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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear CSO partners, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE) is a four-year project (2013-2017) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by a consortium consisting of Pact,
Stockholm Environment Institute, Internews, Wildlife Conservation Society and East West Management Institute and other organizations.</span> We support constructive engagement between stakeholders to facilitate socially and environmentally responsible development
decision making processes in the Mekong region.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE)
</span> is offering the Small Grant for Research Project on Improve Social and Environmental Safeguard around Economic Land Concessions in the Lower Mekong Region. This grant for local Civil Society Organization (CSO) from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar
and provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE)</b> and <b>Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)</b> would like to introduce to CSO partners in Vietnam about this Research Call. So we would like to invite you to attend the Meeting for
Research Proposals Call. The representative of MPE and SIE will provide more detail information about this research call at the meeting. The meeting will be organized at:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date: Thursday, Oct, 8, 2015 ( morning)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><b>Location: Pact Vietnam Office, suite 501-502, B1 building, Van Phuc diplomatic compound, 298 Kim ma, Ba dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interesting with this Research Call Meeting, please confirm your participation by reply this email by Monday Oct 5, 2015.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feel free to disseminate this announcement to your network if they are concern.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you so much. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><b><span style="color:#7F1542">nguyen thi thanh van</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F1542"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#1F497D">program officer, mekong partnership for the environment,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#1F497D">pact vietnam
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><a href="mailto:ntvan@pactworld.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:blue">ntvan@pactworld.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#1F497D"> • +84 4 3726 5300 ext
119 (tel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#1F497D">• +84 4 3726 5301(fax) 84 982 008 358 (mob)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#1F497D">suite 501-502, b1 building, van phuc diplomatic compound,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#1F497D">298 kim ma, ba dinh, hanoi, vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#7F1542">pactworld.org</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:120%;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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