Mr. Xiaodong Zhong, NOWPAP Deputy Coordinator, has left NOWPAP on 29 February 2016, after 11 years of serving at that position in Busan, then in Toyama, and in Busan again. Xiaodong was responsible for many issues in NOWPAP: legal aspects, partnership building, raising public awareness, and, of course, managing one of two offices of the NOWPAP Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU). A lot of his work was dedicated to dealing with NOWPAP Regional Activity Centers (RACs): attending their meetings, guiding preparation of their biennium work plans, commenting on their meeting documents and reports, helping them to find proper experts to implement RAC projects, etc. With smooth and calm personality, good diplomatic skills and client orientation, Xiaodong has also managed to establish and maintain close relations with NOWPAP partners in the region, with member states and host institutions of NOWPAP RCU and RACs. We will miss him and unfortunately there would be no replacement as member states decided not to have Deputy Coordinator post in NOWPAP anymore.
