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Project No. |
ATC 05 2011A
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Project Title |
Innovative Approaches in the Implementation of APEC Food Security Action Plan in Developing Economies
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Project Status |
Completed Project
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Publication (if any) |
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Fund Account |
APEC Support Fund
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Sub-fund |
ASF: General Fund
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Project Year |
2011
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Project Session |
Session 2
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APEC Funding |
98,902
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Co-funding Amount |
7,500
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Total Project Value |
106,402
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Sponsoring Forum |
Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG)
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Topics |
Agriculture
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Committee |
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
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Other Fora Involved |
Not Applicable / Other
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Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved |
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Proposing Economy(ies) |
Malaysia
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Co-Sponsoring Economies |
Indonesia; Philippines; Viet Nam
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Expected Start Date |
08/07/2011
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Expected Completion Date |
31/12/2012
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Project Proponent Name 1 |
Mr. Yusof Othman
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Job Title 1 |
Not Applicable
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Organization 1 |
Dept. of Agriculture
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Postal Address 1 |
Wisma Tani, Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, 50632 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Telephone 1 |
+60320301401
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Fax 1 |
+603-26913530
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Email 1 |
yusofothman@doa.gov.my
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Project Proponent Name 2 |
Not Applicable
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Job Title 2 |
Not Applicable
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Organization 2 |
Not Applicable
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Postal Address 2 |
Not Applicable
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Telephone 2 |
Not Applicable
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Fax 2 |
Not Applicable
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Email 2 |
Not Applicable
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Declaration |
Not Applicable
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Project Summary |
This proposal will implement a project that directly builds on the Food Security Action Plan endorsed in Niigata, Japan and APEC Senior Officers Work Plan on Food Security. The project will address the issues related to sustainability and improved efficiency in the development of the current agricultural sector and safeguard agricultural trade in support of Food Security. This workshop provides an avenue for sharing experiences and implementing innovative approaches for Developing APEC Economies to formulate and implement an efficient APEC Food Security Action Plan. A pre-forum consultation activity will be conducted with three prospective participating APEC economies to gather relevant information and establish innovative approaches and Food Security Action Plan. A 4-day workshop will be conducted in Kuala Lumpur in April 2012 which will deliberate on the outputs of this activity, explore and propose appropriate actions, mechanisms and frameworks that can facilitate a shared approach to addressing the identified issues.
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Relevance |
The Niigata Declaration on APEC Food Security at the First APEC Ministerial Meeting on Food Security in Japan, Oct 2010 and APEC Senior Officials Work Plan on Food Security clearly addresses the growing challenges to tackle global food security. To meet such an important task and solve common concerns for food security issues, innovative approaches and solid action plans should be developed for the Asia Pacific Region especially for developing economies. This project directly supports these goals by developing efforts to implement and safeguard a more efficient food security action plan, particularly the first pillar of Food Security, viz. Food Availability (Food Production).
Addressing the issues of sustainability and improved efficiency in the development of the current agricultural sector and safeguarding agricultural trade to support food security objectives directly or indirectly falls within the following potential actions recommended for consideration:
i. Develop strategies in increasing productivity and efficiency of food production to
address the issues of food availability and to increase rural income and
accessibility to food,
ii. Develop and promote best practices for making agricultural production, food
storage, transportation and distribution systems more efficient,
iii. Enhance capacity building and sharing of best practices to increase productivity
and efficiency in agriculture
iv. Encourage participation of private sectors to enhance their involvement in food
availability through investment in post harvest and transportation.
The issue of low crop yield is a major food security challenge at the farm level, impacting upon food production in rural farming communities. Globally, it has been estimated that the yields obtained are only about half the potential yield that can be achieved. The problem is particularly acute in many developing economies whereby smallholder farmers often do not know what is wrong with their crops, consequently either they are unable to mitigate the problem or control it with inappropriate actions. The solution lies with developing and applying innovative approaches that mitigate factors affecting yield – resulting in better and more sustainable plant production systems. Essentially, farming communities become empowered to lose less and feed more – acquiring improved livelihoods through higher income and enhancing the capacity to access for food.
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Objectives |
i. to review, identify and share experiences on best practices between developing member economies pertaining to gaps facing increase productivity and efficiency of food production for enhanced availability and capacity to access food by rural farmers,
ii. to enhance participation of private sectors investing in post harvest technologies and transportation to enhance the availability of food,
iii. to develop the rural community through sharing of innovative approaches and practices in increasing efficiency and productivity of crop production in ensuring food availability and fostering increase in the purchasing power of rural community.
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Alignment |
The project will help achieve APEC’s key priorities and forum’s work plan by:
i. Promoting and sharing experiences of best practices in crop productivity and efficiency to enhance domestic production levels of farmers in developing economies by adopting innovative technologies and approaches.
ii. Providing a platform for greater interaction and cooperation between public and private entities involved in the food sector to meet common objectives in supporting enhanced availability and capability to access food.
iii. Supporting the implementation of the Niigata APEC Action Plan on Food Security, the project provides opportunities for common actions to be taken to meet the issues of food availability and capacity to access food.
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TILF/ASF Justification |
The project will support the capacity building needs of participants of developing economies by creating awareness and understanding of:
i. innovative best practices in agriculture productivity and efficiency,
ii. standards and implementation of plant health to maintain high productivity,
iii. linkages of private and public sector cooperation in enhancing food availability
and increase capacity of rural community to access food
iv. Strengthening and complementing existing national extension systems
The rapport developed between participants at the workshop provides the impetus for continued interaction and net-working in the implementation of food security action plan.
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Beneficiaries and Outputs |
11.1: Direct project beneficiaries: As crop yield is low compare to their potential production, the direct project beneficiaries will be all stakeholders along the production value chain from farmers to policy makers, senior executives, scientists, extension officers and General Managers of Companies in the private sector involved in the development and implementation of domestic strategies and policies on food security.
11.2: Intended benefits: This project will benefit farmers, government officials, environmentalists and the private sector dealing with food production and its security.
i. Farmers improve on their livelihoods (e.g. income) through proper crop production technologies which can enhance the income of rural farmers;
ii. Policy makers will benefit from informed decisions for accurate policy, planning and resource decisions.
iii. Senior executives and scientists can be assisted with the sharing of innovative technologies and approaches in crop productivity and efficiency. Private sector food handlers and producers can benefit through opportunities to invest in better post harvest facilities and crop production technologies, including acting as anchors to smallholders, thereby ensuring continued market access for their goods.
iv. Environmentalists and policy makers benefit from the reduced environmental impact due to reduced amount and intensity of inappropriate chemicals used.
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Dissemination |
The output from this workshop will be a report that summarizes the shared experiences of APEC member economies, and the deliberations of participating member economies with expert speakers and resource persons. A key component of this report will be the findings from the pre-forum visits to target economies, and recommendations for achieving better food security preparedness. The reports will be circulated among the workshop participants as well as presented at other relevant APEC fora. The report will be freely available online on the APEC website and communicated by electronic mail to a broader audience related to food security within the APEC economies.
The reports will target food security policy makers and the private sector who can consider, review and adopt the recommendations to improve food security planning within their own economies as appropriate.
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Gender |
12.1 It is to be noted that in many APEC economies, women form a very large proportion of the workforce, particularly in agriculture. Project outcomes will benefit the lives of rural women in many economies by reducing constraints to access to markets for their produce. The project will integrate the expertise and values of both men and women to achieve the desired outcomes. Involving the female gender in the project and we are aware of many in member economies, will raise their profile and provide opportunities to develop skills in planning, managing and implementing food security activities within their own economies.
12.2 Proactive steps to ensure gender equality will be taken throughout the implementation of this project. The project will be led by a woman, who will be the key resource in the planning and execution of the project. The project overseer will implement the project in a manner sensitive to gender considerations. Conscious and concerted efforts will be taken to ensure that APEC’s gender requirements as indicated in the APEC Guide for Gender Analysis will be met.
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Work Plan |
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Timeline
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Events
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1.
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Feb – Mac 2011
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Preparation and submission of concept note
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May 2011
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Preparation of full project proposal for approval by APEC
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July 2011
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Development of Terms of Reference for contractor and appointment
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4.
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Aug 2011
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Joint consultation between project proponent and contractor to develop pre-forum consultation framework to provide guidance on fact finding visit including identification of appropriate economies with different levels of food security preparedness.
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5.
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Oct – Nov 2011
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Pre-forum consultation visit to gather :
i. Background information on food security preparedness
ii. Strategies, policies and management of food security
action plans
iii. Institutional arrangements and responsibilities
iv. Mechanism for broad stakeholder participation,
especially involvement of the private sector
v. Identification of workshop resource persons
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6.
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Dec 2011
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Joint consultation between project proponent and contractor to present and review the report of the pre-forum visit
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7.
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July—Dec 2011
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Development of workshop program based on result of pre-forum consultation visit, preparation for the workshop brochure and publicity of project
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8.
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Jan 2012
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Extend invitations to APEC economies for nomination of participants
Invitation of resource person and private sector
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9.
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April 2012
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Targeted date for the 4-days workshop
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10.
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Nov 2012
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Post workshop collaboration to produce food security action plan and related reports
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Risks |
6.1: Operational (administrative and financial)
i. There is minimal financial risk other than currency fluctuation. This will be managed by prudent planning and securing local funds to meet any anticipated shortfall
ii. Risk of getting poor response and active participation from economies will be mitigated by project funding for travel-eligible economies
6.2 Technical
Minimal technical risks are anticipated. The proposed contractor, CAB International, has the necessary technical expertise, experiences and linkages to implement the project to a wider APEC community. Greater buy-ins from economies is expected due to the current gaps in food production and lower capability in accessing food.
i. In the past few APEC projects implemented by Malaysia, CAB International has acted as the project consultant and project partner. Therefore, they have the necessary experience and capabilities to implement the project in accordance with APEC guidelines.
6.3: Timeliness
i. The success of the project depends largely on the pre-consultation visits, cooperation and feedback from the economies visited. This can be mitigated by careful planning, preparation and pre visit consultation with the economies concerned.
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Monitoring and Evaluation |
7.1: Monitoring: The project overseer will monitor the proposed work plan by regular consultation with the organizing committee and the appointed contractor. The project will adhere strictly to APEC project implementation procedures, including the timeline of actions.
7.2: Evaluation: Success of the project will be assessed based on stakeholder feedback and questionnaire survey conducted at the conclusion of the workshop. A measure of the up-take of the projects (recommendations, action plans etc) will be based on: (i) Successful inclusion of private and government sectors within national economy frameworks; (ii) establishment enhancing the existing food production strategies, post harvest facilities; (iii) effective networking among active participating economies. Follow-ups to these activities will be part of the deliberations of the regular forum meetings and also in regional and international meetings.
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Linkages |
This proposal builds on previous APEC–supported activities to build capacity in plant health, biosecurity planning and risk management to support safe and unimpeded agricultural trade while safeguarding biosecurity, proposed and organized by Malaysia and supported by other economies over the last few years. Particularly relevant are the following:
i. Building Biosecurity Planning and Surveillance Capacity for APEC Member
Economies, August 15 ~ 20, 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ii. APEC Planning Workshop on Capacity Building in Surveillance and Diagnosis, 22
-25 May,2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
iii. APEC Re-entry Workshop on Capacity Building in Surveillance and Diagnosis for
Whiteflies and Mealy bugs in Developing APEC Economies for improved Market
Access 16-26 April, 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
iv. APEC Workshop on Understanding and Developing Risk Management Options for
Market Access, October 13 ~ 17, 2008, Melaka, Malaysia
v. Enhancing Food Security through a Regional Approach and Wide Stakeholder
Participation to Plant Biosecurity, 1~3 December 2010, Shah Alam, Malaysia
vi. AusAID-funded Sanitary and Phytosanitary Capacity Building Program
(SPSCBP)- Phytosanitary Risk Management Workshop, 28-30 November 2010,
Shah Alam Malaysia
vii. Standards and Trade Development Facility ( STDF ) Project: Beyond
Compliance: Integrated systems approach for pest risk management in
Southeast Asia (July 2012-June 2014)
viii. International Development Research Centre ( IDRC ) Funded Project on
Knowledge Network & Systems of Innovation to Support Implementation of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary ( SPS ) Standards in SE Asia (November 2006 to
May 2008).
ix. IDRC Funded Project on Towards Improved Market Access for ASEAN
Agricultural Commodities (October 2009 to October 2012)
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These activities directly support APEC’s drive towards an APEC Food System and contribute to the Implementation of Niigata APEC Action Plan on Food Security. APEC is the forum where leaders. Ministers and working level government officials in the APEC region share knowledge and coordinate activities related to sustainable development of agricultural sector. As such, APEC is the most appropriate institution to fund this project because:
i) current funding builds on the previous initiatives to meet the broader goals of food
security;
ii) it will make an important contribution to APEC’s trade and investment facilitation
agenda; and
iii) APEC member economies can bring a uniquely broad range of experiences and
perspectives on the proposed project’s subject matter.
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Sustainability |
The recommendation of the workshop and the information gathered from the pre workshop visit will be available for adoption by stakeholder and beneficiaries long after the project has been completed. The information generated will be retained by the host economy and remain available to other economies where it can serve as the basis for follow up development of implementation actions in food security preparedness. The host economy will take the initiative to work with participating economies to identify and develop follow-up activities to progress project output to ensure sustainability of the Niigata APEC Action Plan on Food Security.
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It is anticipated that a formal network will be established within the operational context of each participating economy to promote an effective dialogue and assist with the development of concrete policy options to operationalize the action plans.
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Project Overseers |
The project will be overseen by Ms Wan Normah Wan Ismail who is the Director of Crop Protection and Plant Quarantine Division, Department of Agriculture Malaysia. She has overseen the planning and execution of four successful APEC funded projects from 2005 till 2010.
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Cost Efficiency |
The contractor elected to assist in the delivery of the project is an international not-for-profit organization located in the implementing economy. Their familiarity with and experience in implementing APEC projects ensures efficiency and cost effectiveness in the execution of this project.
The host economy provides both human resource and complimentary usage of local facilities, thereby minimizing the hosting cost of the workshop such as transportation, staff cost, communication etc.
Hosting the event in a central APEC location enhances attendance of more participants from local and other economies in the region, effectively maximising the value for money spent on the project.
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Drawdown Timetable |
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Direct Labour |
One short-term clerical staff needed, and his/her duties is to coordinate monitoring meetings, compile minutes, progress reports and completion report of the project, assist in coordinating the implementation of the workshop, etc. The contracted person will have a minimum Diploma qualification in any field with some experience in event organization.
Total working 240 hours (8hrs x 30days)
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Waivers |
Waivers are sought for the following:
a) From tendering requirements
The proposed contractor for the project is CAB International, our preferred collaborator who has the following strength:
i. Considerable regional working experience with agriculture-related capacity building in developing economies in the ASEAN region.
ii. CABI, as a global not-for-profit intergovernmental organization, offers expertise lodged in its many centres worldwide and is currently the lead organization for the PlantWise initiative globally.
iii. The CABI Southeast & East Asia Regional Centre (CABI-SEA), with its specific responsibilities for the region, has also worked in close technical and strategic partnership with the project proponent in seven previous APEC funded projects.
iv. CABI SEA has worked with DAFF Australia in the implementation of regional training workshops under the AusAID-funded Sanitary and Phytosanitary Capacity Building Program ( SPSCBP ), and has provided technical support in the delivery of several regional training workshops under the ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program ( AADCP) , Australia Centre for International Agriculture Research ( ACIAR ), Crawford Fund and STDF Programmes.
b) Government officials to receive travel funding (per diem and airfare)
As the project main beneficiaries are government officials, it is important to secure their participation in the workshop especially for developing APEC economies. Assuring their participation will support the regional objectives of the project.
c) Active non-government participants from travel-eligible economies to receive per diem.
Stakeholders from the private sectors are important in the planned workshop deliberations targeted at fostering public private sector integration as spelt out in the Niigata Food Security Action Plan. We would like to request for funding support for deserving private sector representatives from the various APEC economies. To ensure active participation from these representatives we propose that the organizing committee be given the responsibility to select appropriate representatives from the private sector of APEC economies.
d) Reimburse CABI-SEA for advance paid to travel eligible economies active participants (per diem and airfare) to attend the workshop in Kuala Lumpur
To overcome the procedural difficulties faced by some active participants from travel-eligible economies in making travel arrangement, CABI-SEA proposes to advance travel cost and per diem to assist needy participants, with the provision that the APEC secretariat reimburses these expenditure upon submission of supporting documents by CABI-SEA.
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Are there any supporting document attached? |
No
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