<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear INGO directors:<br></div><div><br></div><div>Following my email from late March, we have received five nominations for new members of the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre Steering Committee:</div><div><br>
</div><div>1. Mr. Andy Baker, Country Director, Oxfam in Vietnam</div><div>2. Mr. Jan Papendieck, Regional Representative, Bread for the World Vietnam / Laos</div><div>3. Ms. Claudia Futterknecht, Country Director, CARE International in Vietnam</div>
<div>4. Ms. Thao Griffiths, Country Director, International Center - Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation</div><div>5. Ms. Thao Hoang Phuong, Country Director, ActionAid International in Vietnam</div><div><br></div><div>
Please select TWO candidates and cast your electronic votes by replying to <<a href="mailto:director@ngocentre.org.vn">director@ngocentre.org.vn</a>> not later than Friday 19 April 2013. Only INGO members of the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre are eligible to vote. Please note that each organization can cast votes for two (2) candidates, as we need two new members of the Steering Committee. The following�summarized biographies may�help you to make your decision:</div>
<div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Andy Baker is Country Director for Oxfam in Vietnam, which includes seven Oxfam affiliates: Great Britain, Hong Kong, Novib, United States, Italy, Belgium and Quebec. He has extensive experience in development and humanitarian programming. Oxfam in Vietnam manages a broad range of programming in rural and urban livelihoods, humanitarian response, governance, accountability, gender and diversity - using direct intervention, work via partners and advocacy approaches. Oxfam in Vietnam has more than 100 staff and a combined annual budget of over 8 million US dollars. Andy is leading a change process to bring together all Oxfam programmes and presence under a single management structure and brand, including significant work on analysis and strategy. Andy has an MSc in Development Management and an MSc in Training and Human Resource Management.</div>
<div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Jan Papendieck has been Regional Representative for Bread for the World (BftW) in Vietnam and Laos since April 2011. BftW is a German development NGO based in Hanoi. It funds 30 development projects with local partners in Vietnam and Laos, also providing capacity building expertise for its partners. Jan has a master�s degree in Agricultural Economics with a post-graduate qualification in rural development. He has previously lived and worked for six years in Tanzania and Cameroon with German Development Service; and served eight years as a staff member / project officer with the Asia and Africa Teams at BftW in Germany.</div>
<div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Claudia Futterknecht is Country Director for CARE International in Vietnam, responsible for providing strategic leadership and guidance to the country office team. She ensures that CARE's role and mandate are appropriate and that CARE is a partner of choice and a significant contributor to reducing poverty and social injustice. Claudia was previously Country Director for CARE in Ecuador and in Eritrea. She was a member of the NGO forum Steering Committee in Ecuador and South Sudan. Claudia has a PhD in Social and Physical Anthropology and African Studies.</div>
<div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Thao Griffiths has been Country Director for the International Center - Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (IC-VVAF) since 2007. Thao holds master�s degrees in Systems Engineering and in International Relations. She has 14 years of experience in humanitarian mine action, pubic health, development, energy and climate change, and IT-related business. Thao has worked on a number of internationally funded poverty reduction programs. She is currently one of four elected INGO representatives at the Vietnam Development Forum.</div>
<div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Thao Hoang Phuong has been Country Director for ActionAid International in Vietnam (AAV) since mid-2010. She has over 10 years of experience in development and management, with a strong track record in policy research and advocacy, development programme management, editing and communication work. She oversees an annual budget of 6 million US dollars, a diverse portfolio of programmes and a team of more than 60 technical and programme management experts. She has a Master of Arts in Economics and Public Management.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I look forward to receiving your votes. Thank you in advance!</div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Marko</div><div>---------</div><div>Marko Lovrekovic, Managing Co-Director<br>
VUFO-NGO Resource Centre<br>La Thanh Hotel, 218� Doi Can<br>Hanoi, Vietnam<br>Mobile: +84 904 191 871<br>Phone: +84 4 3832 8570<br>Email: <a href="mailto:director@ngocentre.org.vn">director@ngocentre.org.vn</a><br>Web: <a href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn</a></div>
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