EHRN announces leadership change

Following a unanimous decision by the Steering Committee of EHRN, Anna Dovbakh, currently Program Director, is taking over the leadership of EHRN Secretariat from Sergey Votyagov on the 1st of August 2016.

Sergey Votyagov is stepping down as Executive Director of EHRN Secretariat due to moving on to become the Director of the Robert Carr civil society Networks Fund. “I am proud that In the last 5 years under my leadership of the Secretariat as the Executive Director, our Network took its programmatic work up to the next level and expanded the portfolio and scope of our regional projects that advance EHRN’s mission and serve the interests of our region, harm reduction sector and people who use drugs,” commented Sergey on EHRN’s achievements.

The high level and effect of EHRN’s programmatic work is proven by such examples of regional activities as Regional Forum on Healthcare and Human Rights of People who Use Drugs, held in Chisinau, Moldova, in May 2014 and Regional High Level Dialogue on Successful Transition to Domestic Funding of HIV and TB Response in EECA, organized in Tbilisi, Georgia, in September 2015 as well as small grants program “Through Peers Efforts” for drug user groups.

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