Tra Vinh Wind Project – Community Needs Assessment - 2021

Project Description:

The Tra Vinh Project is a near shore wind project located in Tra Vinh province, South Vietnam, approximately 130km from Ho Chi Minh City (the “Project”). The Project is located in the following five communes: Ngu Lac, Truong Long Hoa, Long Toan, Long Khanh, and Dan Thanh. In accordance with the principles of CFM’s Responsible Investment Code, CFM is committed to maximising opportunities for delivering environmental and social benefits through its investments, particularly to the local communities in the area of influence of its project investments. To achieve this, CFM has established an impact (“Do Good”) framework which provides an overarching approach to fulfilling this commitment.

Mekong Economics’ inputs were to carry out stakeholder mapping and a needs assessment along with prioritisation and ranking to provide the information necessary for the development of the Do Good program for the Tra Vinh project. This involved the following specific details:

  • Conduct comprehensive desk review of relevant project to develop and formalize an assessment framework in compliance with IFC‘s Performance Standards - including a methodology to assess it in close consultation with CFM and its partners.

  • Identify opportunities for environmental interventions that restore, conserve or enhance the local environment through meetings with stakeholders including NGOs, Government officials and through relevant studies (for example ESIA baseline studies, desk-based research).

  • Ranking of the different Do Good opportunities will commence with local stakeholders

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