The full list of eligible candidates for the VNGOC Board Election as well as details on the voting procedures are now available.
Due to COVID-19 the VNGOC Board has decided that all of the meetings during the 64th CND, including the Annual General Assembly and the Informal Dialogues, will be online events this year.
The VNGOC Annual General Assembly will be held in two parts. The first part is scheduled for Thursday, 8th April 2021 at 3pm CEST via Zoom, the second part will be held on Thursday, 12th April 2021 at 4.30pm CEST.
A separate vote for each of the Board positions will be conducted online between April 12th 2021 and April 15th 2021 in the following order: Chairperson, Deputy Treasurer, and Deputy Secretary. A simple majority of those voting will be required to elect the Board.
Only VNGOC member organizations in good standing (i.e., paid the 2020 and 2021 membership or, if exempt, submitted the annual commitment forms) may cast one vote for each of the Board positions. Members in good standing must select one representative to vote for their organisation by emailing the name and email address of the voting representative to info@vngoc.org before Wednesday, 7th April 2021, 11.59 pm Vienna. The representative will receive a voting key from the platform electionrunner.com for each of the three positions.
Chairperson:
| Candidate | Organsiation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Bridge | International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) | UK |
| John Redman | Community Alliances for Drug Free Youth | USA |
Deputy Treasurer:
| Candidate | Organisation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Kieslich da Silva | Conectados pela vida | Brazil |
| Arumugam Sankar | Empower | India |
| Augusto Paulo Valente Nogueira | IFNGO – International Federation of Non Government Organization for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse | Macau |
| George Ochieng Odalo | Slum Child Foundation | Kenya |
| Heloísa Broggiato Matter | International Association for Hospice and Paliative Care – IAHPC | Brazil |
Deputy Secretary:
| Candidate | Organsiation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Asia Ashraf | Women’s Organisations Committee on Alcohol and Drug Issues (WOCAD) | Pakistan |
| Dr Kawal deep Kour | South Asian Drugs and Addictions Research Council (SA-DARC) | India |
| Penny Hill | Harm Reduction Australia | Australia |
You can download the complete list of candidates incl. all voting instructions as a pdf.
