[ingodirectors] EXTENDED Call for Elections - NGO RC Steering Committee April 2011

[Marko Lovrekovic]

Dear colleagues:

In my recent call for elections, I omitted to include the fourth candidate
for a Steering Committee member at the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre. Please
accept my apologies for this error. Majority of you have not responded yet.
I would appreciate if those of you, who have not voted, please cast your
vote for one of the proposed candidates:

1. Mr Jonathon Guthrie, Country Director at Norwegian People's Aid
2. Ms Hannah Bryce, Country Programme Manager at Mines Advisory Group
Vietnam
3. Ms Hang Thi Bich Nguyen, Country Representative at Marie Stopes
International Vietnam
4. Mr Stephen Mills, Country Director at Family Health International in
Vietnam

Please select one candidate and cast your electronic vote by replying to <
director at ngocentre.org.vn> before Friday 20 May 2011.

I would like to announce a new Steering Committee member at the INGO Forum,
which will be scheduled for that day. Please note that each organization can
vote for only one candidate. In order to make your decision easier, I have
enclosed short biographies for the four candidates:

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Jonathon Guthrie took the role of Country Director for Norwegian People's
Aid (NPA) in April 2010. NPA is a Norwegian based INGO working in more than
30 countries world-wide. NPA engagement centres on just distribution of
power and resources through long term development cooperation and the
protection of life and health through mine and explosive ordnance clearance.
NPA's portfolio in Vietnam includes a mine action project based in Hue,
support of capacity building under the Restoring the Environment and
Neutralizing the Effects of the War (RENEW) project in Quang Tri province,
support and building the capacity of the Vietnam Bomb and Mine clearance
Action Centre (VBMAC) under MoLISA through the establishment of a national
database for Mine action, support of the Social Policy Ecology Research
Institute (SPERI) in their national resource management research projects in
Lao Cai, and support to the Institute for Studies of Social, Economy and
Environment within civil society research. Prior to moving to Vietnam,
Jonathon was the Country Programme Manager for NPA's explosive ordnance
programme in Georgia. Before employment with NPA, Jonathon was based in Lao
PDR, employed as the Country Operations Manager for a private explosive
ordnance clearance company.

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Hannah Bryce moved to Vietnam in 2010 to take up the role of Country
Programme Manager with the Mines Advisory Group (MAG). Before moving to
Vietnam Hannah had spent the previous 4 years working in Sudan, first with
GOAL, an NGO focusing on primary health care, water and sanitation and
livelihoods project, and then with Mines Advisory Group (MAG) as a Programme
Officer and Project Manager. Before moving to Sudan Hannah was based in
London working with a private company which were outsourced by DFID as their
Health Resource Centre. Hannah has a LLB in law and a Graduate Diploma in
International Development, both from the LSE.

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Hang Thi Bich Nguyen has been Country Representative for Marie Stopes
International in Vietnam since 1998. Marie Stopes is a UK-based
international NGO and a social enterprise specializing in Sexual and
Reproductive health. Prior to working for Marie Stopes International, Hang
was Chief Representative of Prieure Ltd, an Australian-based investment
consultant company and has also worked for the Vietnam Ministries of Health
and Construction. Hang has significant experience in delivering sexual and
reproductive health projects including HIV/AIDS to under-served communities
across Vietnam including poor women and men in remote rural and mountainous
areas, adolescents and youths, migrant workers, ethnic minorities,
commercial sex workers and intravenous drug users. She is responsible for a
range of programs working with public and private sector healthcare
providers funded by international donors, corporations and the Vietnamese
government. She holds Bachelors degrees in English and Law, and a Masters in
Business Administration from the University of Hawaii.

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Stephen Mills has been Country Director for Family Health International
(FHI) in Vietnam since 2004. FHI's portfolio under his management includes
capacity building support to the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of
Labour Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), provincial health services and
local NGOs in HIV prevention, care, and treatment; drug treatment, including
methadone; social work capacity building and integration into health
services; research in innovative dengue control; clinical trials management
and support to pharmaceuticals and the MOH; and tobacco control. He served
as founding Co-Chair of the HIV sub-committee of the Global Fund Country
Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) and as a full member of the CCM in Vietnam for
4 years. Steve currently serves as a member of the Global Fund Technical
Review Panel. Prior to his work in Vietnam, Steve served as Associate
Director of FHI's Asia-Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand where he
provided technical assistance in HIV and behavioural surveillance to
countries throughout the Asia region. He holds a PhD in Epidemiology from
the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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I look forward to receiving your vote. Thank you in advance!

Warm regards,

Marko
-- 
Marko Lovrekovic, Managing Co-Director
VUFO-NGO Resource Centre
La Thanh Hotel, 218  Doi Can
Hanoi, Vietnam
Mobile: +84 904 191 871
Phone: +84 4 3832 8570
Email: director at ngocentre.org.vn
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