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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear CCWG members and colleagues, <span style="color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are very happy to announce the <b>kick-off meeting of the advocacy expert support</b> group for CCWG and would like to cordially invite you to this new and unique meeting format in Hanoi.<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#00B050">–</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>The advocacy expert group forms part of a comprehensive advocacy training and support package aimed at helping CCWG members to improve their skills for planning and implementing
advocacy as well as facilitating putting advocacy initiatives effectively into practice.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are pleased to announce that we were able to win the support of
<b>two international experts</b>, <b><span style="color:#376092">Paula Ha</span><span style="color:#1F497D">n</span><span style="color:#376092">nemann, advocacy expert and strategic advisor of change.org
</span></b>and <span style="color:#376092"> <b>Mr. Severin Peters, expert for strategic communication with GIZ</b></span>, who will be our resource persons during the advocacy expert support groups’ first meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal">These two professionals with many years of experience in advocacy and strategic communication in a wide range of NGO and private sector settings will answer your questions around advocacy and communication. This is also a unique opportunity
to discuss the challenges you might encounter in your advocacy work and get advice on how to tackle advocacy-related problems you have already encountered in your own working context.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date: Friday, 28 November 2O14</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Time: 2<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>pm<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>-<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>4:30 pm</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Venue: to be confirmed later
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to make the meeting as effective as possible for all participants. Therefore, we would ask you<b> to communicate any specific questions or issues you have related to advocacy to either
</b><a href="mailto:dorothea.konstantinidis@giz.de">dorothea.konstantinidis@giz.de</a> or
<a href="mailto:NguyenAnh.Minh@careint.org">NguyenAnh.Minh@careint.org</a> <b>no later than Tuesday, 26 Nov 5 pm
</b>so we can forward them to the experts and give them the chance to prepare specifically for your questions. We will send the final agenda after we received your inputs.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also kindly ask you <b>to confirm your participation no later than Tuesday<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span> 2<span style="color:#1F497D">7</span> Nov 5 pm to</b> me at
<a href="mailto:dorothea.konstantinidis@giz.de">dorothea.konstantinidis@giz.de</a> so we can make the necessary logistic arrangements.
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<p class="MsoNormal">CCWG will continue to strengthen the capacity of the network members to plan and implement advocacy in the next year. To achieve this goal we have developed a wide range of approaches, reaching from building capacity in advocacy and communication
through workshops and trainings, to setting up task forces to facilitate putting advocacy effectively into practice as well as by establishing a close exchange with experts and peer-to peer learning processes. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are very much looking forward to seeing you at the kick-off meeting of the advocacy experts support group next week.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Yen, Minh and Thea</span> </p>
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<font size="1" face="arial" color="black">Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH;<br>
Sitz der Gesellschaft Bonn und Eschborn/Registered offices Bonn and Eschborn, Germany;<br>
Registergericht/Registered at Amtsgericht Bonn, Germany; Eintragungs-Nr./Registration no. HRB 18384 und/and Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Eintragungs-Nr./Registration no. HRB 12394;<br>
USt-IdNr./VAT ID no. DE 113891176;<br>
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats/Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Dr. Friedrich Kitschelt, Staatssekretaer/State Secretary;<br>
Vorstand/Management Board: Tanja Goenner (Vorstandssprecherin/Chair of the Management Board), Dr. Christoph Beier (Stellv. Vorstandssprecher/Vice-Chair of the Management Board), Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuss, Cornelia Richter<br>
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