<div dir="ltr"><div>--forwarded on behalf of WCS--</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>NGO Resource Centre<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72">--
Bui Thi Kim Ngan (Ms.)
Administrator
VUFO - NGO Resource Centre
Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound
Building E3, Room 201
6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da
Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: +84 24 3832 8570
Email: <a href="mailto:administrator@ngocentre.org.vn" target="_blank">administrator@ngocentre.org.vn</a>
Web: <a href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/" target="_blank">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/</a></pre>
</div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Nguyen, My</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ntmy@wcs.org">ntmy@wcs.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:17 AM<br>Subject: WCS_ PI team_ToR Xây dựng tóm tắt chính sách<br>To: Bui Thi Kim Ngan <<a href="mailto:administrator@ngocentre.org.vn">administrator@ngocentre.org.vn</a>><br>Cc: Dang, Anh <<a href="mailto:dnanh@wcs.org">dnanh@wcs.org</a>>, Le, Minh <<a href="mailto:mle@wcs.org">mle@wcs.org</a>><br></div><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_5278022034855858553WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding
critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that benefit nature and humanity. WCS has been working in Viet Nam since early 2006 to strengthen the commitment and capacity of the Vietnamese government to combat wildlife
trafficking.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The WCS recognizes that anti-corruption is critical in combatting wildlife trafficking. The anti-corruption law adopted in November 2018 will come into effect on July
1, 2019. The dissemination of new law on anti-corruption to government officials, especially law enforcement officers and judicial officers, plays an important role in the fight against corruption in Vietnam. In addition, corruption is considered one of the
factors promoting illegal wildlife trade. In particular, Corruption has recently risen up the global wildlife conservation agenda with a series of international agreements highlighting the role of corruption in facilitating wildlife crime. corruption in facilitating
wildlife crime.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Therefore, WCS wants to develop policy briefs to:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Enhance the support from anti-corruption agencies at national and local levels in research, dissemination of legal knowledge on anti-corruption in general and in combating wildlife trafficking in particular; <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Mainstream combating wildlife trafficking into policy and annual action plan on anti-corruption of Viet Nam government. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="VI"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A consultant group is being recruited to work with WCS to implement this activity<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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