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Minorities Working Group (EMWG) is a forum for NGOs and
other development agencies and professionals to exchange
ideas and lessons learned about how to improve development
policies and practices for the benefit of ethnic minority
peoples.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">This year of 2013, the EMWG</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"> continue</span><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">realizing its mission to facilitate the voice
of ethnic minority people and empower them for their greater
involvement in development programs in their communities. </span><span
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style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span>The pro-active involvement
of communities in the implementation of projects plays an
extremely important role in creating transparency, bringing
more benefits to themselves and greatly contributing to the
sustainability of the projects. Local NGOs and INGOs working
in Vietnam have their projects implemented across the
country with the vastness of experiences in consulting with
people and empowering them in their project implementation.
In order to generalize those experiences, the EMWG is going
to organize a <b><i>Workshop on effective community
involvement of ethnic minorities in program development
and implementation. </i></b></span><i><span
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form ethnic minorities and NGO communities in effective
community </span><span
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lang="EN-US">involvement of ethnic minorities</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"> in </span><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">development</span><span
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lang="EN-US"> and implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">The one-day workshop will be held late March
(between 18-28/3), 2013 in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hanoi</st1:place></st1:city>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">The EMWG would like to send you a <b>call for
interest of expression f</b>rom your organization in this
topic. For detailed information on the workshop, kindly
refer to <b>the attached call letter and ToR (both in
English and Vietnamese).<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b>paper of expression/presentations</b> to EMWG coordinator
at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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by <b><u>February 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2013.<br>
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<small><font face="Arial">Thank you.<br>
Warm regards,<br>
Hoa Nguyen</font></small><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Nguyen Thi Hoa (Ms.)
Ethnic Minority Working Group Coordinator
VUFO-NGO Resource Centre
La Thanh Hotel, Doi Can, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: 84 4 38328570. Fax: 84 4 38328611
Mob: 0977941892
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:emwg@ngocentre.org.vn">emwg@ngocentre.org.vn</a>
Website: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/emwg">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/emwg</a>
Skype: cocohoa</pre>
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