1. INFORMATION INTEGRATION &
2017 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY The World Bank - Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017
CROSS-SECTORAL
INFORMATION INTEGRATION &
DATA SHARING
IN AN EGOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK
IN SUPPORT OF INTEGRATED LAND GOVERNANCE
IN THE LAO PDR
EPPRECHT, MICHAEL (1)
NANHTHAVONG, VONG (1)
HETT, CORNELIA (1)
HANAPHOM, SAVANH (3)
PHOMMACHANH, ANONGSONE (2)
(1) Centre for Development and Environment CDE
(2) Department of Land Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Laos
(3) Department of Planning and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Laos

2. Concessions and leases on lands in the Lao PDR
08/10/2010
Concessions and leases on lands in the Lao PDR
2,642 Deals
1.1 million ha granted
Schönweger et al, 2012

3. Governance of investments in lands in the Lao PDR
Promotion of land investments
Containment/suspension
of land investments
Prime Minister’s Order #13: Before granting new concessions
work together to tell us what is happening (where) in land investments
tell us who are the good ones, and who are the bad ones

4. Sustainable governance of lands is inherently cross-sectoral, but…
in Laos, greatly hampered by a lack of a systematic information base on commercial investments in lands
No effective, systematic management and use of existing information
Sectoral perspective - lack of exchange among ministries and department  Lack of data management and basic analysis capacities and mandate at data owning institutions
Lack of exchange among administrative levels  Lack of exchange tools and procedures
Incomplete / inconsistent information  Lack of standards and procedures

5. Sustainable governance of lands is inherently spatial, but…
in Laos, geographic information on commercial investments in lands very limited
No effective, systematic collection and use of spatial information
 Lack of capacities
Inconsistencies between plans and realities
Spatial overlapping claims

6. Sustainable governance of lands requires navigation of trade-offs of stakeholder interests and values, but…
stakeholders, their claims on lands and on their functions unclear
Stakeholder's’ perspectives typically not systematically assessed and analyzed
 Lack of tools and procedures

7. Entry points for supporting evidence-informed sustainable governance of lands
Information integration and management
Explicit spatial dimension of claims on lands
Revealing of trade-offs among normative values and stakeholder interests

8. The Lao DECIDE info Initiative
Fostering information integration, sharing, & analysis
for evidence-based, integrated planning &
informed decision-making

9. Improving governance of lands through evidence-informed decision support
Equipping government institutions with tools, procedures & capacities to systematically compile and manage information needed to generate the knowledge required for evidence-informed decision-making for effective sustainable management of lands

10. Information components for sustainable land management
Strengthening spatial dimension in data, information & analysis
Cross-sectoral information sharing, integration, management & analysis
Assessing stakeholder claims on lands and revealing trade-offs

11. Strengthening spatial dimension in data, information & analysis
Why location, context matters…

12. Strengthening spatial dimension in data, information & analysis
Strengthening understanding of spatial information on land investments
Cross-sectoral team in participatory mapping work
Area type
Proposed Project Location/Prospecting Area
Granted Area
Survey Area
Allocated Area
Implemented Area/Excavation Area

13. Strengthening spatial dimension in data, information & analysis
Mapping spatial extends and identifying inconsistencies
Linking statistics to space

14. Information sharing, integration, management & analysis
Information often exists, but inaccessible or of little direct use:
Scattered across institutions & offices
Multitude of formats
Inconsistent
Incomplete …

15. Harmonization & integration of related databases across sectors
08/10/2010
Information sharing, integration, management & analysis
Harmonization & integration of related databases across sectors M O N R E
SLLC Database
Mineral exploration M P T
Agriculture investment
Private investment M P I M A F M E
Mineral extraction
Hydro- power dam

16. Information sharing, integration, management & analysis
Districts
Districts
Districts
Districts
Provinces
Provinces
Ministries

17. Information sharing, integration, management & analysis
Challenges:
Information often exists, but
largely underutilized (analysis capacities)
not shared/ not accessible (practices)
often heterogeneous and scattered (data management)
sectoral perspectives (data integration)

18. Keys to success to increase readiness to information sharing
Lower reluctance for information sharing through improving confidence in data value and quality – analysis capacities
Increase visibility of information products of institutions - platforms
Standardize information integration while maintaining individual data ownership and control – tools and procedures
Support cross-sectoral exchange and joint approaches – common platform, multi-sectoral task forces & teams
Hosting at ‘neutral’ institution with service mandate - eGovernment as service provider without data ownership claims

19. Information integration & showcasing tools

20. Keys to success to increase readiness to information sharing
Lower reluctance for information sharing through improving confidence in data value and quality – analysis capacities
Increase visibility of information products of institutions - platforms
Standardize information integration while maintaining individual data ownership and control – tools and procedures
Support cross-sectoral exchange and joint approaches – common platform, multi-sectoral task forces & teams
Hosting at ‘neutral’ institution with service mandate - eGovernment as service provider without data ownership claims

22. Keys to success to increase readiness to information sharing
Lower reluctance for information sharing through improving confidence in data value and quality – analysis capacities
Increase visibility of information products of institutions - platforms
Standardize information integration while maintaining individual data ownership and control – tools and procedures
Support cross-sectoral exchange and joint approaches – common platform, multi-sectoral task forces & teams
Hosting at ‘neutral’ institution with service mandate - eGovernment as service provider without data ownership claims

23. Information sharing, integration, management & analysis tools
Districts
Districts
Districts
Districts
Provinces
Provinces
Ministries
Ministries
MPI
MAF
MoNRE
MPT
MoHA
MEM

24. What are ‘good’ investments in lands?

25. Assessing claims on lands and their functions, and revealing trade-offs
Assessing stakeholder claims in multiple dimensions:
Legal compliance of investors
Environmental aspects of investments
Social aspects of investments
Economic aspects of investments

26. Assessing claims on lands and their functions, and revealing trade-offs
Assessing stakeholder claims in multiple dimensions:
Legal compliance
Environmental aspects
Social aspects
Economic aspects

27. Assessing claims on lands and their functions, and revealing trade-offs
Assessing and revealing trade-offs among stakeholder claims and normative dimensions
Rubber plantation 1: overall score 67
Rubber plantation 2: overall score 48

28. Assessing claims on lands and their functions, and revealing trade-offs
Rubber plantation 1: indicator-level scores
Assessing and revealing trade-offs among stakeholder claims and normative dimensions

29. Lao DECIDE info initiative
Part of broader information integration and analysis effort within the Government of the Lao PDR

30. Cross-sectoral Lao DECIDE info
SDI
MoHA NGD
Land & Environment
MoNRE
Agriculture
MAF
Socio-economic
MPI
Mining & Hydropower
MEM
Cross-sectoral Lao DECIDE info
MPT e-Government
Who?
Population and Housing Census 2005 & 2015
Private investment
Foreigner aid
Poverty estimates
- Census of Agriculture 1999 & 2011
Market infrastructure
Social and Environmental Impact Assessments
Database, server, client applications and network services
Admin. boundaries and locations
Aerial photography
Topographic maps
Mining projects
Hydropower
What?
Land concession inventory & Quality of Investment assessment

32. Information integration across sectors and admin levels
Government intra-network data integration
Detailed cross-sectoral database on commercial investments in lands for management and monitoring:
Details on investors,
Details on nature and finances etc. of investments,
Details on granted and actually implemented areas,
Details on multi-dimensional ‘quality aspects’ of investments …
Internet-based data and information integration and dissemination for broader access and contextualization

33.
Thank you