Lao PDR

Expected results: This project is to increase access to information, in particular for ethnic people and vulnerable groups. It will also increase the voice and participation of local communities in the production of relevant information for their own community.

Khoun_Radio_Fact Sheet_2010_06 Project document Signature page

Expected results: The main components of the Project are institutional strengthening, capacity building, public legal education and access to justice through free legal services. Although the Project, through proposed activities and interventions, aims to take a holistic approach in enabling the Lao Bar Association to become a strengthened institution with greater knowledge and capacity, the Project will focus on enhancing access to justice for the vulnerable and disadvantaged people and communities in Lao PDR.

LBA_Fact Sheet_2010_06 Project document

Expected results: Increased and more equitable access to justice and strengthened rule of law.

LSMP_Fact Sheet_2010_06 Project document Signature page

Expected results:

• Enhanced lawmaking skills and improved procedures in legislative functions;
• A strengthened Committee system with clear guidelines and increased capacity of members of the oversight;
• More effective representation of constituents through improved knowledge of parliamentarians about specific policy issues as well as areas such as the MDGs, gender equality and prevention of HIV/AIDS;
• Strengthened human resource base at the National Assembly secretariat; and
• Rationalized complaints procedures at the National Assembly.

SELNA_Fact Sheet_2010_01 Project document Project cover page Signature page

Expected results: Enhanced capacities at the central level and within the Office of Governer and selected line departments in target provinces resulting in higher levels of service delivery in the areas of agricultural extention, primary health and education.

GPAR SBSD_Fact Sheet_2010_06 Project document Signature page

DDF Fact Sheet 2010 06

Expected results: The project will deliver a number of key outputs in its second phase: (i) significant reforms in decentralised planning and expenditure management; (ii) improved delivery of key social services; (iii) a more enabling environment for business development; (iv) strengthened oversight of public services by the Office of the Governor; (v) a GPAR resource centre, as a clearing house for policy-relevant information; and (vi) a functioning support facility, through which provincial authorities will directly promote local GPAR initiatives.

GPAR_LP_Fact Sheet_2010_07 Project document

Expected results:

• Improved local level provision of public goods and services in Saravan province;
• Procedures for inclusive and pro-poor planning and budgeting of local public service delivery are established and applied;
• Transparent and effective procedures for sustainable production/delivery of public services are established and applied;
• Financing and financial management of local public service provision are improved;
• Provincial and district administrative organisations are rationalized/rightsized on the basis of clearly defined mandates;
• HRM procedures and practices are improved; and
• National policies on decentralisation, public administration reform and poverty reduction are informed by Saravan experience.

GPAR_Saravane_Fact Sheet 2010_06 Project document 1/2 Project document 2/2

Expected results: GPAR Sekong sets out to improve people's access to public services in the largely multi-ethnic province of Sekong. The project will improve oversight at the province level and strenghten capacities of government staff and institutions in all four districts of Sekong. Furthermore, the project will introduce a citizen information programme and a community-based monitoring system, which will enable citizens to be better informaed out and monitor the delivery and quality of public services.

GPAR_Sekong_Fact Sheet_2010_06 Project document

Expected results:

• Increased participation in the international legal framework by the Government of the Lao PDR
• Improved incorporation of international law into the domestic legal system
• Enhanced implementation, enforcement, monitoring and reporting under international legal instruments obliging the Lao PDR
• Developed national capacities in international law and negotiation

IL_Phase_III_Fact Sheet_2010_06 Project document International Law Project Phase II: Mid-Term Evaluation Report

Expected results:

• Relevant database on customary laws and practices in Lao PDR created.
• Formulation of a draft National Strategy on customary law based on the survey previously carried out and resulting database

LSMP_Fact Sheet_2010_06 Signed project document 2009-04-02 Customary Law Phase III Project Document Signed Cover page Phase III Project Document