ALIGNING PARTNER ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES TO NATIONAL PRIORITIES Lao People’s Democratic Republic Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity ALIGNING PARTNER ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES TO NATIONAL PRIORITIES

Presentation Organization Past situation Situation since 2001 including the Fifth Five-Year Plan & NGPES Sixth Five-Year Plan Draft Country Action Plan on Harmonization and Alignment Sector Working Groups

Often, partners decided on priority areas for their support PAST SITUATION Often, partners decided on priority areas for their support Government largely accepted partner preferences Partner priorities changed over time Also, the priorities varied from partner to partner

Situation Since 2001 Ten-year National Socio Economic Development Strategy Fifth Five-Year Plan NGPES Governance Policy paper Sector/Sub-sector Strategies What motivated partner support?

SIXTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN Formulated in a participatory way Preliminary ideas shared with partners in mid-June 2005 Draft Plan shared with partners and discussed at RTP Annual Information Meeting in January 2006 Final draft in the process

COUNTRY ACTION PLAN ON HARMONISATION & ALIGNMENT Proposal to prepare Country Action Plan on Harmonisation & Alignment February 2005 Workshop in Vientiane Participation in Second HLF Workshop in May 2005 Preparation of preliminary draft

SECTOR WORKING GROUPS Background Formation of SWGs announced in June 2005 Joint meeting of SWGs and DWGs First meetings of SWGs Making SWGs effective

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