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• Lao PDR writes history by launching Sustainable Development Goal 18 Sep 7, 2016

  As a side event to the ASEAN Summits, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inaugurated Lao PDR’s own national Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on unexploded ordnance (UXO).

• Good governance vital to sustainable development Jul 1, 2016

  The Sustainable Development Goals and the newly established People’s Provincial Assemblies were discussed at a Governance Sector Working Group thematic workshop in Vientiane today.

• Sayabouly communities on air Jun 7, 2016

  About 20,000 villagers from 27 ethnic communities in the district can now tune in to FM98.8 MHz, the frequency of Khop Community Radio. The station was launched today in the presence of senior officials from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Sayabouly provincial government, officials from Khop District, development partners, radio volunteers and community representatives.

• Forests of Southern Lao PDR of global importance May 20, 2016

  The Government of Lao PDR has just signed a new UNDP programme funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which is set to conserve and manage forests in five districts of Savannakhet Province, over the next six years.

• Managing investment through a poverty and environment lens Apr 27, 2016

  Lao PDR’s management of foreign investments in extractive industries has improved since 2009, helping to ensure benefits are spread to communities and decrease environmental impacts.

• UNDP: Fastest population shift in history means make or break for Asia-Pacific Apr 26, 2016

  Demographic change in Asia and the Pacific is happening at a rate the world has never seen. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates that took a century in Europe are happening here in just 30 years.

• Agro-Biodiversity key to food security and nutrition Apr 22, 2016

  Protecting Lao PDR’s rich biodiversity is helping to boost livelihoods and reduce rural poverty in Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang.

• Corruption remains a major stumbling block for justice sector reforms: UNDP Apr 8, 2016

  Opening court services to peer scrutiny might greatly improve integrity and public trust, new report says

• Lao PDR launches climate change action plan with UNDP Mar 24, 2016

  Last week the UNDP in Lao PDR and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment formally launched the ‘Lao PDR Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (Lao PDR INDC) Project’.

• Lao PDR’s UXO Sector achieves new clearance milestone in 2015 Mar 15, 2016

  2015 was a year of significant progress and innovation for Lao PDR’s UXO sector, thanks to a new evidence-based survey method.