[ingodirectors] REMINDER: Call for Elections - NGO RC Steering Committee

[Marko Lovrekovic]

Dear INGO directors:

Thank you to those of you who already voted! This is a gentle reminder 
to those who did not respond that you can still cast your electronic 
votes for new VUFO-NGO Resource Centre's Steering Committee members. 
Please select TWO candidates from the list below and copy their names in 
reply to <director at ngocentre.org.vn> by Friday 19 April 2013:

1. Mr. Andy Baker, Country Director, Oxfam in Vietnam
2. Mr. Jan Papendieck, Regional Representative, Bread for the World 
Vietnam/Laos
3. Ms. Claudia Futterknecht, Country Director, CARE International in Vietnam
4. Ms. Thao Griffiths, Country Director, International Center - Vietnam 
Veterans of America Foundation
5. Ms. Thao Hoang Phuong, Country Director, ActionAid International in 
Vietnam

Thank you in advance. Kind regards,

Marko

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

On 04/11/2013 02:25 AM, Marko Lovrekovic wrote:
> Dear INGO directors:
>
> Following my email from late March, we have received five nominations for
> new members of the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre Steering Committee:
>
> 1. Mr. Andy Baker, Country Director, Oxfam in Vietnam
> 2. Mr. Jan Papendieck, Regional Representative, Bread for the World Vietnam
> / Laos
> 3. Ms. Claudia Futterknecht, Country Director, CARE International in Vietnam
> 4. Ms. Thao Griffiths, Country Director, International Center - Vietnam
> Veterans of America Foundation
> 5. Ms. Thao Hoang Phuong, Country Director, ActionAid International in
> Vietnam
>
> Please select TWO candidates and cast your electronic votes by replying to <
> director at ngocentre.org.vn> not later than Friday 19 April 2013. Only INGO
> members of the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre are eligible to vote. Please note
> that each organization can cast votes for two (2) candidates, as we need
> two new members of the Steering Committee. The following summarized
> biographies may help you to make your decision:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Andy Baker is Country Director for Oxfam in Vietnam, which includes seven
> Oxfam affiliates: Great Britain, Hong Kong, Novib, United States, Italy,
> Belgium and Quebec. He has extensive experience in development and
> humanitarian programming. Oxfam in Vietnam manages a broad range of
> programming in rural and urban livelihoods, humanitarian response,
> governance, accountability, gender and diversity - using direct
> intervention, work via partners and advocacy approaches. Oxfam in Vietnam
> has more than 100 staff and a combined annual budget of over 8 million US
> dollars. Andy is leading a change process to bring together all Oxfam
> programmes and presence under a single management structure and brand,
> including significant work on analysis and strategy. Andy has an MSc in
> Development Management and an MSc in Training and Human Resource Management.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Jan Papendieck has been Regional Representative for Bread for the World
> (BftW) in Vietnam and Laos since April 2011. BftW is a German development
> NGO based in Hanoi. It funds 30 development projects with local partners in
> Vietnam and Laos, also providing capacity building expertise for its
> partners. Jan has a master’s degree in Agricultural Economics with a
> post-graduate qualification in rural development. He has previously lived
> and worked for six years in Tanzania and Cameroon with German Development
> Service; and served eight years as a staff member / project officer with
> the Asia and Africa Teams at BftW in Germany.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Claudia Futterknecht is Country Director for CARE International in Vietnam,
> responsible for providing strategic leadership and guidance to the country
> office team. She ensures that CARE's role and mandate are appropriate and
> that CARE is a partner of choice and a significant contributor to reducing
> poverty and social injustice. Claudia was previously Country Director for
> CARE in Ecuador and in Eritrea. She was a member of the NGO forum Steering
> Committee in Ecuador and South Sudan. Claudia has a PhD in Social and
> Physical Anthropology and African Studies.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Thao Griffiths has been Country Director for the International Center -
> Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (IC-VVAF) since 2007. Thao holds
> master’s degrees in Systems Engineering and in International Relations. She
> has 14 years of experience in humanitarian mine action, pubic health,
> development, energy and climate change, and IT-related business. Thao has
> worked on a number of internationally funded poverty reduction programs.
> She is currently one of four elected INGO representatives at the Vietnam
> Development Forum.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Thao Hoang Phuong has been Country Director for ActionAid International in
> Vietnam (AAV) since mid-2010. She has over 10 years of experience in
> development and management, with a strong track record in policy research
> and advocacy, development programme management, editing and communication
> work. She oversees an annual budget of 6 million US dollars, a diverse
> portfolio of programmes and a team of more than 60 technical and programme
> management experts. She has a Master of Arts in Economics and Public
> Management.
>
> I look forward to receiving your votes. Thank you in advance!
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Marko
>