Visit to Lao PDR and Thailand – January 2025

International and Regional team members visited locations in Luang Prabang (Lao PDR) and Bangkok (Thailand).

The trip had the following objectives:

• Lead a training workshop on environmental monitoring in to build capacity for national partners to collect local evidence on the benefits of NbS (rather than continue to rely on international data) – Luang Prabang (Lao PDR)
• Initiate an environmental monitoring program to improve data availability and decision making about green and blue spaces – Luang Prabang (Lao PDR)
• Convene the Thailand Technical Working Group meeting – Bangkok (Thailand)
• Conduct a workshop and activity planning for site risk assessment guidelines – Bangkok (Thailand)
• Meet with Landprocess and Porous City Network – Bangkok (Thailand)
• Meet with the Urban Design and Development Center (UDDC) – Bangkok (Thailand).