Tee Yen Yen, for her part, is the executive secretary of the tertiary education loan scheme and political training bureau of Gerakan. She organizes and provides training for party leaders, members, and potential members. She also evaluates loan applications and is responsible for the collection on loans repayment for the party. Earlier in the year, she had attended the CALD conference on public accountability in official development assistance in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Internship
Argee Gallardo is the deputy director general for management services of the Liberal Party of the Philippines. Prior to taking that post, she had been in the manufacturing and tourism industries. She was a member of the secretariat of the CALD-ALDE-Liberal International meeting held in Manila, Cavite, and Tagaytay City, Philippines in June. The internship program for CALD member parties is organized yearly by ALDE and the International Political Dialogue of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. It involves parliamentary work in the EP in Brussels, Belgium, and Strasbourg, France and research and advocacy initiatives in select European nongovernmental organizations.
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