On 14 February 2012, VNGO&CC network hold a meeting, attended by founding members of the network including SRD, MCD, CERPA, CERED and CEACE, at the SRD's office. The meeting focused to review the activities of the network in previous years and to evaluate the Phase 1 outcomes of the project "Climate change capacity building for Vietnamese CSOs" funded by Finland Embassy. The participants also discussed about the development of the network and planning the second phase of the project.
In the opening of the workshp, Ms. Le Thi Phuong Thao from Finland Embassy said, "We highly appreciate the efforts of SRD uin developing and managing such a successful project. This is the highest amount of funding we have ever granted to a local support project, and the most successful project as well."
Under the Climate Change Capacity Building Project, a sharing workshop on good practices in responding to climate change was held on August 30 with the participation of representatives from different local and international non-governmental organizations, research institutes, universities, state agencies working in the field of climate change, and southern Vietnamese media.
On July 29 and 30, experts and resouces trainers were invited to a workshop to help edit the training curriclum.