General Information

The project will combine (a) awareness of the availability and use of clean and low-carbon technologies, best environmental practices and process optimization strategies in Industrial Zones (IZ) and accessing cost-effective financing through alternative finance models (deployment & demonstration), (b) transfer of know-how about the technologies introduced and practices implemented in eco-industrial parks in numerous other IZ through promotion, awareness-raising and training for companies, authorities and investors (diffusion) and (c) the long-term transformation of existing IZ into Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP) by improving the skills, processes and legal guidelines of the authorities (transfer & consolidation).

The proposed project activities are designed to be for the long-term and include sustainability considerations: promoting the implementation of industrial production practices in IZ through the specific promotion of company cooperation in the areas of improved energy systems, minimized materials flows and waste management, minimized water flows, effective EIP management, increased capacities of ministries for post-implementation, training of trainers and integration into the host community.

Project number: 100052
Project title: Implementation of eco-industrial park initiative for sustainable industrial zones in Vietnam
Functional area code: EC32 – RECP & LowCarbonPrd
Starting date: 17 October 2014
Duration: from October 2014 to June 2019
Project site: Nationwide with demonstrations in Can Tho, Da Nang and Ninh Binh provinces
Government
Coordinating agency: Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)
UN cooperating agency: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Donors: Global Environment Facility (GEF); Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO); National government (MPI, MOIT, MOST); Local Government (Can Tho, Da Nang and Ninh Binh); Vietnam Environment Protection Fund (VEPF) and Vietnam Development bank (VDB)

Project Components

Detailed information about the project please refer to the attached file:

EIP Brochure