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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:21.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Dear members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:21.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Within the framework of the ASEAN-German project “Promotion of sustainable agricultural value chains in
ASEAN (ASEAN Agritrade)" and the project activity "Building model of public-private partnership in the value chain of agricultural products from production to consumption" implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and the Department of Crop Production
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Agrinnovation Fund in ASEAN (AIF) is established to support the implementation of market-oriented innovative practices and solutions to improve quality and sustainability in agricultural value chains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">In Vietnam, the AIF Fund supports innovative ideas related to Bac Giang litchee value chain and Son La mango value chain which are applying VietGAP standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Focus Areas of AIF include:</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Production and processing;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Marketing and market access;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Digital solutions; and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cooperation in the value chain of agricultural products.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">The AIF invites interested smallholder farmers' organizations, processing enterprises, exporters, retail chains, input and service providers in the above-mentioned value chains to
submit their AIF proposal to the email: <a href="mailto:agrinnovationfund@giz.de"><span style="color:#2763A5">agrinnovationfund@giz.de</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Deadline for submitting the Idea proposal (English or Vietnamese) is </span><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">5:00 p.m. March 15,
2021</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Please complete all the information in AIF Idea proposal form with link download here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2Oiu1hd" title="https://bit.ly/2Oiu1hd"><span style="color:#2763A5">https://bit.ly/2Oiu1hd</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:21.6pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Thank you and best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nguyen, Chau Ngoc
<b>San</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (Ms.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Junior Project Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Support of Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia (SRECA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Strengthening Regional Structures for SME Promotion (ASEAN SME)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains in ASEAN (ASEAN AgriTrade)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Coffee Innovation Fund SEA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">L2-A</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Coco International Flower Village<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">14 Thuy Khue Str., Tay Ho Dist.,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hanoi, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">T: +84 24 3237 3639/ext. 10</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">M: +84
</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">919</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">890</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">595<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E:
</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:san.nguyen@giz.de"><span style="color:blue">san.nguyen</span><span lang="DE" style="color:blue">@giz.de</span></a></span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I:
<a href="https://www.giz.de/"><span style="color:black">https://www.giz.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">S:
</span><span lang="VI" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ngocsan0905@gmail.com</span><span lang="VI"><o:p></o:p></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: Martin Jaeger, Staatssekretaer/State Secretary;<br>
Vorstand/Management Board: Tanja Goenner (Vorstandssprecherin/Chair of the Management Board), Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Thorsten Schaefer-Guembel<br>
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