1. Bilateral schoolprojects between the City of Umeå, Sweden and Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam

2. Approved projects from ICLD: Sustainable Strategies for Sustainable Education – 2012-07-01 – 2015-06-30 – Year 1499 000 SEK – Year 2499 000 SEK – Year 3499 000 SEKTot: 1 497 000 SEK Integrated Management Processes for ESD – 2012-07-01 –2015-06-30 – Year 1497 000 SEK – Year 2497 000 SEK – Year 3 497 000 SEKTotal: 1 491 000 SEK Management and coordination – 2012-07-01 –2015-06-30 – Year 1300 000 SEK – Year 2300 000 SEK – Year 3300 000 SEKTotal: 900 000 SEK3 888 000 SEK

3. Swedish contribution to Global Development Fair and sustainable global development Swedish municipalities have an important role to play in contributing know-how and experience to develop welfare and prosperity. www.sweden.gov.se

4. Municipal Partnership Program a form of cooperation financed by Sida that is designed to contribute to municipal and regional operations in high-priority partnership countries in the form of result-oriented projects. There must also be a mutual interest in partnership in which Swedish municipalities clearly benefit from the projects implemented. Coordinated by the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy; ICLD

5. Aim of the Partnership programme/Sida-money The aim of the Sida-money is to reduce poverty and strengthen local self-governance and local democrazy in targeted countries, e.g. Vietnam.

6. Perspectives Democrazy and Human Rights Promotion of equality and the roll of the woman Environment and climate

7. Approach ”Capacitybuildning on an institutional level” – Which means that the project will focus on the DOET (not the schools) – And the DOET can choose to work with the schools aswell The DOET will learn the method of how Umeå is working with Education for Sustainable Development and Umeå will learn the method of how Cau Giay is working with ESD Mutual understanding of eachothers methods

8. Project 1: Sustainable Strategies for Sustainable Education (Dnr 2012-0018) Partners: – Cau Giay, DOET and – City of Umeå, Department of Compulsary school and Kindergarten Timeperiod: 2012-07-01 –2015-06-30 Specific objectives for this project are the following; 1. to enhance competence within both organizations in order for improving their capacity to advocate for ESD in their own cities, and in other settings, 2. to support efforts in the partner organizations in order to improve their capacity to advocate for ESD in their own cities, and in other settings, 3. to develop strategic plans for ESD in both of the partner organizations, which are focused on short, medium and long-term change and results

9. Sustainable Strategies for Sustainable Education (Dnr 2012-0018) Participants: City of Umeå Gunnar Olofsson - Head of Development Department for Education Erika Åberg – Head of School of Environment Gun Stolt - Head of School District Ann-Britt Hägglöf – Head of School District Cau Giay District Mrs Bui Thi Van Anh – The Head of Cau Giay DoET. Mr Nguyen Ngoc Phuc – English Specialist of Cau Giay DoET. Mrs Nguyen Thi Tao – Vice Principal of Trung Hoa secondary school. Mrs Le Kim Anh – Vice Principal of Cau Giay secondary school.

10. Project 2: Integrated Man agement Processes for ESD (Dnr 2012-0019) Partners: – Cau Giay, DOET and – City of Umeå, Department of Compulsary school and Kindergarten Timeperiod: 2012-07-01 –2015-06-30 Specific objectives for this project are the following; 1. to expose teachers, staff and pupils for ESD-work in another country, 2. to, in a joint effort between schools in Umeå and Hanoi, communicate this collaboration on different platforms in both cities and countries, 3. to, and most important; give input from a school perspective to the collaborating parties in the strategic project, in order for making school management sensitive to conditions and needs at the school level were teachers, other staff and pupils interact.

11. Integrated Management Processes for ESD (Dnr 2012-0019) Participants: The City of Umeå Marie Karling – Principal, Hedlundaskolan Pian Rosell – Principal, Tomtebogård Christine Jokijärvi – Teacher, Tomtebogård Linnea Palm –Principal, Hedlundaskolan Cau Giay District Mr Tran Van Ha – Specialist of Cau Giay DoET – Responsible for Primary schools in Cau Giay District. Mrs Do Thi Mai – Principal of Dich Vong B Primary school. Mrs Dinh Thi Tuyet Mai - Specialist of Cau Giay DoET – Responsible for Pre- schools in Cau Giay District. Mrs Vu Ngoc Du – Principal of Mai Dich Kindergarten in Cau Giay District.

12. Project 3: Management and Coordination (Dnr 2012-0020) Partners: – Cau Giay, DOET and – City of Umeå, Department of Compulsary school and Kindergarten Timeperiod: 2012-07-01 –2015-06-30 Specific objectives for this project are to give guidelines to coordinators/project managers and project-leaders, learn and communicate, follow-up and evaluate.

13. Management and Coordination (Dnr 2012-0020) Participants: The City of Umeå Margareta Rönngren – Member of the Municipality Council, Umeå Peter Sedlacek – Member of the Municipality Council, Umeå Ann-Christine Gradin – Manager of Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary School, City of Umeå Cathrin Alenskär – Manager of International Affairs, City of Umeå Can Giay District Mrs Bui Thi Van Anh – The Head of Cau Giay DoET. Mrs Nguyen Thi Tao - The Vice principal of Trung Hoa secondary school. Mr Tran Van Ha – Specialist of Cau Giay DoET – The head of primary group. Mrs Dinh Thi Tuyet Mai - Specialist of Cau Giay DoET – The head of kindergarten group

14. Activities in the project: Autumn 2012 – Visit eachother – Activities in Umeå – Activities in Ha Noi Spring 2013 – Visit eachother – Activities in Umeå – Activities in Ha Noi Autumn 2013 – visit eachother – Activities in Umeå – Activities in Ha Noi Spring 2014 – Visit eachother – Activites in Umeå – Activites in Ha Noi Autumn 2014 – Visit eachother – Activities in Umeå – Activities in Ha Noi Spring 2015 – Visit eachother – Activities in Umeå – Activities in Ha Noi

15. Grant from Sida Travelcosts Hotelcosts Translaters Experts from Sweden – E.g. GAP Sweden