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Update on the Upland Development Strategy 2015 to 2020 and the Draft Action Plan

Update on the Upland Development Strategy 2015 to 2020 and the Draft Action Plan. Northern Uplands Development Programme Department of Planning and Cooperation Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Vientiane, Lao PDR Presentation to the Sub-sector Working Group - Uplands 24 June 2014.

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Update on the Upland Development Strategy 2015 to 2020 and the Draft Action Plan

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  1. Update on the Upland Development Strategy2015 to 2020 and the Draft Action Plan Northern Uplands Development Programme Department of Planning and Cooperation Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Vientiane, Lao PDR Presentation to the Sub-sector Working Group - Uplands 24 June 2014

  2. Outline of the presentation • Highlights of the UDS • Status update of the UDS • Current status of the UDS Action Plan • Process • Challenges • Way forward

  3. Highlights of the UDS Northern Uplands Objectives • Integrated rural development is established as a process for eradicating poverty in uplands • Upland food and nutrition security is derived from improved livelihood and income security • Guaranteed through increased food production and improved incomes; linked to markets • Strengthened capacity of local government facilitates decentralization that leads to • Improved efficiency and effectiveness of public services delivery; and, • An enabling environment for private sector and civil society in uplands; • To maximize development of local potential • Sustainable natural resources management: conservation and sustainable use of agro-biodiversity Lao Uplands Annamite Uplands Bolovens Plateaux

  4. Pillars of Upland Development • Pillar 1: Food security and self-sufficiency Pillar 2: Commercial agriculture, markets, and marketing Pillar 3: Conservation and sustainable use of natural resources Pillar 4: Rural upland infrastructure Pillar 5: Human resources and institutional development and public services delivery • Cross-cutting aspects: • Respect for the rule of law • Poverty reduction • Gender mainstreaming • Respect for local culture • Economic empowerment • Technical innovation • Resilience to climate change (sustainable agricultural development, sustainable environmental management, hazardous risk reduction)

  5. Status Update: UDS • SSWG-Uplands: • Reviewed and discussed several times throughout 2012 and through mid-2013 • Stakeholder consultations in early 2013: • Provincial: 3 northern, 1 central, and 1 southern • District: 1 district in each province • Circulation of UDS among members of SWG-ARD mid-2013; significant feedback incorporated • Discussed and endorsed by the SWG-ARD: • 11 July 2013 • Draft Final UDS dated 6 August 2013: • Comments from SWG-ARD, key stakeholders, and senior MAF officials • Lao version: • Translation into Lao completed in early 2014

  6. Status of the UDS Action Plan

  7. Pillars 1 & 2: Objectives and Activities

  8. Pillars 3 & 4: Objectives and Activities

  9. Pillar 5: Objectives and Activities

  10. Sample of the UDS Action Plan: Pillar 2

  11. Action Plan preparation process • Zero draft completed in March 2014 • Focus group meetings to review Pillar 1, Pillar 2, and limited review of Pillar 3 • 20 and 25 March 2014 • Bilateral discussions with MAF Vice Minister • 29 April 2014 • Bilateral discussions with MAF/DoOP • 2 May 2014 • Bilateral discussion with MONRE/DOPC on Pillar 3 • 5 June 2014 • Focus group meetings being scheduled to review Pillar 4 and Pillar 5 • Latter part of June 2014

  12. Challenges during UDS and Action Plan preparation • UDS: • Numerous stakeholders • Many individual agendas • Action Plan: • Need two versions: • In-depth and detailed • Streamlined • Cross-sectoral: issues of coordination • Consistency with other strategies and plans

  13. Way forward and points for discussion • Prepare second draft of the UDS Action Plan • Complete Investment Plan and identify investment gaps • July 2014: Submission as a package to MAF • Draft Strategy • Draft Action Plan • Draft Investment Plan • Incorporate feedback from MAF • Present package to the SSWG-Uplands and SWG-ARD in 3rd quarter of 2014 • Endorsement by MAF • NUDP will recommend: • Inter-ministerial panel -- dialogue to review UDS • Dialogue with DPs on formulation of a PBA to implement the UDS • Review and endorsement by Government • Implementation: FY 2016-2020

  14. The End

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