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<body style="font: 10pt/normal Segoe UI; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div class="GroupWiseMessageBody" id="GroupWiseSection_1491811976000_Wenhan.Zhang@oakfnd.ch_70FBA60112940000936B656D39326664_"><div><div>Dear Sir/Madame,</div><div><br></div><div>Oak Foundation recently launched an Illegal Wildlife Trade sub programme; the Foundation is committed to conserving wild rhinoceros and elephants from the threat of the illegal wildlife trade. To achieve this goal, we make grants to civil society organizations that act in three key areas: trafficking disruption, improved governance and global capacity building. By civil society, we define all formal and informal non-governmental organizations: grassroots, NGOs, CSOs and movements. </div><div><br></div><div>As we look to support environmental organizations in southeast Asia, particularly Viet Nam, we would like to better understand the needs of the environmental civil society in the region, especially those working with wildlife conservation. We would like to use this information to inform Oak's grant making, capacity building and organizational development decisions. We would also like to establish baseline key capacity indicators to help us measure performance over time. </div><div><br></div><div>Please find attached a terms of reference for a consultant to provide in-depth indicative information on the status of the conservation civil society and its capacity needs in Vietnam. </div><div><br></div><div>If this open call is of interest, please respond to Wenhan Zhang at <a href="mailto:wenhan.zhang@oakfnd.ch">wenhan.zhang@oakfnd.ch</a> before April 30, 2017. Please feel free to share with any interested persons or organizations. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you and best regards, </div><div><br></div><div>Alexandra Kennaugh </div><div>Illegal Wildlife Trade Programme Officer</div><div>Oak Foundation </div><br></div></div></body></html>