US embassy cable - 03COLOMBO1047

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 001047 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/P-SUSAN LOCKWOOD/DEBORAH THOMPSON 
INFO: ECA/PE/V/G/N-ALICE SHIFFLETT; SA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC, SCUL, KPAO, OEXC - Exchanges 
SUBJECT: FY-2004 MRP "NGO MANAGEMENT" - JANUARY 22- 
FEBRUARY 12, 2004: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION 
PROJECT NUMBER: E/VP-2004-0008 
 
REF: (A) STATE 085455, (B) COLOMBO 0676 
 
1. POST NOMINATES MS. P. VISAKA HIDELLAGE, 
COUNTRY/REGIONAL DIRECTOR, INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY 
DEVELOPMENT GROUP(ITDG), SOUTH ASIA, FOR PARTICIPATION 
IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 
 
2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 
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EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB 
VERSION: 3.0.5 
POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS  Colombo 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 
EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA 
START NOMINATION: 
ECA-OFFICE: E/VP 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 83 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VP-2004-0008 
PROJ-NAME: NGO Management - Jan. 22-Feb.12, 2004 
START MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
 
END MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Group Projects 
FY: 2004 
DEPART-POST: 01/20/2004 
SESSION-DATE: 01/22/2004 
RETURN-POST: 02/15/2004 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 2 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goals on 
"Democracy" and "Humanitarian Assistance" 
END MEMO POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO POST-RCMD: 
ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1027 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 31 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2929 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 12 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: NGO Management 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Punyawana 
M-NAME: Vishaka 
L-NAME: HIDELLAGE 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Intermediate Technology Development 
M-ADDR2: Group (ITDG) 
M-ADDR3: 6 Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha 
M-CITY: Kirullapone, Colombo 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (94-1) 829-412 
M-FAX: (94-1) 856-188 
M-EMAIL: vishakah@itdg.slt.lk 
M-CNTRY-ID: CE 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 10/14/1955 
MAR-STAT: S 
BIRTH-CITY: Colombo 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Country/Regional Director, Intermediate Technology 
Development Group(ITDG), South Asia, April 2002- to 
date 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
Oct. 1997-March 2002 - Policy Director, ITDG, South 
Asia 
December 1992-Sep. 1997 - Country Manager, Agro- 
Processing, ITDG, Sri Lanka 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
June 2000 - Attended a workshop on Disaster Mitigation 
in Miami 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
B.Sc.- Processing Engineering, Astrakhan Technical 
Institute of Fisheries, Astrakhan, USSR, 1981 
M.Sc. - Food Science and Technology, Post Graduate 
Institute of Agriculture (PGIA), University of 
Peradeniya, 1992 
Ph.D. - Food Science/Economics, PGIA, University of 
Peradeniya, 2002 
Diploma in Managing Voluntary and Non Profit 
Enterprises, Open University, U.K., 1999 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: Sinhala 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
START OTHER-LANGS: 
OTHER-LANG: Hindi 
OTHER-LANG-ID: HJ 
READ: 3 
SPEAK: 3 
COMP: 3 
END OTHER-LANGS: 
START OTHER-LANGS: 
OTHER-LANG: Russian 
OTHER-LANG-ID: RU 
READ: 3 
SPEAK: 3 
COMP: 3 
END OTHER-LANGS: 
START OTHER-LANGS: 
OTHER-LANG: Tamil 
OTHER-LANG-ID: TC 
READ: 3 
SPEAK: 4 
COMP: 3 
END OTHER-LANGS: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goals  on 
"Democracy" and "Humanitarian Assistance" 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
END MEMO VIS-REC: 
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Bruce A. Lohof 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Working as the Regional/Country Director for 
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) Visaka 
provides effective leadership for her staff and 
develops strategic directions in the work of ITDG.  She 
is responsible for financing programs in the Sri Lanka 
office, balancing inputs from local and international 
fundraising teams, and ensuring the effective and 
efficient performance of the Sri Lanka Office in all of 
its functions. 
She is also a Member of the Board of Directors in the 
Cathy Rich Memorial Food Processing Centre, 
Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka and member of the Board of 
Directors in the NGO's Water Supply and Sanitation 
Decade Service, Sri Lanka. 
 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: Public Affairs 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 118 
PERSON-ID: 122 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CE 
FIRST-LANG-ID: SI 
E-I-TYPE-ID: 
NOM-POST-ID: 2929 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 12 
NOM-STATUS: N 
DS2019-ACTION: 1 
DS2019-SUBJECT: 52.0206 
SPONS-FUNDS: 0 
SPONS-AGENCY1: 
USGOVT-AGENCY1: 
US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0 
USGOVT-AGENCY2: 
US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 
INTL-ORG1: 
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0 
INTL-ORG2: 
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0 
VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0 
COMMISSION: 0 
OTHER-AMOUNT: 0 
VIS-AMOUNT: 0 
VIS-CAT: 5 
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3. PLEASE ADVISE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOMINATION. 
WILLS