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HSF Vietnam supports
The ECOTHON Series in Southeast Asia

to further promote and support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG 12) in the region.

Ecothon is an Eco-entrepreneurs marathon for Sustainable Development that aims to develop green business ideas in order to promote the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 12 on “Sustainable Consumption and Production” (SCP) in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Due to Covid-19, the events took place in each of these countries online this year.

From October 13th to 16th, 10 different teams took part

From October 13th to 16th, 10 different teams took part

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During the events in October 2020, 10 participating teams from each country pitched their innovative ideas on how to develop successful business strategies while taking both the social and the ecological aspect into account. Teams in Cambodia dealt with topics such as climate change, waste management, gender equality as well as poverty, in Lao with waste management, clean production, resource efficiency as well as responsible consumption and in Myanmar with water supply and sewage, waste management, agriculture, forestry, agri-eco tourism as well as electricity and manufacturing.

International expert mentors chose the three winning teams in each country.

International expert mentors chose the three winning teams in each country.

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International expert mentors and professional social innovation startup coaches from Lao, Myanmar, Malaysia, South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and the US coached the young eco-entrepreneurs in further developing their environmentally friendly and sustainable business ideas in order to contribute to sustainable consumption and production patterns (SCP).

The three winning teams of each country will take part at the most famous start-up festival in Korea, the “K-Startup Week Come up 2020”, where they will have the opportunity to present their green business ideas to potential investors and stakeholders in Asia.

Since 2019, the Hanns Seidel Foundation Vietnam has been collaborating with ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center (ASEIC) for the Ecothon series as part of its regional project to promote SCP in ASEAN.

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