Lao PDR

2018-2019

Village Focus International (VFI) / Land Information Working Group (LIWG)

48,936

This SRM’s objective was achieved. One of the main channels for dialogue on land issues between policymakers and civil society in Laos is the Land Sub-Sector Working Group, LSSWG. This SRM supported the creation of a multistakeholder “Focal Group on Sustainable Land-Based Investment” under the LSSWG, including the Investment Promotion Department (Ministry of Planning and Investment), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Centre for Development and Environment, GIZ, MRLG, Oxfam, as well as VFI and LIWG.

Outputs produced during the SRM contract include:

• TOR of the Focal Group and list of planned members (within the TOR)
• Policy briefs, based on existing literature review and recommendations for sustainable land-based investment in Lao PDR
• Briefing Note on Turning Land Into Capital: Assessing a Decade of Policy in Practice
• Briefing Notes handed out at the Inter-session on the Land Law