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Introduction

UNDP is seeking for a National firm/institution to provide Capacity building program on Circular Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Production for business and stakeholders for the Project "Accelerate Circular Economy for Business (ACE-Biz)", as described in the attached documentation.

Currently, UNDP is implementing a Netherlands-supported project entitled Accelerate Circular Economy for Business (ACE-Biz), the aim of which is to contribute to Viet Nam’s low-carbon and circular development, by transforming business, through formulating circular guidelines, delivering capacity-building programs and fostering technology transfer, and demonstrating the certification scheme to promote exchanges of secondary materials and reusable goods through an online marketplace. Eco-design and circular design are proactive approaches from the early stages through product design to efficiently use resources, minimize negative impacts of products on the environment and society throughout their life cycle, thereby promoting sustainable consumption and production. 

The implementation of eco-design/circular design and eco-innovation will help companies demonstrate social responsibility, take advantage of new business opportunities, meet relevant national and international regulations, and contribute to promoting the implementation of circular economy, sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in the coming stages. Taking into consideration that business is facing with challenges and difficulties on limited awareness and knowledge, insufficient training and expertise, clear guidelines, collaboration across supply chains, data availability and monitoring tools. Therefore, addressing these limitations may require coordinated efforts, including enhanced capacity building programs, development of regulations and technical guidelines/standard, and consumer awareness campaigns to foster a business environment that embraces SCP and eco-design practices more effectively.

UNDP is seeking for a national firm to design and implement a Capacity building program on Circular Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Production for business and stakeholders. The Capacity building program will be co-organized with participation of EESD and UNDP as co-hosts and it is expected to implement the following activities.

• Design agenda and develop curriculum for the Capacity building program on CE and SCP, based on results of training needs assessment from business and stakeholders;
• Co-host to organize training programs for groups of business, policy makers, local authorities and relevant stakeholders, on the interested topics such as international standards, tools for eco-design, how to develop and quantify effectiveness of models on CE and SCP, ESG, policy/regulations/technical guidelines, good practices and sustainable models.

Country: Viet Nam

Period of assignment: From December 2024 – December 2025

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