Do Van Nguyet is the founder and director of Live & Learn for Environment and Community, a Vietnamese NGO. She has built partnerships and collaborations with a number of government agencies, NGOs, media and businesses to support and facilitate youth-led and community-based environment initiatives in Vietnam. Her NGO has been widely recognized as an innovative organization in youth development, climate change education and active multi-stakeholders engagement for addressing air pollution and environmental management. In 2017, Live&Learn won international Stars Impact Awards for the work on children and young people. Her NGO is currently connecting government agencies, scientists and civic groups working on air quality monitoring and citizen science.
Nguyet has special interests in youth empowerment, social innovation, capacity and network building with civic groups and businesses on sustainability and governance. She has been selected to represent NGOs and youths in Viet Nam to attend a number of international events and networks, included: Personnalités d'avenir (2016, France); WorldBank/IMF Annual Meeting (2014, US); International Visitor Leadership Program (2014, US); The 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2011, South Africa), Asia Pacific Young Leaders in Education for Sustainable Development, Asian Young Leaders in Governance. She holds a MSc degree in International Development Studies (Wageningen University and Research Center, Netherlands). Nguyet’s goal is to build up “critical masses” of young people in promoting sustainability education and practices in Vietnam.
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