RECOFTC: Center for People and Forests
01.12.2013
- 30.09.2018
Deforestation and forest degradation are threatening the livelihoods of the rural poor in the Mekong region. Community forestry has proven to be a sustainable way to improve forest management, strengthen local livelihoods, and mitigate impacts of climate change. SDC supports RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests to promote community forestry throughout the Mekong region through a core contribution.
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Lao DECIDE Info
01.11.2013
- 30.06.2018
Since 2007, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has supported the Lao government to improve its management of social and economic data. SDC seeks to enable policy makers to make better-informed decisions by making reliable data more readily available, contributing to equitable development.
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Support of UXO Clearance in Lao PDR
01.10.2013
- 31.12.2016
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has supported the clearance of unexploded ordnance in Lao PDR since 2006.
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National Assembly Strategic Support Project (NASSP)
01.08.2013
- 30.04.2017
The role of the National Assembly is to represent the views of Lao citizens, enable citizens to participate in decision-making processes, and ensure that national policies answer to the needs of Lao people. SDC is helping the National Assembly strengthen its role as a legislative, overseeing, and representational part of government, in support of democratic development in Lao PDR.
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Lao Upland Rural Advisory Service (LURAS)
01.08.2013
- 31.12.2017
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is supporting the Lao Government’s agriculture and food security programs since more than a decade.
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Garantire ai piccoli contadini l’accesso alle risorse naturali
01.05.2013
- 31.12.2018
La governance fondiaria è al centro delle sfide per lo sviluppo in Cambogia, Laos, Myanmar e Vietnam: la concessione a investitori di terre coltivate da famiglie contadine è la principale causa della nuova povertà e dell’insicurezza alimentare. Il progetto supporta una serie di riforme in quest’ ambito ed è volto a rafforzare l’efficacia dei suoi promotori trasmettendo conoscenze, creando alleanze, promuovendo la cooperazione regionale e sostenendo politiche e pratiche più adeguate.
| Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Mekong |
Agricoltura e sicurezza alimentare Governance
Politica agricola
Sviluppo legale e giudiziario
Partecipazione democratica e società civile
|
01.05.2013 - 31.12.2018 |
CHF 13'350'000 |
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Vocational Education and Training Laos (VELA)
01.01.2013
- 30.06.2019
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) supports a reform of technical and vocational education and training in Lao PDR to ensure that Lao youth—particularly from marginalized groups—have access to quality education, can obtain a high level of skills, and can find and keep well-paid jobs.
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Empowering Women Migrant Workers In Asia (EWMWA)
01.12.2012
- 30.06.2015
In Southeast Asia women who migrate for work are exposed to high risks, which range from gender-based discrimination to exploitation and severe human rights violations. UN Women’s Regional Program On Empowering Women Migrant Workers In Asia (EWMWA) aims to empower vulnerable women migrants in a gender-responsive way and to strengthen their access to effective legal protection. A specific focus in the ASEAN region includes Lao PDR, Vietnam and Cambodia as major sending countries.
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Lao Extension for Agriculture Project ( LEAP )
01.12.2012
- 31.12.2014
Laos is a nation of small farmers with 74% of the workforce employed in the agriculture sector. LEAP was designed to address the low levels of productivity and profitability for the farmers and focused on the weak capacity of extension services. After 11 years of successful work in strengthening the national extension system and moving ahead to open it to other service providers, LEAP will close its operations after a 14 months final phase, mostly dedicated to handover and capitalization activities.
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Support to the Reform of the Northern Agriculture and Forestry College in Laos (SURAFCO)
01.12.2012
- 28.02.2017
Innovation and reform of the agriculture sector is necessary for Lao PDR to achieve socioeconomic growth and graduate from its status of Least Developed Country. SDC has worked to strengthen Lao agriculture and forestry colleges since 2009, in response to a growing need for highly skilled professionals, who can help farmers in improving their practices and escape poverty.
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Flood Management and Mitigation Programme
05.11.2012
- 31.12.2015
Flood risks in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) are increasing as a result of infrastructure development, land-use changes, increasing population and in the longer term by the effects of climate change. The Regional Flood Management and Mitigation Center (RFMMC) created by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has the mandate to coordinate with its Member Countries to reduce the negative impacts of floods. It will support them to improve and implement flood risk management and mitigation practices, like flood forecasting or impact assessment.
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Regional Local Economic Development in the East-West Economic Corridor (RLED-EWEC)
01.08.2012
- 30.06.2017
SDC has entered into a partnership with the Mekong Institute – an intergovernmental institution owned by the GMS countries’ governments – to foster an enabling environment for economic growth in rural areas. The goal is to contribute to the alleviation of poverty in the region.