Laos is continuing to expand its trade openness (entry into the WTO in January 2013) and its accessibility strategy to leave behind its status of isolated country and attract foreign investors (mining, hydroelectricity, plantations). On the international political scene, Laos hosted the 9^th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) with the slogan of “Friends for Peace, Partners for Prosperity.” A few weeks previously, the emerging civil society was authorized to organize the Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) with a slogan different from that of the official summit: “People’s Solidarity against Poverty and for Sustainable Development: Challenging Unjust and Unequal Development, Building States of Citizens for Citizens”—perhaps a first step toward giving civil society a larger role.

In 2012, GRET notably extended two drinking water supply support projects (MIREP for four years, and MADEVIE for one year).

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  Bamboo and Rattan Project

  
  Laos | 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2020

  Development of multi-stakeholders and sustainable bamboo and rattan value chains in Lao PDR Houaphanh Province, in the north east of Laos, counts more than 526 000 hectares of natural bamboo forest. Recognizing the potential of bamboo exploitation, GRET has ...

  
  
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  Bamboo Houaphan |

  A year to create an enabling environment for a service center and a national platform to develop the bamboo sector in Lao PDR.

  
  Laos | 01/10/2015 - 31/12/2016

  Since 2011, the Houaphan bamboo project facilitates a multistakeholder learning process involving villagers, producers groups, private sector and authorities, combining the natural resource management and the business approach through policy dialogue. The proposed project builds on promising results of ...

  
  
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  Evaluation du projet de création du Centre de Formation Professionnelle aux Métiers de l’eau à Vientiane (Laos)

  
  Laos | 30/07/2012 - 10/11/2012

  Entre 2004 et 2008, la Société des Eaux de Vientiane (NPNL) a mis en place un centre de formation professionnelle pour l'eau potable et l'assainissement. Sous financement de l'AFD, ce projet visait à contribuer à l’amélioration de la ...

  
  
• Bambou - Houaphan |

  Support to the implementation of the Houaphanh Provincial Bamboo Sector Development Strategy

  
  Laos | 01/01/2011 - 30/09/2015

  The overall objective of the Project is that bamboo sector provides stable and sustainable incomes and employments, contributing to poverty alleviation and conserving forest functions and upland environment in Houaphan province. Thanks to the project, it is expected ...

  
  
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  PADSR |

  Program to promote sustainable access to services and incomes for disadvantaged populations in three LDC Fragile States (Haïti, Laos, Mauritania)

  
  Haiti, Laos, Mauritania | 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2012

  The project is located in three countries classified as Least Developed Countries and characterized as « fragile states »: Haiti (city of Port-au-Prince), Laos (Houaphan Province), and Mauritania (city of Nouakchott). Promote disadvantaged populations’ acce ...

  
  
• Madévie |

  Maîtrise de la gestion et développement de l’accès à l’eau à Vientiane au Laos (en)

  
  Laos | 01/07/2009 - 31/12/2013
  
  

• Project to Support the Establishment of an Eco-Tourism Development Strategy in Khammouane Province, Laos

  
  Laos | 01/01/2009 - 30/06/2013

  GRET was commissioned to conduct a feasibility study on the eco-tourism development strategy in Khammouane Province, Laos. This study aimed to accompany public policies in Khammouane Province in the framework of decentralized cooperation. ...

  
  

• Mid-Term Review of the technical Assistance project for the irrigated Agriculture Subsector -– Laos

  
  Laos | 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2009

  The project aimed to support the Department of Irrigation to review its strategy. The main objective was to confirm the understanding of MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) and Afd about the project objectives and activities as its ...

  
  

• Ex-post Evaluation of the Tan Piao irrigated scheme development Project and the Decentralised Irrigation Management and Development Project – Laos

  
  Laos | 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2009

  Gret was assess the progress of projects towards its state goals and defined indicators. This will lead to the identification of successes and constraints in order to draw up lessons and recommendations. Two separate reviews were be implemented: (1) The ...

  
  
• SHSP TA |

  Technical Assistance to Support to Health Sector Project in Lao PDR

  
  Laos | 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2012

  This technical assistance is running since september 2008 in partnership with the Swiss Red Cross and the Lao Consulting Group with the objective of supporting the Ministry of Health in the implementation of a support to health sector ...

  
  

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  Community-based management of natural bamboo forests

  
  | Gret | 2017 | Guide pratique | 29
  

  This practical guide is written based on the experience of a six-years project, conducted with the support of GRET in the northern mountains of Houaphan province, Lao PDR, in close with the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry. ...

  
  
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  Processus d’apprentissage collectif et dynamique des communs

  
  

  Filière bambou dans les montagnes du Nord Laos

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  Cet article se fonde sur une expérience récente du développement de filières commerciales approvisionnées par des forêts naturelles de bambou dans les montagnes de la province nord de Huaphan, au Laos. Il illustre comment, dans un régime centralisé ...

  
  
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  Financer les services essentiels des villes du Sud : quelle équation socio-politique ?

  
  

  Partage du coût global de long terme du service d’eau potable de Vientiane (Laos)

  | Gret | 2016/04 | Études et travaux en ligne | 44
  

  Cette étude est consacrée aux questions de gouvernance urbaine au Sud, traitée sous l’angle du financement des services d’eau potable. En s’appuyant sur le cas de la Société des Eaux de Vientiane au Laos, elle vise à comprendre ...

  
  
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  Proceedings of the national workshop on agroecology transition, 2nd and 3rd, June 2016, Vientiane, Lao PDR

  
  | 2016
  

  The 2 days’ workshop has been very intense and very fruitful paving the way to some common principles, common understanding and common expectations about agroecology. There are still some works to do in order to define in an encompassing way ...

  
  
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  Report of the “ Lao Bamboo & Rattan Platform ” workshop 15th and 16th June 2016 Vientiane, Lao PDR

  
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  Convergence under pressure : Different routes to private ownership through land reforms in four Mekong countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam)

  
  | Comité Technique Foncier et développement ; AFD ; MAEDI | 2015/12
  

  This paper aims to provide keys that will help us understand contemporary land dynamics in these four countries. In order to do so it highlights their similarities and differences, both in the long history that shaped today’s ...

  
  

• Sustainable bamboo & rattan supply chain development

  
  B. Phachomphonh ; M. Greijmans ; J.F. Kibler | Gret | 2012/09 | Politiques et Pratiques de développement | 8
  

  Forests form a vital ecosystem that provides multiple services. Lao PDR still harbours 9.7 million ha (source FS2020) of natural forest, containing a rich biodiversity. The key riches of the Lao forest are reflected in the high diversity ...

  
  

• GRET, 30 years of activities on water’s issues

  
  | Gret | 2012
  

  A l’occasion du 6e Forum mondial de l’eau de Marseille en 2012, ce DVD rassemble la documentation issue de 30 ans d’expérience du Gret sur les différents usages de l’eau (références bibliographiques, capitalisations de projets, guides, vidéos, outils ...

  
  
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  Financer les services d’eau potable dans les petites agglomérations via des opérateurs privés locaux

  
  Naulet, Frédéric ; Étienne, Janique ; Monvois, Jacques ; Répussard, Clément ; Gilquin, Céline | Gret | 2011 | Débats et controverses | 4
  

  Le secteur de l'eau potable a connu de profondes mutations au cours des trente dernières années avec une remise en question du modèle fondé sur les monopoles publics. ...

  
  
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  The Regulation of Small-Scale Water Providers in Lao PDR

  
  | AFD | 2010 | Focales | 6
  

  Water and sanitation services, which qualify as essential public services, need to be regulated from an economic, environmental and public health standpoint. AFD, within the framework of its research program on PPPs, has worked on theoretical approaches and ...

  
  

Enseignement/recherche

Centre de recherche forestier de l’Institut national de recherche sur l’agriculture et les forêts (FRC/NAFRI).

Institutions publiques et collectivités locales

Ministère de la Santé, Ministère des travaux publics et des transports, Département de l’Habitat et de la Planification Urbaine (DHPU), Agence de régulation de l’eau potable (Arep) et division de l’Eau potable, Province de Houaphanh, Province de Khammouane, Province de Vientiane, Province de Bolikhamxay, Province de Sayabouri, Capitale Vientiane, Société des Eaux de la capitale de Vientiane (NamPapa Nakhone Luang - NPNL).

Opérateurs/ONG/Bureaux d’études

Croix Rouge suisse, Lao Consulting Group (LCG), Bureau d’études Lao (BEL), SNV Netherlands Development Organization, Tétraktys, Energie Sans Frontière, Aquassistance
Collectifs et Réseaux
INGO Forum (60 ONG internationales intervenant au Laos), sous-groupes de travail (technical working group) dans les secteurs de la santé, de l’eau (Lao WASH TWG), et des questions foncières

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  Sustainable bamboo & rattan supply chain development

  
  

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