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Whi l ei ndi v i dual swhodonot de pe nd ofa s uppl e me nt ,ac t ual l yl e ad he al t hi e rl i f e s t y l e s as t he y de pe nd on t he i rdi e t sf orne e de dnut r i e nt s .

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Thi sc hangei ns t r uc t ur e l e dt ot hei nt r oduc t i onofne w pos i t i ons , whi c hc anbedi v i de di nt ot he :I FMSAJo Nat i onalExe c ut i v eBoar dandI FMSAJo Suppor tDi v i s i on Di r e c t or s .Thef or me r i nc l ude sanI FMSAJoVi c ePr e s i de ntf or Me mbe r s( VPM)andanI FMSAJoVi c e Pr e s i de ntf orAc t i v i t i e s( VPA) ,whe r e as t hel at t e ri nc l ude sanI FMSAJoCapac i t y Bui l di ng Suppor t Di v i s i on Di r e c t or ( CBSDD) and a Communi c at i ons and Publ i c Re l at i ons Suppor t Di v i s i on Di r e c t or( CPRSDD) .El e c t i onss e l e c t i ng t hec andi dat e st o fil loute ac h pos i t i on we r e done dur i ng t he Eme r ge nc y Nat i onalGe ne r alAs s e mbl yont he1 9t hof Oc t obe r201 8.

The r e we r e al s o ne w c ommi t t e e s i nt r oduc e d s uc h as t he I FMSAJo Ac t i v i t i e sCommi t t e e ,whi c hi sa t e am wor ki ngdi r e c t l yunde rt hes upe r v i s i onof t he VPA and hol di ng 4 pos i t i ons : Pr opos al s and Re por t s Enhanc e me nt Coor di nat or , I mpac t As s e s s me nt Coor di nat or , Pr ogr ams Suppor t Coor di nat or and Ac t i v i t i e s Moni t or i ng Coor di nat or . The bas i c j ob of t hi s c ommi t t e ei st os uppor t ,gui deandadv i s e any ac t i v i t yc onduc t e d,f r om s t ar tt o fini s h,e ns ur i ngi ti sc onduc t e dpr ope r l y andf ol l owsc ur r i c ul um.

Se v e r alne w addi t i ons f al lunde rt he I FMSAJoAc t i v i t i e sCommi t t e e .Fi r s t l y , t he r ei st heTas kFor c e( TF) ,whi c hi sa t e am f or me donr e que s tbyame mbe rof

oft heTe am ofOffic i al sort heNGA. Thi st e am wi l lwor konas pe c i fict as kat hand.TheExe c ut i v eBoar dwi l lc al lf or ands e l e c tt heme mbe r sne e de df ort he t as kf or c e .Onc et hei s s ueathand i s s ol v e dorpr ov e st obeuns ol v abl e ,t he t e am’ sj obc ome st oane nd.Ar e que s t f oranI FMSAJoOffic eTas kf or c ewas done on t he 7t h ofDe c e mbe r201 8 whi c hwasne e de dt oas s e s sandas s i s t t hei de aoff or mi nganI FMSAJooffic e s pac e .

Se c ondl y ,t he r ei st heSmal lWor ki ng Gr oup ( SWG) ,whi c hi s a gr oup of pe opl e who wor ks – agai n, upon r e que s t by an I FMSAJo Te am of Offic i al sme mbe r– t o dr af tup any doc ume nt s ne e de ds uc h as : pol i c y s t at e me nt s ,manual s and gui de l i ne s .

Thefir s te v e rc al lf oraSWG wasdone ont he1 s tofDe c e mbe ri n201 8,ne e de d t or e f or m t he financ i alby l aws and r e gul at i onsandt opr oduc eat ool ki ton financ i al manage me ntwhi c hai mst obe us e dasar e f e r e nc edoc ume nton t he NMO’ sfinanc e s .

Mor e ov e r , a ne w c onc e pt br ought f or war di st hatof“ Endor s e dPr oj e c t s ” , whi c hi s whe n an e xt e r nalpr oj e c t r e l at e dt oI FMSAJooffic i alr e l at i onsi s s e ntt ot heExe c ut i v eBoar d,whowi l l de c i dewhe t he rt oe ndor s ei tornot .

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ThePr ogr am Coor di nat or ’ st as kwi l lbet o l e adandc oor di nat et hewor khappe ni ng wi t hi nt hepr ogr am.TheNat i onalOffic e r of t he pr ogr am’ ss t andi ng c ommi t t e e s houl dal s obei nv ol v e di nt hes upe r v i s i on of t he pr ogr am, and i ts houl d be ov e r l ooke dbyt heExe c ut i v eBoar dv i at he VPA. Theai m oft hi sc hangei st oi mpr ov e i mpac tand be t t e re s t i mat et he i mpac t t hatI FMSAJoandi t sl oc alc ommi t t e e s hav eonours oc i e t y .Thepr ogr amsf ort he t e r m of201 8201 9ar el i s t e dabov e .