ພັກປະຊາຊົນ ປະຕິວັດລາວ ທີ່ມີກຽດສະຫງ່າ ໝັ້ນຍືນ! ຊົມເຊີຍວັນສ້າງຕັ້ງພັກປະຊາຊົນປະຕິວັດລາວ ຄົບຮອບ 65 ປີ ຢ່າງສຸດໃຈ! ຂໍ່ານັບຮັບຕ້ອນວັນຄ້າຍວັນເກີດປະທານ ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ ຄົບຮອບ 100 ປີ; ວັນສະຖາປະນາ ສປປ ລາວ ຄົບຮອບ 45 ປີ; ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ ຄັ້ງທີ XI ຂອງພັກປະຊາຊົນ ປະຕິວັດລາວ; ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ອົງຄະນະພັກ ຄັ້ງທີ IV ຂອງກະຊວງການຕ່າງປະເທດ ແລະ ວັນການທູດລາວ ຄົບຮອບ 77 ປີ.

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Vientiane, 26 February 2021 – The Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) together with the United Nations (UN), jointly organized the ‘Technical Meeting of the Government of Lao PDR – United Nations Joint Steering Committee’, at the International Cooperation and Training Center. The meeting was Co-Chaired by Mr. Maythong Thammavongsa, Director-General of Department of International Organizations, MoFA, and Ms. Sara Sekkenes, UN Resident Coordinator to Lao PDR. More than 40 representatives participated in the Meeting, including representatives from eleven line ministries and fourteen UN agencies.

The meeting aimed to review the progress achieved under the current Lao PDR-UN Partnership Framework 2017-2021, and draw lessons from the challenges and opportunities encountered. Reflecting on a recent independent evaluation of the Partnership Framework and the findings from UN analysis of development trends, challenges, opportunities, participants further exchanged on the design of a new Lao PDR-UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2022-2026, guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and aligned with the ambitions outlined in the 9th National Socio-economic Development Plan which will soon be adopted.

On this occasion, Mr. Maythong Thammavongsa stressed the important partnership between the Government and the UN System, recognizing the UN’s significant contribution in terms of policy support, technical expertise and resources in the pursuit of national development priorities. He further emphasized the need to enhance Government ownership in designing a clear strategic cooperation framework, building on inputs from all key stakeholders to ensure that it responds to national strategic priorities and lays the foundation for a smooth graduation from the Least Developed Country status.

On the same note, Ms. Sara Sekkenes, UN Resident Coordinator to Lao PDR expressed that “the co-creation of the next Government of Lao PDR - UN Cooperation Framework is crucial in ensuring the co-ownership that speaks to the development needs and priorities that leaves no one behind and the comparative contributions of the UN development system alongside that of other development partners. Planned broader consultations will help us move towards that goal and work will continue over the weeks ahead, but today’s meeting is the starting point and critical to ensure that we set off on the right foot.”

During the meeting both parties agreed on the publication of the UNPF 2019 Progress Report, the tentative priority areas of the new cooperation framework under the five dimensions of the 2030 Agenda of People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships, and the overall imperatives of sustainable and inclusive development, social development and effective institutions. The outcome of the meeting will serve as a key step for both parties to develop the new Cooperation Framework and prepare a series of joint stakeholder consultations with development partners, the private sector and civil society, among others, to ensure an inclusive process that can build the broader partnership needed towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. A High-Level Meeting of the Government of Lao PDR and UN Joint Steering Committee is planned to be organized in mid-2021 to formally endorse the new Cooperation Framework.

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On 14 May 2019, at the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR, Mr. Inthasone THIRAKUL, Deputy Director General of the IFA and party warmly welcomed and received the delegation from Temasek Foundation International (TFI) led by Associate Director Mr Shiran Ali, and Nanyang Technology University (NTU) of Singapore led by Ms. Kathryne Yew.

On the occasion of their visit, two parties convened the Review Meeting for “Train the Trainer” Programme for Senior Government Officials from the Lao PDR, which were organized in 2016 and 2018 by NTU respectively. The meeting comprised 6 former participants, who were represented each of training course and from different organizations such as State Audit Organization, Lao Youth Union, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The objective of the meeting was to hear assessment of the training programme outcomes from the former participants. At the meeting, the former participants actively briefed and shared regarding their lessons and experiences learnt from Singapore, as well as their knowledge and lessons applied into their agencies.

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The AICHR Workshop on the outcome of the thematic study on right to peace was organized in Vientiane, on the 7 December 2018 chaired by Mr. Phoukhong Sisoulath, Director General of Treaties and Law department, Ministry of foreign Affair, who is also the Lao Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), with about 40 participants from 10 ASEAN Member States were in attendance.

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