Korea Institute for Development Strategy
(KDS) visited Hanoi, Vietnam, for a project kick-off from 16 to 24 of April and
had meetings to discuss detailed implementation plans for the project with
recipient agencies and related institutions.
The project
is funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and KDS will
help the Vietnamese government improve energy efficiency in the industrial
sector and establish green growth action plans in partnership with the Ministry
of Industry and Trade (MOIT) and Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI). KDS
will cooperate with the Korea Energy Agency (KEA) and Korea Research Institute
on Climate change (KRIC) as a consortium to enhance effectiveness of the
project with expertise in each filed.
Specifically, KDS attended the kick-off
conference on April 20 and had time to discuss on the project implementation
plans and to establish cordial relations with stakeholders through direct
communication. About 130 people were
in attendance at the conference including both countries’ government officials,
experts and people from related institutions. They mutually reaffirmed their
purpose of improving Vietnam’s energy efficiency and support for green growth
plans.
KDS will ▲develop educational programs and perform invitation and local trainings to strengthen
the capabilities of public officials and experts at related institutions ▲conduct monitoring and performance management by the end of the project
implementation period, June 2025.
In detail, it
will collaborate with local educational institutions to build sustainable
capacity building system in the country and Integrated Performance Management
(IPM) methodology, which is self-developed by KDS based on Result-Based
Management (RBM), will be applied to analyze effectiveness of the project at
all steps such as capacity building and raising awareness in sectors etc.
Hongmin
Chun, chief strategy officer of KDS, mentioned that KDS will make efforts for making
virtuous circle of human resource development saying that “Desirable
environment can be established only if educational institutions’ capabilities
are improved,” adding, “We will try to give opportunities to as many
institutions as possible even though we should communicate with the MOIT/MPI
beforehand for selection process.”
