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The United Nations Volunteers is seeking to contract the
services of qualified local consultants or of a local
consultancy company to carry out an independent Project
Evaluation

SUMMARY TERMS OF REFERENCE

Project number: Project No. 00033506 (former VIE/02/V02)

Project title: Youth Volunteers in Cultural Heritage
Preservation in Viet Nam

1. Introduction to UNV

UNV’s mission statement expresses the organization’s raison
d’_tre:

Volunteering brings benefits to both society at large and
the individual volunteer. It makes important contributions,
economically as well as socially. It contributes to a more
cohesive society by building trust and reciprocity among
citizens.

VIE/01/014

TERMS OF REFERENCES

Project Secretary*censored*Interpreter

I. Background Information:

Project VIE/01/014 – Capacity Building for Disaster
Mitigation in Vietnam, funded by United Nations Development
Program (UNDP), Royal Embassy of Netherlands and Government
of Luxembourg, was approved by the Government of Vietnam in
April 2002. The development objective of this project is to
implement the Second National Strategy and Action Plan for
Disaster Mitigation in Vietnam, and to further strengthen
the national capacity of the country to mitigate the impact
of disaster that increase the poverty, reduce environment
protection and prevent sustainable development. In order to
achieve this general objective, the project has following
objectives of 5 project components:

1) Reduce the vulnerability of Central Viet Nam to disasters
through the successful implementation of the Natural
Disaster Mitigation Partnership (NDM-Partnership) through
improved coordination and cooperation of disaster mitigation
efforts by both Government agencies and Donors and through
awareness raising and enhanced capacity of local authorities
and grassroots people. The Project will also serve for
Donors, who wish to avail themselves of this facility, to
fund the projects under the framework of the Partnership
through delegation of management authorities to UNDP and the
Partnership Steering Committee.

Subject: Please forward this FO job vacancies for Burnet Institute Hanoi
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:05:23 -0800
From: Nguyen Le Dung <dungmbi@fpt.vn>


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Office in Vietnam: 108 Linh Lang, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi


JOB VACANCIES


The MacFarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and
Public Health (the Burnet Institute, BI) is an
internationally recognised medical research and public
health agency investigating some of today’s most serious
viral infections such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and measles.
The Burnet Institute is a not for profit organisation,
accredited by the Australian Agency for International
Development, and is a registered charity in Australia.

BI Vietnam (BI/VN) has been providing advocacy, training and
technical support to risk reduction in Vietnam since 1995.
We currently maintain an office and local staff in Ha Noi
running comprehensive risk reduction projects with the main
beneficiaries being injecting drug users in Thanh Hoa and
Bac Giang and Ha Noi provinces.

We are seeking suitably qualified Vietnamese Nationals for
the following positions:

Subject: RECRUITMENT - NGO Resource Centre Co-Director
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:08:35 +0700
From: David Payne <director@ngocentre.org.vn>



*CALL FOR APPLICATIONS*

*Co-Director, VUFO-NGO Resource Centre*

Application Deadline: 15 December 2005

The VUFO-NGO Resource Centre is an initiative of International
Non-Government Organisations (INGOs) in Vietnam, operating with the
support of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).
Established in 1993, the NGO Resource Centre now has more than 130
member organisations. It is governed by a Steering Committee comprised
of representatives from Vietnamese agencies and international NGOs.

Subject: Job Announcement: Vietnamese Professional to Manage/Staff
Community Management Office in
Nam Dinh
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:10:46 +0700
From: Aylette Villemain <avillemain@netnam.vn>

The Community Management Unit (CMU) of the Swiss Development
Corporation’s (SDC) Nam Dinh Urban
Development Project (NDUDP) is now recruiting a Vietnamese
professional for a full-time managerial
position based in Nam Dinh beginning o/a January 1, 2006 for a
duration of 18 months. In support of
the democracy decree, the CMU works to build the capacity of community
based groups to plan and
carry out small “livelihood improvement“ projects of their own
design. Under the guidance of the
Component Senior Advisor, the successful individual will be
responsible for (a) managing a 4-person
team (40% time) and (b) project implementation with community groups
(60%). Successful candidates
will be:

Subject: Asian-related job postings
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:53:19 -0500
From: Betsy Henderson <hendersonb@rfa.org>

Betsy Henderson
Director
Department of Research, Training and Evaluation
Radio Free Asia
2025 M Street, NW
Washington DC 20036
(202) 530-4900

Evaluation and Training Coordinator

http://www.rfa.org/english/about/jobs/2005/12/01/eval_trainingcoord/

2005.12.01

RFA is seeking an evaluation and training coordinator in our
Department of Research, Training and Evaluation.