VANI's Annual National Convention & AGBM 2007

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Date: November 15, 2007

VANI's Annual National Convention & AGBM 2007

Date: 17th & 18th December 2007, Kolkata

Theme: National Policy on Voluntary Sector & 11th Five Year Plan

Greetings from VANI!

This is to invite you to VANIï¿½s Annual National Convention. The convention will be held in Kolkata on 17th & 18th December 2007 and would
be based on the recently announced "National Policy on Voluntary Sector and the 11th Five Year Plan".

The year 2007 has been special for the voluntary sector for two reasons. Firstly, the Union Cabinet has formally approved the long-awaited National Policy on the Voluntary Sector on May 17, 2007. Secondly, the year marks the beginning of the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012), which promises to encourage partnerships between Civil Society Organizations and the government.

The National Convention 2007 aims to engage the debate along these two themes, taking into account the need to operationalise the National Policy on the Voluntary Sector which is committed to "encourage, enable and empower an independent, creative and effective voluntary sector, with diversity in form and function, so that it can contribute to the social, cultural and economic advancement of the people of India". Further it looks at integration of the 11th Five Year Plan with the policy, recognizing the important role that the voluntary sector has to play in various areas and affirming the growing need for collaboration with the voluntary sector by the government, as well by the private sector, at the local, provincial and national levels.

Your presence at the convention will give encouragement and strength to VANI and its efforts in creating conducive environment for civil society organizations. We trust you will block these dates in your schedule and be a part of this change making process/initiative. May we also request you to nominate your colleagues from your organization and other NGO's for participation in this convention, in order to benefit from this flagship event?

A draft programme schedule along with the details of venue and accommodation follows in our next communication. To confirm your participation, kindly send the enclosed registration form duly filled back to Ms. Sakina Mushtaq, Programme Manager- Networking, latest by
Tuesday, 27th November 2007 through E-mail at info@vaniindia.org or Fax at 011 -41435535 or by Post at BB - 5, Greater Kailash Enclave -II, New Delhi -110048, INDIA

Facilities of on-the-spot registration will also be available. However, VANI will not be able to provide accommodation to those registering on the spot. Therefore participants seeking residential facilities (2 nights - 16th & 17th December 2007) do register with us by or before 16th November 2007. In case you will be arriving in Kolkata on 17th morning then subsequently, the accommodation facilities (2 nights) would be provided for 17th & 18th December 2007.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Sincerely,
Paresh Tewary
Chief Executive Officer