Sixth MKCF Call
Country | Proponent | Title | Objective(s) | Sector/Priority Area | Duration |
Cambodia | Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) | Capacity Building for Sustainable and Climate Change Resilient Water Resource Management in Mekong River Basin | To develop capacities on flood forecasting and warning system, integrated water resources management, water-related issues to cope with climate change as well as to strengthen future cooperation in the water resources management between Mekong region including Cambodia and Republic of Korea | Environment | 2 years 6 months |
Lao PDR | Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) - Research institute for Energy and Mines (RIEM) | Development and Promoting of Solar Drying Utilization for agricultural and ODOP products | To promote utilization of solar dryer for improve quality of dried product for farmer, agriculture product enterprise | Agriculture and Rural Development | 2 years |
Myanmar | School of Industrial Training and Education (SITE) and KRIVET | Strengthening TVET Management and Upskilling TVET Personnel to Meet Industry Demand Reflecting IR 4.0 | To develop new skills of TVET personnel from Myanmar and Vietnam by providing intensive upskilling trainings | Human Resources Development | 2 years |
Vietnam | Southern Institute of Ecology (SIE) | Building a Portal of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Information for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development for the Mekong Delta (Ecobank Mekong) | To support the Mekong Delta’s sustainable socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation planning through providing an open consensus database of natural ecosystems and associating biodiversity | Environment | 2 years 6 months |
Thailand | Ministry of Interior of Thailand - Department of Provincial Administration | Enhancing People-to-People Connectivity to Address Non-traditional Security Challenges in the Mekong Region | To supplement the ongoing efforts and the capacities of the governments of Thailand, Lao PDR and Cambodia, to comprehensively and effectively address cross-border crimes, primarily human trafficking and drug trafficking in its border areas | Non-traditional Security Challenges | 2 years |
ROK | Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCo) | ICT for Adaptation to Climate Change and Forest Fire Management in Mekong Region | To showcase an ICT-based forest fire management (FFM) system in Cambodia and Viet Nam, enhance in-country capability of government and stakeholders in using the ICT-based FFM system and develop rollout plan as well as enhance international cooperation on forest fire and related threats for the Mekong region | Information and Communication Technology | 2 years 9 months |
IO | International Rice Research Institute, University of the Philippines (IRRI) | Rice Straw-Based Circular Economy for Improved Biodiversity and Sustainability (RiceEco) | To develop a sustainable circular economy (CE), including rice straw-based bio-fertilizer, bio-plastics, and an ICT tool for optimizing rice straw logistics, complemented with adjusted business models and targeted behavioral interventions for farmers and other value chain stakeholders | Environment | 3 years |
MI | Mekong Institute | Capacity Building on Regional Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation of MKCF Projects | To enhance capacities of the eligible partners under the MKCF program by reinforcing regional cooperation and integration through designing and delivering collaborative projects across the seven priority sectors of the MKCF | Human Resource Development | 3 years |