FY-2004 MRP "STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S.",

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 001259 SIPDIS STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/P JANET BEARD AND DEBORAH THOMPSON INFO: SA/PD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OEXC SCUL KPAO OEXC SUBJECT: FY-2004 MRP "STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S.", SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 21, 2004 PROJECT NUMBER: E/VP 2004-0044 REF: STATE 126643 ¶1. POST NOMINATES MR. ABDUL HAMEED MOHAMMED "ZIYAAD", MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, BALANGODA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBJECT PROJECT. POST CONFIRMS THAT THIS NOMINATION HAS "FULL COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL." ¶2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of the Post-EVDB software. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERSION: 3.0.7 POST-EMAIL: tilakawardenac@state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA START NOMINATION: ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN PROG-AGENCY-NAME: POST-PROJ-ID: 145 ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VP-2004-0044 PROJ-NAME: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S. START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor FY: 2004 DEPART-POST: 09/30/2004 SESSION-DATE: RETURN-POST: 10/22/2004 NO-OF-PART: 1 RANK-ORDER: 1 START MEMO POST-OBJ: END MEMO POST-OBJ: START MEMO POST-RCMD: END MEMO POST-RCMD: ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1039 PROG-AGENCY-ID: PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2929 FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: STATUS: N ORIGINATOR: U SUBJ-DISC: State & Local Government START BIO: PREFIX: Mr. F-NAME: ABDUL M-NAME: HAMEED MOHAMED L-NAME: ZIYAAD SUFFIX: POSITION-CODE: 0 PRINCIPAL?: Yes GENDER: M DOB: 12/10/1957 MAR-STAT: M BIRTH-CITY: BALANGODA BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka START MEMO POSITION: Member of the Urban Council, Balangoda END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: Co-ordinating Secretary, Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 1988 to date - Chief Organizer, Ratnapura- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 1993-1994 Visiting Lecturer, University of Sabaragamuwa, Balangoda, Sri Lanka 1989-1994, Deputy Principal, Jeilany Central College, Balangoda END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: none END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 1996 -- to attend the World Leadership Conference, Azarbaijan 1997 -- to attend a training at the Asian Development Bank, India END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: 1979-1982 Bachelor of Commerce, Uniiversity of Peradeniya 1994 - Post Graduate Diploma in Education, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka END MEMO EDUCATION: START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: FIRST-LANG: Tamil ENGL-READ: 3 ENGL-SPEAK: 3 ENGL-COMP: 3 START OTHER-LANGS: OTHER-LANG: Sinhala OTHER-LANG-ID: SI READ: 0 SPEAK: 0 COMP: 0 END OTHER-LANGS: START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 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: Andrea Tomaszewicz START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: Mr. Ziyaad is a key organized of the major Muslim political party in Sri Lanka. A former educator and founder of a NGO aimed at educational programs in war-affected areas of the country, Ziyaad has extensive experience working in government. Through a course of study on state and local governments in the U.S., ziyaad could use ideas and elsons learned during the program in his work with Sri Lanka's minority muslim community. Providing Mr. Ziyaad this opportunity for training would cement his ties to the U.S. and further our goal for better relations with the Muslim community. His nomination has "full country team" approval. END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: NOM-OFF: Political SPEAKER?: No NOTIFY-EMB: Yes MEDIA?: No HOME-STAY: Yes HOME-HOSP?: Yes E-I-TYPE: NOMINEE-ID: 189 PERSON-ID: 195 BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE RES-CNTRY-ID: CE FIRST-LANG-ID: TC E-I-TYPE-ID: NOM-POST-ID: 2929 NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 0 NOM-STATUS: N DS2019-ACTION: 1 DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.1001 SPONS-FUNDS: 0 SPONS-AGENCY1: USGOVT-AGENCY1: 8000 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 END BIO: END NOMINATION: END FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: ¶3. Please accept this nomination. Lunstead