FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000811 SIPDIS STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/M ISABELLE ZSOLDOS/SEQUITA ROBINSON; INFO ECA/PE/V/R/N/-LARRY A. MOODY, SA/PD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OEXC SCUL KPAO OEXC SUBJECT: FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP "RELIGION AND THE COMMUNITY", JULY 21-AUGUST 11, 2005. PROJECT NO. E/VM-2005-0034 REF: COLOMBO 00765 ¶1. Post nominates Ven. M. "Mangala" Bhikku, Lecturer, University of Ruhuna, for participation in 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: 121 ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VM-2005-0034 PROJ-NAME: Religion and the Community - July 21-August 11, 2005 START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor FY: 2004 DEPART-POST: 07/19/2005 SESSION-DATE: 07/21/2005 RETURN-POST: 08/13/2005 NO-OF-PART: 1 RANK-ORDER: 0 START MEMO POST-OBJ: This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic Systems and Practices." 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: Religion START BIO: PREFIX: F-NAME: Ven. Makola M-NAME: L-NAME: MANGALA, Thero SUFFIX: POSITION-CODE: 219 PRINCIPAL?: Yes M-ADDR1: Sri Sudharshanarama Purana Viharaya M-ADDR2: Kiribathgoda M-ADDR3: M-CITY: Makola M-STATE: M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka M-ZONE: M-ZIP: M-PHONE: (94-11) 291-0695 M-FAX: M-EMAIL: M-CNTRY-ID: CE M-ADDRTYPE: B GENDER: M DOB: 10/06/1961 MAR-STAT: S BIRTH-CITY: Colombo BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka START MEMO POSITION: Lecturer, University of Ruhuna, 2002- to date END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: Student Counsellor, 2002- to date END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 2000-2001 - Assistant Lecturer, University of Kelaniya END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: India - 1999 - Pilgrimate END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: ¶M. Phil (Buddhist Philosophy) - 2001; M.A. (Buddhist Philosophy) - 2002, University of Kelaniya END MEMO EDUCATION: START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: Specialities of Lord Buddha by the Ministry of Buddha Sasana in 2002 END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: Strict vegetarian END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: FIRST-LANG: Sinhala ENGL-READ: 4 ENGL-SPEAK: 4 ENGL-COMP: 4 START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic Systems and Practices." 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: Joseph Novak START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: Ven. Mangala, a respected senior lecturer in Buddhism at an important Sri Lankan university, has an extensive background in community service as the student counsellor of the University of Ruhuna. As an academic and religous leader, he would gain experience and the knowledge through the pariticpation in "Religion and the Community" program that could be disseminated to a wider audience --young and old -- in southern Sri Lanka. Providing an opportunity to a person of Ven. Mangala's caliber to expose himself to the religious freedom in the U.S., role in the community and the cooperative efforts with leaders of other religions, would cement his ties to the U.S. and further our goal for better relations with Buddhists. This 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: 160 PERSON-ID: 167 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: NOM-STATUS: N DS2019-ACTION: 1 DS2019-SUBJECT: 38.0299 SPONS-FUNDS: 0 SPONS-AGENCY1: DOS USGOVT-AGENCY1: DOS US-AGENCY-AMT1: 8000 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 advise acceptance of this nomination. Lunstead