, through
participating in their civic group, they have changed themselves positively and differently
from their previous state of sustainability illiteracy. These young people are green
generation who care and are eager to apply sustainable lifestyles.
c. The inefficiency
However, all clubs and organizations are still acting separately. Activities overlap one
another, clubs waste manpower, and there is a huge lack in professionalism as well as in co-
operation. Clubs have difficulties in finding sponsors, project managers and appropriate
ways to develop manpower. In both the viewpoint of the government and that of the non-
government organizations, voluntary activities haven’t built any prestige as most activities
are short-term, low-effective, concentrating on only one specific action but missing general

educational purposes. Some activities of 3R or GoGreen, though take education into
account, however, conduct in only a few schools. The content of these activities is either too
general or too specific as most are not well-prepared, and lack in serious results’ evaluation.

II. GOALS AND APROACHES
From this situation, we need to:
• Enhance the professionalism of voluntary environment clubs
• Reinforce co-operation among clubs
• Expand activities to gain knowledge about Environment as well as to
improve efficiency of previous activities
Project Approach
• Set up an Environment and Climate Change Club which concentrates on
environment- related activities.
• Establish a network of environmental clubs in schools and companies in
Hanoi.
• Build a framework in which regional and national clubs can co-operate.

How the project solves the problem
• A network will help organizations to share human resources as well as combine their
advantages. To boot, a network helps avoid overlapping activities as well as competing
for ideas. Moreover, activities involving many participating organizations are of a larger
scale, and thus more effective and have a greater influence upon the society. To call for
human resources, a network connects not only environmental clubs, but also other helpful
organizations such as the Y&Y, Student Union, etc. Besides, a large-scale research will
be carried out due to a great demand to gain knowledge on habits and awareness of
residents on Climate Change. The first website on Climate Change with a friendly
interface will soon be established in order to provide people with general knowledge as
well as to call for participation from everyone, especially the youth. To sum up, these
activities do not only fill in the gap that exists in the current situation, but also creates a
chance for all clubs to co-operate and get to know each other.

• Opening courses and setting up programs to enhance skills will help clubs’ projects to
become more effective and more professional. Each club has their own distinguished
strength, but weakness in the organization, management, and in building long-term
strategies still remains. These courses should develop leaders’ capability as well as
enforce co-operation and relationship among organizations and clubs. Furthermore,
experts from NGOs and INGOs will share their experience, and consult clubs to reinforce
their own system, and form their own plans. As a consequence, clubs’ activities will flow
more smoothly and efficiently.
• Establishing an organization which specializes in environment education will solve the
problem of lacking knowledge in this field. The campaign also suggests a plan to set up
environment clubs in companies, clubs which will enlarge the number of people
participating in the project.


III. PROPONENT DESCRIPTION
Raising Awareness on Environment and Climate Change Program (RAECP), founded in
December 2008, is an organization of young people. We try our best to be a professional
voluntary organization on Environment and Climate Change
Smax is a club of people who want to improve their soft skills. This club’s members are students
in many courses of Tam Viet Group, a famous Education Center of Vietnam. Smax’s members
are experienced on training, event–making and capacity-enhancement.
Live & learn is an NGO specializing in community participatory education to promote
sustainable livelihood development and conservation of environmental resources in some of the
most vulnerable communities and biologically diverse regions in Asia and the South Pacific.
The U.S Vietnam Trade Council (USVTC) and its educational affiliate, the U.S Vietnam
Trade Council Education Forum (USVTC-EF), have played leadership role in building the
relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam, contributing to the normalization of the relations
between the two countries and the improvement of the bilateral trade and the investment in
environment. The USVTC has played a key role in the negotiation and implementation of the
U.S Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) and Vietnam's accession to the World Trade

Organization (WTO) and will continue to work closely with Vietnam on the next steps in
Vietnam's economic integration and development.





IV. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1. Subproject 1
1.1. Project Title: “Being knowledgeable to change the world”.
1.2. Project Site: Hanoi
1.3. Project Period: 2 years
1.4. Total Project Cost: 19,190.6 USD
1.5. Backgrounds:
Vietnamese people consider climate change a new issue and pay very inadequate attentions from
local community in general. However, recently, Vietnamese media has gradually paid more
attention to this phenomenon judging by the fact that a lot of information about environment and
climate change are now widely spread. Hence, local communities are better warned of the
climate change when extreme weather happens. Also, local community has also acquired more
knowledge on this problem through several big events held in Viet Nam such as Earth Hour
Campaign in which 1,1 million people in 5 big cities (Hanoi, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An,
Da Nang) have participated, etc. or environmental projects launched in urban areas like Go
Green, 3R (JICA) etc. However, these events are only temporary, therefore they have not yet
managed to bring to local people an overview of climate change or create environmentally
friendly behaviors. Aside the media, the educational activities in offices, schools conducted by
Governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations and volunteer clubs also help raising the
awareness of climate change.
1.6. Brief descriptions of the project:
Objectives:
• Gathering and establishing a green community which is always ready to contribute to the

solid development.
• Maintaining and broadening the model of socializing the environmental education.
• Help to ensure the project’s success.

Main Activities:
• Founding an organization which acts for environment and climate change.
• Gathering, editing and popularizing educational documents about environment and
climate change.
• Carrying out training “pioneer lecturers” who will lecture on environment and climate
change.
• Organizing the activities of propagandizing, educating on environment and climate
change.
• Taking part in developing the project network and complementing different components
of VG4

Outputs:
• Changing people’s behavior to save and firmly develop the environment and tackle
climate change.
• Establishing a common place where everyone joins and unites to save the environment.
• Become a tool which helps carry out different parts of VG4.

1.7. Managing mechanism of RAECP:
The organization has been found by Hoang Duc Minh in December, 2008 under the name
Raising Awareness on Environment and Climate Change Program.
The management board consists of a program director, some program managers and specialized
staffs who are grouped as the team “Fight for the Future” (abbreviated as the F3 Team).
Program director
has the same responsibilities as a general manager of the program. Program
director takes charge of the program and is the highest representative of the program
(

).
Managers: are responsible for the following parts:
(At least 2 managers for each part and 1 manager may undertake many parts)
1. Coordinator: including allocating human resources, assigning tasks, developing
orientation, checking problems and demands of program.

Coordinators have the main roles in assigning works among groups and individuals as well as
allocating human resources (in both terms of finance and manpower). They also play the role of
"intermediate factors" which helps linking different parts of the program. Besides, they are
effective observers who urge and remind their groups’ members to maintain the speed of work.
In some particular cases, coordinators may turn to leaders of groups or monitors of a project.
They have the right to summon a general meeting if necessary.

2. Human Resources Management: including managing members network, investigating
members’ biographies, classifying their abilities, taking their ideas, aspirations,
developing new members network, building new managing mechanism and being in
charge of internal affairs.

Human resources managers work directly with all members. They are those who understand
members’ abilities, ambition, enthusiasm and contributing capacities. These managers also
arrange managing mechanism, and offer members with different positions in the project. They
are expected to be expert on updating members’ information. Furthermore, the managers are
important in making connections among their groups’ members as well as calling for their
solidarity and enthusiasm. Besides, they must know which positions where people are needed
and undertake member selection process for the project and build clubs within their groups. A
particular task of personnel managers is updating the list of members with their exact addresses.

3. Public Relations: PR, promoting, construction updates and reports, news. Issues of
cooperation, assistance.

The work requires the managers regularly update the information in and outside the organization.
Any information from any source can be useful, necessary for organizations as well as for
members and volunteer activities in general. For example, activities of friends, events, news,
information on partners, etc may bring lots of co-operation opportunities. Promoting and
improving the reputation for the project. Group tasks also include updating the building, collect
reports on activities of the project.

4. Institution: Building mechanism of activities as well as rules and Control laws, finance
Writing and contributing to the projects; Building rules, regulations; Creating financial
management; Making reports and evaluating members, giving feedbacks; Working as
consultants or assistances in establishing projects, clubs in different organizations; Making
cooperation and administration regulations.
Specialized staffs: are responsible for the specialized tasks such as translating, editing,
information technology or training.
• Translating
• Environment and Climate change
• Information technology
• Soft skills

Team/Club leaders are the administrators of a group of clubs or of a club established by the
program. Whether the mechanism of activities will be decided by the group leader or not
depends on each group and club, almost independent of the organization.
Project director directly runs RAECP’s projects. Generally, project's mechanism is ratified
already. The project leader can flexibly make changes in the project. However, they should
consider notifying the administrator when dealing with greater issues.
Members and supporters who do not belong to any specific groups or projects will be directly
assigned by administrators.

2. Subproject 2
2.1. Project Title: ‘Today is in our Green Generation’

2.2. Project Site: Vietnam
2.3. Project Period: 2 years
2.4. Total Project Cost: 17,776 USD
2.5. Cooperating Organizations: RAECP, Live&Learn
2.6. Brief description of the project:
Goal:
• To contribute to develop sustainable people for sustainable development
• Climate Change Working Group to contribute to solving climate change and other
unsustainable development issues in Vietnam

Objectives:
To raise awareness on climate change issues and promotes the participation of youths in
sustainable living in Vietnam
Outcomes/Sub-Programs:
• To raise awareness of youths about climate change and other sustainable development
issues
• To promote a sound network of youth groups for learning and action, inspiring young
people to think and act: how climate change will affect young people, their friends,
families and communities and what the youth can do about it
• To raise public awareness through key events and campaigns running by youths on
climate change and sustainable living
• To develop initiatives and recommendations from youths and orient their role for SD

2.7. Backgrounds
Today, the world is facing serious environmental degradation. Green house effects have
changed the global climate. The world is rapidly changing, and it requires innovative
solutions to solve such problems.
Admittedly, the youth is a major productive stakeholder and have fresh and innovative ideas,
who are eager about bringing movement and change. Thus, there are special opportunities to
involve youth in sustainable development. The Youth is not only the objective of the

programs
but also the factors that create the changes leading to development.
Vietnamese youths are becoming increasingly equipped with globally-updated information
and technology, foreign languages and up-to-date knowledge. On one hand, many volunteers
groups are mushrooming to show their concern and care for social and environmental issues.
In the other hand, the populous generation of Vietnam faces ecological literacy challenges as
the whole country is struggling toward its socio-economic growth. Many Vietnamese see
climate change issues as abstract and too big a problem to relate to their daily lives, or their
actions are not helpful to the big picture.
What can be done about climate change and other sustainable development issues in
Vietnam? We consider the involvement of today’s youth crucial to both short-term and long-
term success of sustainable development journey. Sustainable development requires
sustainable people; and ‘The He Xanh’ (green generation) is one initiative to contribute to
develop such responsible people/generation. ‘The He Xanh’ will inspire young people to
think and act for environment, support youth network and empower youth in the role of
change agent.
2.8. Main Activities
The project maintains a website with the contribution of many environment clubs in
Vietnam.
There are two staffs working full time to building the content of the website.
Each Club will have their own page on the website, which they can develop their own
campaign and activities.
Topic 1: Education about climate change

Form Short, simple and non-academic
Using Power point
Illustrated by funny pictures
Short movie
Some famous movies: An inconvenient truth, 11
th

hour, story
of the stuff, etc
Study climate
change, global
warming
Simple and interesting definitions and explanations of Climate
change: What is Climate change? What are its causes and
effects?
Content

Study human
impact
Human impact on Earth: Ecological footprint

Topic 2: Green Generation – It’s time to take an action/what we can do

Form 24 hours being green of a normal person (youth, students,
children, etc)
Weekly/daily new tips
Personal experience
Video clips, funny pictures
Tips for saving electricity, water, nylon bags, etc at home
3R home implements (clothes, toys, etc)
Content Green home
(family life
that has a
sense of
environmental
Information about home, pet implements that’s
environmentally friendly objects

Kinds of plants should be grown at home to neutralize poison
and make green spaces.
How to design a green home
Tips for make rooms green (bathroom, bedroom, garage, etc)
friendliness,
3R and
energy
saving)
Classify gabbage
Tips for saving electricity, water, paper, etc in office
3R office implements: computers, paper, stationery, printers,
boxes
Information about office implements that is friendly with the
environment
Kinds of plants should be grown at work to neutralize poison
and making green spaces
How to design a green office
How to calculate the energy consumption of an office
Green office
Videos, film about green office
Tips for using environmentally friendly transports Green
transportation
How to save energy (petrol, electricity)
Green tour (destination, means, attitude, etc)
Green hotel
Safe foods and drinks
Green leisure
Green shopping
Introduce green technology (what is it? What are the
advantages it brings?)

Green technology in Vietnam
Green
production
Green technology to Ecological label
Study and choose environmentally friendly products
Grow ecological vegetables


3. Subproject 3
3.1. Project Title: ‘Youth Leader – Green Network’
3.2. Project Site: Hanoi
3.3. Project Period: 2 years
3.4. Total Project Cost: 4349.4 USD
3.5. Cooperating Organizations: Smax, Live&Learn, USVTC
3.6. Brief description of the project:
Goals
• Support high schools, universities and colleges in Hanoi to set up environmental clubs
• Connect and train clubs, improve environmental awareness for volunteers.
Objective
Develop a network of 12 clubs in high schools and 18 in colleges and universities.
Outcomes
• Organize meetings, workshops with students about environmental issues.
• Organize training classes for clubs.
• Support clubs in terms of organization experience.

3.7. Backgrounds
The intellectual capacity and enthusiasm of Vietnamese students are unquestionable. Surveys
show that Vietnamese students are much more aware of environmental issues than middle-aged
people are. However, they don't have a good chance to contribute to the sustainability of the
environment.

Currently, there are twenty clubs working in the field of environment in Hanoi. Besides, most of
them are working independently, in affiliation with no university or college. In addition, there
are 76 universities and colleges and about 1000 schools in Hanoi.
Green Hanoi-Amsterdam is the only club on climate change founded in a high school. The
competency of volunteer clubs in universities and colleges in Hanoi is also in question. Under
the sponsorship of Communist Youth Union, every university and college in Hanoi owns at least
one voluntary club. However, these clubs only passively participate in campaigns organized by
the Youth Union, which are mostly launched in remote areas, so that expenses are often high
when considered that the effectiveness is low. Besides, those clubs are usually loosely organized
with capricious human resources and are rarely disciplined.
3.8. Solution
Upon considering the situations, we recommend:
• Establishing an intelligent and creative education materials database about awareness,
responsibility in contributing to a sustainable development. This database focuses on the
problems relevant to the project, and thought-provoking to the youth. It also provides skills
training materials that are very useful and easily applied to the real life. Those skills not only
help the youth performing well in school and projects’ works but also being confident when
facing problems in their lives. The value-building skill will help them shape their own
thoughts and attitudes toward to environmental issues.
• Expanding clubs in universities and colleges, especially ones concerning environmental
matters.
• Organizing training courses and talks for the key members of volunteer clubs. Through the
training courses and talks with voluntary clubs, the project will apply the discussion about
the roles and contribution of youngsters in maintaining a clean environment through the
smallest aspects of daily lives of youth. Also, in the progress of training and exchanging with
voluntary clubs, the project will help improving the social values and skills for the youth so
that they can be more confident and united in social activities.
• Launching forums on “Awareness and responsibility of Vietnamese youngsters” and shaping
the youth’s attitudes towards dealing with pollution and climate change.
• Assisting voluntary clubs to apply knowledge of environment and climate change to

volunteer clubs’ activities as well as making a plan to share with others.
• Promoting and encouraging ideas of building up green behaviors in students’ lives and
activities as well as in volunteer clubs.
• Inviting professionals/specialists (good examples of leaders, managers and environmental
activists, etc) to have a word with volunteer clubs and student clubs in universities/colleges
with an aim to help students better understand sustainable development.


4. Subproject 4
4.1. Project Title: ‘Wakening a Green Generation’
4.2. Project Site: Online
4.3. Project Period: 6 month
4.4. Total Project Cost: 3245 USD
4.5. Cooperating Organizations: Live&Learn
4.6. Brief description of the project:
Objective

• Appeal to the community’s care to environmental problems and climate change
• Investigate the community’s awareness, knowledge and attitude towards environmental
problems and climate change, especially students’ perspectives on environment education
at schools. Establish a foundation for environmental and climate change research,
assessment, as well as projects that will be launched in the future
• Encourage people, especially the youth, to discover climate change issue, its adverse
effects on Viet Nam and the earth, through thought-provoking and/or informative
questions
• Impart knowledge on environment and climate change; propagate the community,
especially the youth, with methods that help them change their minds, habits and
behaviors
• Auxiliary purpose: through a new common activity, environment clubs’ and volunteer
clubs’ action will be more effective and concentrated

Main activity:
Investigate the community’s awareness on environment and climate change
Project Approach

A. Project Objectives:
The community with 3 groups of ages:
Under 15 (primary and secondary students)
15-25 (high school and college students, graduates)
Over 25 (officers, blue-collars, white-collars, etc)
B. Project Approaching Method:
Approach in general way to mobilize volunteer clubs’, environment clubs’, some other
organizations’ participation; call upon the community, especially youth to taking part in the
online survey held in the whole country; focus on people in big cities/urban centers.
C. Main activities:
1. Proponent: members of RAECP (‘Raising Awareness on Environment and Climate Change
Program” and environment volunteer groups in Viet Nam
2. Main activities:
Conduct the survey and investigate awareness of people on environment and climate change
3. Goal:
Number of people taking part in surveying: 10,000- 50,000
Human Resources:
• Project management group: a project management group will be set up when the project
proposal is accepted. Its mission is to organize activities in the framework of the project
 Project Director: project director representing RAECP makes a proposal to
sponsor(s) and is responsible for financial management of the project
 Authorized Representative: the transaction(s) between Project
management group and sponsor(s) (if any) is responsibility of authorized
representative
 Coordinators: are responsible for human resource management, member

selection and the PR organizing accompanied activities
 PR: organize discussion, conference, etc; guide and mobilize concerned
parties and mass media’s participation in order to popularize the survey to
the community
 Specialists/Analysts: analyze and study and evaluate the content of the
survey, as well as propose performance methods
- Specialists in environment and climate change (3)
- Psychologists and Sociologists (2)
• Concerned parties (co-operating organizations): voluntary clubs and groups and
organizations, etc working on environment issues play an important role in mobilizing
and motivating people to doing survey and taking part in accompanied activities
• Collaborator group: members of RAECP and of other clubs, groups and organizations,
students, officers, etc will help spreading out the survey together (mainly in their areas)
and contribute to data checking process
D. The preeminent of the project
• Wide object approach:
The survey is held on the internet so that people can access it easily with a low-speed internet
or they can also access it via mobile phone. According to statistics, up to 2008, Vietnam has
20.2 million internet subscriptions, making up 23.4 percent of the population.
• Many different ways to access and easily spread out through mass media:
The survey can be accessed by a shortcut link which is easy to remember. This link can be
sent easily by email, message, sms, etc. The survey is absolutely be reinserted on many
websites, social networks, blogs, emails, etc.
• Convenience for the participants:
The questionnaire is arranged actively in the form of a multiple choice test. The questions
and the answers are short and their contents are suitable with each group of ages.
• Low expense:
The inquiry is held on the internet so it reduces the cost for organizing events, inquiry staff,
inquiry cost, input data cost, and other cost (paper, pens, printing, etc). Saving the paper for
the investigation is one way to help us reduce the prodigality of using environmental

resources.
• High security and accuracy:
The data is ensured that it’s unable to be lost or to be hacked. The inquiry is done thoroughly
24 hours. The preciseness of the input data is high because the data is digitalized.
• Reduce the spending time:
The data is put directly into the system of Excel. The data is then conversed actively to other
suitable forms with many data analysis soft wares like SPSS.
• High Possibility to be reproduced:
The investigation is held online and the expense is low so it’s able to mobilize the
participation of everybody, every club without the differentiation of geography (even the
overseas).

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