A team from Curtin has successfully delivered an Australia Awards Short Course, supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), focused on improving global capacity building and transparency standards relating to greenhouse gas emissions.

Created in partnership with the University of Melbourne, ‘Strengthening Energy and Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Capacity’ brought 15 delegates from Vietnam’s Ministries of Industry and Trade, Construction, and Science and Technology to learn more about how to enhance policymaking that supports reducing emissions and compliance in the energy and industrial sectors.

Delegates were invited on a round trip to Melbourne, Canberra and Perth to hear from Curtin and University of Melbourne experts, as well as guest speakers from government and industry.

Participants had the opportunity to connect and exchange knowledge with representatives from Chevron, BlueScope, BGC and Australia’s federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water among others.

Congratulations to program co-leader Associate Professor Lien Duong, Dr Baban Eulaiwi and Dr Jose Loureiro from the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance and the team at the Faculty of Business and Law Executive Education for developing this outstanding program.

Associate Professor Lien Duong (front row, second from left) with representatives from the University of Melbourne, DFAT and Australian Embassy in Vietnam alongside the Vietnamese delegation at the opening ceremony at the University of Melbourne.