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Resettlement and Ethnic Development Plan Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower
Resettlement and Ethnic Development Plan Project Number: 41924 June 2014 Document Stage: Final Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) Annex A Part 6 Prepared by Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company Ltd. for the Asian Development Bank The final report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “Terms of Use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Provincial level: Lao People’s Democratic Republic Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity ***************** Minutes of meeting Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project dated 28 April 2008 at Vientiane Province - Based on the announcement of the Head of the Office of the Ministry of Energy and 1 Mines number 453 / EM dated 19 April 2007 regarding to the survey to collect information on socioeconomic and environmental issues of Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project. - Based on the proposal of the company (NCC) who is the person who surveyed the socio and environment of the project. At 8:00am on the morning of 28 April 2008 a meeting was held at the meeting room of the Thamphoxay Guest House, Viengkham District, Vientiane Province, co- chaired by Mr. Bounmee Phouthavong, Deputy Governor of Vientiane Province, and Mr. -
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC PEACE INDEPENDENCE DEMOCRATIC UNITY PROSPERITY Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry POVERTY REDUCTION FUND PHASE III ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT (January – December 2019) Suspended bridge, Luangphakham to Nongkham village, Long district, Luangnamtha province (January 2020) Nahaidiao Rd, P.O.Box 4625, Vientiane, Lao PRF Tel: (+856) 21 261479 -80 Fax: (+856) 21 261481, Website: www.prflaos.org January 2018 ABBREVIATIONS AWPB Annual Work Plan and Budget AFN Agriculture for Nutrition CD Community Development CDD Community Driven Development CF Community Facilitator CFA Community Force Account CLTS Community-Lead Total Sanitation DAFO District Agriculture and Forestry Office Deepen CDD Deepen Community Driven Development DPO District Planning Office DRM Disaster Risks Management DSEDP District Social Economic Development Plan EM Energy and Mine FRM Feedback and Resolution Mechanism FNG Farmer Nutrition Group GESI Gender Equity and Social Inclusion GOL Government of Lao GIS Geography information system GPAR Governance Public Administration Reform HH Household(s) HR Human Resource IE Internal Evaluation IEC Information, Education, Communication IGA Income Generating Activities IFAD International Fund for Agriculture Development IFR Interim Un-Audited Financial Report KBF Kum Ban Facilitator KDPs Kum Ban Development Plans KPIs Key Performance Indicators LAK Lao Kip (Lao Currency) LN Livelihood and Nutrition LWU Lao Women Union LYU Lao Youth Union M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MIS Management information system MNS Minutes -
National Integrated Water Resources Management Support Project (Cofinanced by the Government of Australia and the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Technical Assistance)
Technical Assistance Consultant’s Report Project Number: 43114 August 2014 Lao People’s Democratic Republic: National Integrated Water Resources Management Support Project (Cofinanced by the Government of Australia and the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Technical Assistance) Prepared by: IDOM Ingenieria Y Consultoria S.A. (Vizcaya, Spain) in association with Lao Consulting Group Ltd. (Vientiane, Lao PDR) For: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Department of Water Resources Nam Ngum River Basin Committee Secretariat This consultant’s report does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB or the Government concerned, and ADB and the Government cannot be held liable for its contents. NATIONAL INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM ADB TA-7780 (LAO) PACKAGE 2: RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT NIWRMSP - PACKAGE 2 FINAL REPORT August 2014 NIWRMSP - PACKAGE 2 FINAL REPORT National Integrated Water Resources Management Support Program ADB TA-7780 (LAO) Package 2 - River Basin Management CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN ENGLISH ................................................................................................... S1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN LAO ........................................................................................................... S4 1. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................... 1 2. RESOURCES ASSIGNED TO THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .................................................. 2 3. WORK DEVELOPED AND OBJECTIVES -
I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background: 1.2 Flood Policy 1.2.1 Administrative Framework. 1.2.2 Government Policy
I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background: Lao PDR is a landlocked country, which located in the Southeast Asia. The Country covers an area of 236,800 square km2 and has bordered with China, Myanmar, Thailand Vietnam and Cambodia. Lao PDR is also lying along middle part of the Mekong, which is the 12th longest river in the world. It flows through Lao territory almost 1,860 km. Climate is governed by Southeast monsoon in the period of May to the end of October. Some years Laos is affected from Typhoon, which is formed in the Pacific Ocean and move through South China Sea to the middle of Vietnam and hit to Luang Mountain and then move to the North of Lao. Lao PDR territory approximately 70% comprises of mountains and plateaus. 35% of water flow contributes of the whole Lower Mekong Basin runoff. Flood in Lao PDR is occurred year by year and depends on the natural phenomena. Usually, in late of May to the end of October, the Southwest monsoon comes from India through Myanmar to the Northern Lao and resulted long lasting and heavy rain. Other way is affect from Typhoon, which comes from Pacific Ocean through South China Sea to the middle part of Vietnam and Laos, this resulted also long lasting and heavy rain. Now the flood cycle is very short and effected to large area of the territory of Laos. Therefore, we should be found the reason to protect the flood in Laos. 1.2 Flood Policy 1.2.1 Administrative framework. The flood management and mitigation in Lao PDR at the time being is under the supervision of the Prime Minister’s Office, which comprises of different line Ministry and agency concerned such as: Ministry of Labor and Social welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and forestry, Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, and Ministry of Communication Transport Post and Construction. -
Monograph of Cercosporoid Fungi from Laos
Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology Doi 10.5943/cream/3/1/2 Monograph of Cercosporoid fungi from Laos Phengsintham P1,2, Chukeatirote E 1, McKenzie EHC3, Hyde KD1 and Braun U4 1School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand 2Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, National University of Laos 3Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand 4Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Herbarium, Neuwerk 21 06099 Halle/S. Germany Phengsintham P, Chukeatirote E, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD, Braun U 2013 – Monograph of Cercosporoid fungi from Laos. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology 3(1), 34– 158, doi 10.5943/cream/3/1/2 The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) or Laos is a landlocked country. During a study of cercosporoid fungi in Laos, 113 species were identified including 108 species of true cercosporoid fungi; Cercospora (41 species), Passalora (10), Pseudocercospora (49), and Zasmidium (8). Five species of morphological similar fungi we also found; Cladosporium (1 species), Periconiella (1), Pseudocercosporella (1), Scolecostigmina (1), and Spiropes (1). Sixteen new taxa were established namely, Cercospora duranticola, C. senecionis-walkeri, Passalora dipterocarpi, P. helicteris-viscidae, Pseudocercospora getoniae, P. mannanorensis var. paucifasciculata, P. micromeli, P. tectoniae, P. wenlandiphila, Zasmidium aporosae, Z. dalbergiae, Z. jasminicola, Z. meynae-laxiflorae, Z. micromeli, Z. suregadae, Z. pavettae. Eighty-seven species are described in full and illustrated, and another 26 species are only listed since they have been previously recorded from Laos. Key words – Asia – Cercospora – Cercosporoid fungus – monograph Article Information Received 29 January 2013 Accepted 20 March 2013 Published online 25 June 2013 *Corresponding author: Kevin D. -
Determinants of Adolescent Pregnancy and Access To
Sychareun et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2018) 18:219 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1859-1 RESEARCHARTICLE Open Access Determinants of adolescent pregnancy and access to reproductive and sexual health services for married and unmarried adolescents in rural Lao PDR: a qualitative study Vanphanom Sychareun1*, Viengnakhone Vongxay1, Souphaphone Houaboun1, Vassana Thammavongsa1, Phouthong Phummavongsa1, Kongmany Chaleunvong2 and Jo Durham3 Abstract Background: Early marriage and pregnancy is a risk factor for poor maternal and child health and socio-economic outcomes. Bokeo and Luang Namtha provinces in northern Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has high rates of teenage pregnancy. The purpose of this research was firstly to explore factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in rural Lao. Secondly, to understand the specific challenges adolescent mothers face in accessing maternal health services. Methods: Qualitative interviews were undertaken with adolescent mothers and unmarried adolescents aged 12 to 19 years, living in rural areas, and from different ethnic groups. In total, we undertook six focus group discussions with adolescents aged 13–19 years, twenty in-depth interviews with unmarried/married adolescents aged 12–19 years. In addition, we interviewed husbands of the adolescent mothers (N = 8) and mothers-in-law of both male and female adolescents (N = 9), community leaders and healthcare providers (health providers N = 17 and community leaders N =12). Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data, based on a conceptual framework identified at the outset of the study. Results: The findings suggest that pre-marital sex, early marriage and pregnancy are the norm in these settings. Determinants of teenage pregnancy included liberal attitudes to teen pre-marital sexual intercourse, early marriage and pregnancy, incomplete knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and limited access to appropriate services. -
(I) Towards Participatory Forest Management in Laos
Towards Participatory Forest Management in Laos —Laos Country Report 2003— (i) (ii) Towards Participatory Forest Management in Laos —Laos Country Report 2003— Editor in chief HYAKUMURA Kimihiko and Editors INOUE Makoto Martinus Nanarg HARADA Kazuhiro KOMATSU Kiyoshi Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Kanagawa, Japan (iii) Published by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies 2108-11 Kamiyamaguchi, Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa, 240-0115, JAPAN Printed by Sato Printing Co. Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Cover (upper left) Local people and cardamom, Ngoi District, Luang Phabang Province. Photo credit: HYAKUMURA Kimihiko Cover (upper right) Swidden land and paddy field, Nambak District, Luang Phabang Province. Photo credit: HYAKUMURA Kimihiko Cover (lower left) Elephant and people, Nambak District, Luang Phabang Province. Photo credit: HYAKUMURA Kimihiko Cover (lower right) Women carrying fuel wood, Pakeng District, Oudomxay Province. Photo credit: MORIMOTO Takashi Back Cover1 River in the morning, Phalanxai District, Savannakeht Province. Photo credit: HYAKUMURA Kimihiko. Back Cover2 Wild konjak potato and local people: Nambak District, Luang Phabang Province. Photo credit: HYAKUMURA Kimihiko Back Cover3 Threshing the rice, Atsaphone District, Savannakhet Province. Photo credit: HYAKUMURA Kimihiko Back Cover4 Ceremony in the spiritual forest, Atsaphone District, Savannakhet Province. Photo credit: HYAKUMURA Kimihiko Back Cover5 Fallow land and swidden land, Pakbeng District, Oudomxay Province, Photo credit: MORIMOTO Takashi All Right Reserved © 2004 The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Although every effort is made to ensure objectivity and balance, the printing of a book or translation does not imply IGES endorsement or acquiescence with its conclusions or the endorsement of IGES financers. IGES maintains a position of neutrality at all times on issues concerning public policy. -
Project Title: Country: Accredited Entity: Date of First Submission
Implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme Project Title: through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 1) Country: Lao People’s Democratic Republic Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Accredited Entity: GmbH Date of first submission: 2019/03/02 Date of current submission: 2019/10/11 Version number: V.011 GREEN CLIMATE FUND FUNDING PROPOSAL V.2.0 | PAGE 0 OF 95 Contents Section A PROJECT / PROGRAMME SUMMARY Section B PROJECT INFORMATION Section C FINANCING INFORMATION Section D EXPECTED PERFORMANCE AGAINST INVESTMENT CRITERIA Section E LOGICAL FRAMEWORK Section F RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT Section G GCF POLICIES AND STANDARDS Section H ANNEXES Note to Accredited Entities on the use of the funding proposal template • Accredited Entities should provide summary information in the proposal with cross- reference to annexes such as feasibility studies, gender action plan, term sheet, etc. • Accredited Entities should ensure that annexes provided are consistent with the details provided in the funding proposal. Updates to the funding proposal and/or annexes must be reflected in all relevant documents. • The total number of pages for the funding proposal (excluding annexes) should not exceed 60. Proposals exceeding the prescribed length will not be assessed within the usual service standard time. • The recommended font is Arial, size 11. • Under the GCF Information Disclosure Policy, project and programme funding proposals will be disclosed on the GCF website, simultaneous with the submission to the Board, subject to the redaction of any information that may not be disclosed pursuant to the IDP. Accredited Entities are asked to fill out information on disclosure in section G.4. -
8Th FIVE-YEAR NATIONAL SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Peace Independence Unity Prosperity 8th FIVE-YEAR NATIONAL SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2016–2020) (Officially approved at the VIIIth National Assembly’s Inaugural Session, 20–23 April 2016, Vientiane) Ministry of Planning and Investment June 2016 8th FIVE-YEAR NATIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2016–2020) (Officially approved at the VIIIth National Assembly’s Inaugural Session, 20–23 April 2016, Vientiane) Ministry of Planning and Investment June 2016 FOREWORD The 8th Five-Year National Socio-economic Development Plan (2016–2020) “8th NSEDP” is a mean to implement the resolutions of the 10th Party Conference that also emphasizes the areas from the previous plan implementation that still need to be achieved. The Plan also reflects the Socio-economic Development Strategy until 2025 and Vision 2030 with an aim to build a new foundation for graduating from LDC status by 2020 to become an upper-middle-income country by 2030. Therefore, the 8th NSEDP is an important tool central to the assurance of the national defence and development of the party’s new directions. Furthermore, the 8th NSEDP is a result of the Government’s breakthrough in mindset. It is an outcome- based plan that resulted from close research and, thus, it is constructed with the clear development outcomes and outputs corresponding to the sector and provincial development plans that should be able to ensure harmonization in the Plan performance within provided sources of funding, including a government budget, grants and loans, -
Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A
Appendix G1 Results of Soil Analysis (Prepared by ERIC) ANNEX A RESULTS OF SOIL ANALYSIS FOR ORIGINAL PROPOSED RESTTLEMENT SITES EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A (1) Soil Properties of Four Villages for Initial Site Selection A -2 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A A -3 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A A -4 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A A -5 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A Source: Agriculture and Forestry Scientific Research Institute, Lao PDR, December 2007 A -6 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A (2) Soil fertilities at Phukata and Pha-Aen areas, in November 2008 A -7 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A A -8 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A Source: Soil-Fertilizer-Environment Scientific Development Project, Kasetsart University, 2008 A -9 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Source: Soil-Fertilizer-Environment Scientific Development Project, Kasetsart University, November 2008 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project RESULTS OF SOIL ANALYSIS FOR NEW RESETTLEMENT SITE AND ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A (1) Soil Properties of Resettlement area Source: National Agriculture and Forest Research Institute, Lao PDR, August 2011 A -14 EIA of The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project Draft Report: Annex A Source: National Agriculture and Forest Research -
Preliminary Gibbon Status Review for Lao PDR 2008
Preliminary Gibbon Status Review for Lao PDR 2008 J.W. Duckworth December 2008 This work was carried out with funding from the Arcus Foundation. Preliminary gibbon status review for Lao PDR 2008 This review is a work in progress for the conservation of gibbons in Lao PDR. It is intended to be updated periodically. Any comment on this document, including further records, would be gratefully received by the author and by Fauna & Flora International, at the addresses below. Citation: J. W. Duckworth, 2008, Preliminary gibbon status review for Lao PDR 2008, Fauna & Flora International, Unpublished report. Author: J. W. Duckworth, PO Box 5773, Vientiane, Lao PDR Email: [email protected] Date: December 2008 For more information or to send further comments contact: Paul Insua-Cao Fauna & Flora Asia-Pacific Programme, 340 Nghi Tam, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: +84-(0)43-719 4117 Fax: +84-(0)43-719 4119 Email: [email protected] Front cover photo of a captive young yellow-cheeked crested gibbon by Monty Sly. All views expressed within are the author’s alone unless attributed otherwise and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Fauna & Flora International. While the authors and editors strive for rigour and accuracy in presenting this report, Fauna & Flora International make no representations as to completeness, suitability or validity of any information contained, and will not be liable for any errors or omissions. The editors and Fauna & Flora International take no responsibility for any misrepresentation of material resulting from translation of this report into any other language. Reproduction of any part of this report for educational, conservation and other non-profit purposes is authorised without prior permission from the copyright holder, provided that the source is fully acknowledged. -
Assessment of Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridors
About the Assessment of Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridors The transformation of transport corridors into economic corridors has been at the center of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program since 1998. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) conducted this Assessment to guide future investments and provide benchmarks for improving the GMS economic corridors. This Assessment reviews the state of the GMS economic corridors, focusing on transport infrastructure, particularly road transport, cross-border transport and trade, and economic potential. This assessment consists of six country reports and an integrative report initially presented in June 2018 at the GMS Subregional Transport Forum. About the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program The GMS consists of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, the People’s Republic of China (specifically Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), Thailand, and Viet Nam. In 1992, with assistance from the Asian Development Bank and building on their shared histories and cultures, the six countries of the GMS launched the GMS Program, a program of subregional economic cooperation. The program’s nine priority sectors are agriculture, energy, environment, human resource development, investment, telecommunications, tourism, transport infrastructure, and transport and trade facilitation. About the Asian Development Bank ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining