Nine organisations in ASEAN have been awarded the ASEAN CSR Vision 2020 Small Grants Fund offered by the ASEAN CSR Network with the support of the Government of Sweden through its Development Cooperation Section in Bangkok.

This is the second round of funding awarded and the recipients included:

• The Ateneo Human Rights Center, the Philippines
• Fair Trade Laos, Lao PDR
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Pannasastra University, Cambodia
• Penabulu Foundation, Indonesia
• Vietnam Business Forum, Vietnam
• VCBSD, Vietnam
• Anak Alami Enterprise, Malaysia
• Yayasan Sahabat Asia Bianglala (SAHALA), Indonesia

The Small Grants Fund is to provide supplementary funding to local and regional organisations who are engaged in work to promote Corporate Social responsibility and with an interest to link their work to the ASEAN CSR Vision 2020 initiative.

Awardees need to complete their projects by September 2016 this year. For more information on the selection criteria and work areas, please click here.

Over the next few months, we will be profiling the first round winners who have completed their projects in December 2015.

The first round recipients included:

• Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Cambodia
• Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta, Indonesia
• Indonesia Business Links, Indonesia
• Kadin, Indonesia
• Ray of Hope (CSR) Foundation, Myanmar
• Ateneo Human Rights Center, the Philippines
• Sharing Value Asia (Public Affairs Asia), Thailand
• IPS Asia Pacific Center Foundation Inc, Thailand
• VCCI, Vietnam

The third round of applications will be open around July 2016. Do look out for more details on our website.