May 28, 2024
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The International and Regional teams led the mission, which included visits to Vientiane and Luang Prabang. In both locations, they were accompanied by Mekong Australian Partnership officials from the Australian Embassy in Bangkok.
The mission had the following objectives:
- Confirm the RUCaS case study area and approach in Vientiane with Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). This included a field visit to the Nong Loup Ian marsh in the west of Vientiane city. With representatives from GGGI, we met with representatives from the Vientiane Capital Department of Planning and Investment, and village chiefs and officers from NongDa, Nonkheelek, Tadthong and Nongping – the communities surrounding the marsh – to understand issues and their vision for the area.
- Update the focus of the Luang Prabang case study with implementing NGO This included meetings with officials from the Luang Prabang Urban Services Office, the World Heritage Office and the Department of Public Works and Transport. We were also honoured to present to a meeting of local village leaders, the Ban Mano Wetland Committee and local householders on NbS typologies.
Nong Louk Ian meeting
Nong Louk Ian site
- Advance preparations for the Lao PDR Knowledge Exchange in August 2024.
- Advance the Urban Wetlands and Stream Guideline and Research roadmap and relations with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the National University of Laos (NUOL). Next steps include drafting and circulating the guideline for comment, and progressing the research roadmap.
- Advance wider relations with other stakeholders including MONRE and Department of Climate Change Adaptation, DFAT at the Australian Embassy in Laos, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Gender Development Association (GDA.)