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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Do Minh Tam <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 10, 2017 10:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vsea@googlegroups.com">vsea@googlegroups.com</a>; ALLSTAFF &lt;<a href="mailto:allstaff@greenidvietnam.org.vn">allstaff@greenidvietnam.org.vn</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Call for proposals “Women &amp; Sustainable Energy” <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">Dear VSEA members,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#203864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">I have the pleasure to inform you that &nbsp;a new
<b>Call for proposals “Women &amp; Sustainable Energy”</b> was published today on the occasion of
<b><u>International Women's Day</u></b> &nbsp;(IP available at <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/news-and-events/promoting-women-working-sustainable-energy_en">
<span style="color:#203864">https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/news-and-events/promoting-women-working-sustainable-energy_en</span></a>).</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#203864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#203864"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">This gender initiative was set in the 2016 Annual Action Programme of the Global Public Good and Challenges (GPGC) adopted last year (C(2016)8086), under its component&nbsp; &quot;Delivering
 access to affordable, sustainable, reliable and modern energy&quot;.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#203864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">This call is meant to promote the role of women both within the energy value chain and as an end user of energy services for productive activities.&nbsp; Expected results will comprise
 increased access to affordable finance and to sustainable energy services; improved women's entrepreneurship; increased women's technical and business skills; improved general environment for women's entrepreneurship through political advocacy and awareness
 campaigns.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#203864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#203864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">The guidelines for applicants are available at</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">
<a href="https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?%20do=publi.welcome&amp;nbPubliList=25&amp;orderby=upd&amp;orderbyad=Desc&amp;searchtype=RS&amp;aofr=155118">
<span style="color:#203864">https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm? do=publi.welcome&amp;nbPubliList=25&amp;orderby=upd&amp;orderbyad=Desc&amp;searchtype=RS&amp;aofr=155118</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">I would be grateful if you could share this information among VSEA members and your contact details which might be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864">Best&nbsp; regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Antoine </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#203864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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