Vuthy Va

Experience

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  Cambodia Climate Change Alliance

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

  Climate Change Policy Officer

  - Developed the Cambodia climate change strategic plan 2014-2023;- Coordinated the development of national and sectoral (13 ministries) climate change strategic and action plans- Prepared guidelines and resource materials for climate change mainstreaming into national and sectoral planning;- Mainstreamed climate change into the National Strategic Development Plan 2014-2018- Established mechanisms for key ministries to ensure regular dialogue and partnerships with NGOs as well as development partners;- Worked with Climate Change Specialist to conduct National Climate Change Committee and Climate Change Department capacity needs self-assessment and learning plans;- Organized workshops and climate change forum. Show less

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  Cambodia Climate Change Alliance

  Jan 2015 - Sept 2019

  Adaptation Officer

  - Coordinate the development of national and sectoral climate change policy, strategies and action plans that reflect national development priorities;- Prepare the priority adaptation actions for the Department of Climate Change in preparation of National Determined Contribution;- Develop and roll out the monitoring and reporting on the implementation status of sectoral climate change action plans;- Establish the inter-ministerial climate change Technical Working Group;- Mainstream climate change into NSDP 2019-2023 and identify CC indicators for the C-SDG;- Mainstream climate change into subnational level planning;- Work with the communes to implement climate change projects at communities, e.g. small-scale irrigation;- Provide technical support to line ministries on the implementation of CC projects;- Support knowledge management component on preparing the learning events, workshops awareness-raising materials, climate change glossary, and climate change newsletters. Show less

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  GIZ Cambodia-Climate Finance Readiness Programme

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  National Consultant

  - Developed and provided training to line ministries on the concept of costing investment projects and calculating the costs of climate change; - Developed criteria based on the international climate finance sources to prioritize actions from sectoral climate change action plans; and- Developing the costing structure of priority actions in the CCAPs

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  UNDP Cambodia

  Oct 2019 - Mar 2024

  - Work to promote UNDP core values, thought leadership, and efforts to advance the Sustainable Development Goal 7 and achieve UNDP’s pledge to increase energy access to 500 million people.- Partner with MME, MEF, MLMUPC, MPWT, MOE, NCDD, other relevant government agencies, development partners, private sector, and NGOs in implementing energy projects, activities, policies, regulation developments, and financing mechanism for sustainable energy.- Advise and manage the implementation of energy projects/activities in areas of energy access, solar water pump, energy efficiency, and clean energy policies development.- Advocate and organize policy dialogues to promote affordable clean energy access, productive use of clean energy, using of rooftop solar energy, energy efficiency solutions in buildings and industrial sectors, and adoption of electric vehicles.- Support the institutional arrangement, capacity buildings, and green skills development.- Contribute to programming, pipelines development, and resources mobilization through building partnership with donors, MDBs, DPs, and private sector to access bilateral funds and multilateral funds (GEF), develop public-private partnership, establish innovative financing solutions. - Implement energy solutions at the UNDP Cambodia’s Office, i.e., LEED certification, energy efficiency measures, to achieve corporate’s Moonshot target of 50% carbon footprint reduction.- Development knowledge products, including reports, data, Op-Eds, blogs, videos, and medias. Show less - Develop solar based mini grids in grid remote communities and community capacity development to operate and maintenance the system;- Deploy the solar water pumps- Coordinate the analyses and preparation regulatory framework supporting the clean energy and green growth, including the time of use energy tariff, NDC roadmap for buildings and constructure sector, energy efficiency in building;- Pilot energy measures, including installing solar rooftop, battery storage system, at the LV user- Publication and media productions. Show less

  • Policy Specialist - Energy & Green Growth

    Jun 2021 - Mar 2024

  • Energy Officer

    Oct 2019 - Mar 2024
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  Global Green Growth Institute

  Mar 2024 - now

  - Coordinate Project Steering Committee, Management Unit with government (MLMUPC), stakeholders, consortium partners, consultants, team members- Oversee the project deliverables, manage risks, ensure tangible project outcomes & visibility of donors, partners and GGGI within established timelines and budgets of the project- Organize program activities including consultations, validation meetings, workshops, and capacity building programs based on work plan and budget.- Develop ways of working internally and externally to effectively manage project implementation with stakeholders and partners.- Develop policy framework required under the project in close consultation with the government counterparts. - Design and deliver capacity building activities to relevant stakeholders.- Develop financing mechanisms to scale up green building initiatives. - Contribute to resource mobilization and proposal development in the areas of sustainable energy. Show less

  • Sustainable eneegy officer

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Sustainable energy officer

    Mar 2024 - Sept 2024