Vietnam

Feasibility Study in support of Rural Pilot Telecenters for farming households in Vietnam. The potential for the application of ICT to provide information services, public service delivery and agricultural extension. Carry out the feasibility study comprised of the 1.1 Study of the needs of the community conducted as a market research on the farmers' demand in the field of communication and the needs of information stated by the recipients themselves.1.2 Recommend strategy to be followed for implementation of ICT for rural development and poverty alleviation.1.3 Proposal for the selection of 10 potential pilot sites in different provinces representing the 7 agriculture zones, the 10 main key products and other considerations.1.4 Legal, economic and financial analysis of the pilot sites.1.5 Design and test a model of a telecentre of RADIC operation that is capable of sustaining itself as viable continuing concern without the need for long term financial support.1.6 Identify links with other ongoing donor ICT initiatives in the agricultural sector. 2. Assist the Government in assessing its strategy for exploiting ICTs for rural development and poverty alleviation. 3.A final report presenting the key data and proposing recommendations and actions to be taken. Summary of Activities (Phase 1: Project Inception; Phase 2: Literature Review and Location Selection; Phase 3: Market Survey; Phase 4: Design and Test Financial and Telecentre Models; Phase 5: Report Writing and Presentation

Primary objectives are to contribute to economic growth in developing countries by supporting the formation of business relationships to Sweden. Our proposal is to use immigrants as initiators of business relationships and mediators between Swedish enterprises and companies in their home countries.

The project’s primary objective is to contribute to economic growth in developing countries by supporting the formation of relationships between diaspora and their host and home regions, particular in Sweden and Vietnam. The proposal is to use immigrants as initiators of relationships and mediators between Swedish enterprises and companies in their home countries. The second phase of the project will focus on implementation of the competence modeling approach developed in phase 1