Project’s title

Urban Ocean – GAP Assessment

Project’s partner/ collaboration

 Research Institute for Climate Change, Can Tho University

Sponsor/Donor

Global Resilience Cities Network ( GRCN)

Total budged

Project’s period/duration

5831 USD

12th April to 30th December 2021

Principal Investigator (PI)

Co-PI

Project’s member

Assoc.Prof.Dr Nguyen Hieu Trung

Dr Dinh diep Anh Tuan  

Dr Nguyen Xuan Hoang

BSc Le Hoang Hai Anh

MSc Nguyen Thanh Loc

BSc Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong

Overall objective

 Specific objectives

The goal of the Urban Ocean program is to work with city leaders to bring new ideas, partners and resources together to solve interrelated problems around waste management. It provides the opportunity for ocean advocates and city leaders to join forces with other allies to develop comprehensive solutions that meet the needs and priorities of communities and other actors, to create real and lasting impact. The Program will demonstrate how actions to improve waste management and recycling can provide resilient and sustainable solutions that not only reduce ocean plastic pollution but also address key city priorities such as improving public health, supporting economic development, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, Urban Ocean will provide a platform for cities to showcase leadership and share knowledge and experiences across the Global Resilient Cities Network community and beyond.

The program aims to demonstrate how actions to improve waste management and recycling can provide holistic, resilient, and sustainable solutions that not only reduce ocean plastic pollution but also address key city priorities such as improving public health, promoting innovation, supporting economic development and job growth, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Contents

Urban Ocean is a capacity-building and accelerator program for cities that will champion circular economy principles, build awareness of ocean plastic pollution, and assess waste management systems. It supports cities to develop strategies and projects designed to address the interrelated challenges of ocean plastics and community resilience and has four areas of action:

1. Build a coalition of cities that works on solving interrelated problems around waste management and promotes circular economy solutions and approaches in municipal waste management;

2. Establish a peer network and exchange through a Community of Practice that enables collaboration, sharing of best-practices and capacity development;

3. Assess critical gaps, risks and vulnerabilities and map waste management challenges;

4. Jointly develop financeable resilience project proposals for presentation to potential partners and funders.

Urban Ocean works closely with cities in Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Europe to demonstrate tangible solutions and progress. The first cohort of cities comprises 5 cities that are leading the way in the fight against river and ocean plastic pollution and/or in implementing circular economy approaches (mentor cities), and 5 cities located in geographies with high waste leakage rates that are committed to improving waste management as part of resilience-building efforts (learning cities)

Expected outcome

Session Notes

Final Can Tho Waste Management Profile

Final Can Tho Opportunity Statement

Session Photos / recordings

Support in the finalization of opportunity statement based on comments provided by GRCN, funders, and selected mentor cities

Contact address

SAURABH GAIDHANI (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

or

NGUYEN HIEU TRUNG (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)