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HCM City grant agencies share views at meeting

Representatives from 50 agencies that make grants to support community development in HCM City met on Oct. 21 to identify common goals and possible synergies while building a better understanding about the community.
Representatives from 50 agencies that make grants to support communitydevelopment in HCM City met on Oct. 21 to identify common goalsand possible synergies while building a better understanding about thecommunity.

At the first forum of its kind, held by theLIN Centre for Community Development, officials from NGOs and corporateand government grant-makers shared their experiences in monitoring,evaluating and value-added donor services.

"While we havewitnessed increasing wealth in the urban centres of Vietnam and acomplimentary upswing in philanthropic activities, good philanthropicadvice and information sharing among grant-makers is hard to come by,"Dana RH Doan, advisor to the LIN Centre, said.

"When wespoke with some of the grant-makers in the community, there was a greatdeal of interest in finding opportunities to meet other grant-makers toshare their experiences."

The panel speakers andmoderators included senior executives from both well-established and newplayers in the field like the Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion,Intel Products Vietnam, Irish Aid, Education for Development, theJustice Initiatives Facilitation Fund, Mast Industries, Sai GonChildren's Charity, and the Unilever Foundation.

The event was sponsored by Intel with financial and technical support from the US consulate in the city./.
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