<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear INGO directors,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If you are not on the following list -- we have not received your vote yet. Your vote is very important! Please click 'Reply' to this reminder; simply type the name of your preferred candidate; and <b>send it before noon tomorrow, Tuesday 3 October 2017</b>. I would like to thank the following member organisations that sent their votes so far:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">ActionAid Vietnam<br>Agricultural Development Denmark Asia<br>American Red Cross<br>Animals Asia Foundation<br>Church World Service<br>Foundation for International Development / Relief<br>Friedrich Ebert Stiftung<br>German Red Cross<br>Heifer Project International<br>Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung<br>Medical Committee Netherlands<br>PACT, Inc.<br>Plan International Vietnam<br>Sai Gon Children Charity<br>The Fred Hollows Foundation<br>WWF Vietnam</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Even if you are not very familiar with candidates, kindly consult their short biographies (below) and use your best judgement to vote for one of them.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div>Thank you in advance.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Marko<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 September 2017 at 14:13, Marko Lovrekovic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markongorc@gmail.com" target="_blank">markongorc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
1. Ms. Eva-Maria Jongen is Director of the Regional Office for Bread<br>
for the World (BftW) in Vietnam and Laos since 2014. She has a MA in<br>
Social Science, Mediation and Systemic Project Management; and has<br>
been engaged professionally in the areas of conflict transformation,<br>
development cooperation and research. For the past 20 years, Eva<br>
worked with universities, different agencies and INGOs in Timor Leste,<br>
Nairobi, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Laos. BftW supports 45 partner<br>
organisations with funding and capacity building. Its objective is to<br>
strengthen civil society and self-managing capacities of local<br>
communities, while contributing to sustainable development and poverty<br>
reduction. BftW target groups include ethnic minorities in remote<br>
areas and vulnerable groups, such as LGBTQs. Eva is familiar with<br>
development cooperation and governmental institutions from different<br>
perspectives: working as an adviser and a leading manager for INGOs<br>
and local NGOs. Her strengths include professional cooperative<br>
political dialogues, lifelong learning and commitment to development<br>
of inclusive and just societies.<br>
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2. Mr. Robert Letchford is Project Director of the USAID Partner<br>
Capacity Development Program, implemented by the Institute of<br>
International Education (IIE), since September 2015. Robert has 16<br>
years of experience working as a consultant and practitioner in the<br>
overseas aid and development. He worked in Indonesia, Timor Leste,<br>
Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, Kenya, Liberia, South Africa and<br>
Vietnam. Robert is primarily focused on performance improvement and<br>
organisational development working with public sector and<br>
not-for-profit organisations to enhance capacity — both institutional<br>
and human.<br>
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Please note that each INGO has one vote. Your vote will be eligible if<br>
your organisation has paid 2017 membership fee to the VUFO-NGO<br>
Resource Centre. For those directors who are not familiar with VDF —<br>
please see the following link:<br>
<a href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/content/vietnam-consultative-group-cg-meeting" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/<wbr>content/vietnam-consultative-<wbr>group-cg-meeting</a><br>
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Thank you in advance for your nominations!<br>
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Warm regards,<br>
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Marko<br>
---------<br clear="all"><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Marko Lovrekovic, Managing Co-Director<br>VUFO-NGO Resource Centre<br>Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound<br>6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da, Hanoi<br>Building E3, Room 201, 2nd floor<br>Mobile: +84 904 191 871<br>Phone: +84 24 3832 8570<br>Email: <a href="mailto:director@ngocentre.org.vn" target="_blank">director@ngocentre.org.vn</a><br>Web: <a href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn" target="_blank">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn</a></div></div>
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