1. Dr. Arounyadeth Rasphone Deputy Director General
2016 RTIM Pre-Consultation (Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation) 15th November, Vientiane Plaza Hotel
Dr. Arounyadeth Rasphone
Deputy Director General
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Planning and Investment
The implementation of the national development agenda as follow up to the 12th High Level Round Table Meeting (2015) and Roadmap for the 2016 Round Table Implementation Meeting

2. II. Update on the revision of the PM Decree 75
Revision of ODA Decree 75/PM processes
PMO’s notice no 2005/ ຫລບ.ກສສ, dated 01/12/2015 on Revision of ODA Decree 75/PM
PMO issued agreement no 11/MP, dated 4/3/2016 on appointment of ODA Decree 75/PM revision committee chaired by MPI’s Minister
1st Conducted consultation meeting with line ministries on 09 June 2016 at Murecure hotel (with support from RTM Project)
2nd Conducted consultation meeting with local authorities on 17 June 2016 in Savannakhet province( with support from Lao-Australian Learning Facility)
3rd Conducted consultation meeting with local authorities (northern part) 22 June 2016 (with support from Lao-Australian Learning Facility)
4th Consultation workshop with line ministries to discussion flow chart of ODA on 11 November 2016 at Murecure hotel (support from RTM project)

3. Program/Project drawing MOFA
Step 1: International Cooperation Policy Framework
Lao Embassies/ Consular abroad
Mission
(Resources mobilization)
Consultation/ Dialogue
(MOFA, MPI, MOF, LMs, LAs)
Exchange Notes/Notes of Discussion
Strategic Framework
Program/Project drawing MOFA
Diplomatic Relation
Cultural/ Other Cooperation
Official Development Assistance (Program/project)
Other Flows

4. Official Development Assistance (Program/project)
Step 2: ODA Appraisal Process
Official Development Assistance (Program/project)
MPI
Loan & Related
Grant
DPs
INGOs
NPAs
MoF
LMs/LAs
MoFA
MoHA

5. Line Ministries/Local Authorities
Step 3: Approval process for Grant
Grant
Approval for process for grant (Program, project include TA, CDTA
Line Ministries/Local Authorities
MPI, LMs/Las &DPs
Fact Finding
Mission
Drafted Project
DPs
Appraisal NO
Yes
Submit for Approval
PMO
MPI
Revise/Check
Notice of PMO
L+G & G
Terminated
Notice on approved of grant (Program, project include TA, CDTA
Report NA
ODA Technical Board
(MoFA, MoF, MoHA, LMCs, LAC)

6. Line Ministries/Local Authorities
Step 3: Approval process for Loan
Loan
(Concessional Loan)
Approval process for Loan (program/project) include PPTA
Line Ministries/Local Authorities
MOF, MPI, LMs/Las& DPs
Fact Finding
Mission
Drafted Project
Notice on approval for Loan (program/project) include PPTA
DPs
Negotiation
Appraisal
MOF, MPI, LMs/LAs & DP NO
Yes
Submit for approval
Revise/Check
PMO
MPI
Terminated
Notice from PMO (Loan approval)
If needed NA
ODA Technical Board
(MoFA, MoF, MoHA, LMCs, LAC)

7. Step 4: Implementation (Program/project readiness)
Provincial ODA Coordinating Committee
LMs (National steering committee of program/project)
Project Steering Committee
(LMs, LAs)
PIUs
(LMs, Las, INGOs, NPAs)
Budget
Human Resources
Detailed project Location
Supporting budget
Counterpart Budget

8. Project Steering Committee
Step 5: Implementation & Report system ODA
PIUs
(LMs, Las, INGOs, NPAs)
Project Steering Committee
(LMs, LAs)
Line Ministries
Local Authorities
Reports & Monitoring (Actual Disbursement, Disbursement plan)
Reports
DPs
MPI
MOF
(Loan)
MOFA
(INGOs)
MOHA
(NPAs)
Portfolio Review for Grant & Loan,
(M&E)
Record, Statistic Summary
Reports
Reports (Actual Disbursement, Disbursement plan)
NSEDP
(GDP, Planning)
PMO
Annual report NA

9. LMs/LAs approach to DPs Step 1: ODA Calling list
PMO
MPI
ODA Technical Board
(MoFA, MoF, MoHA, LMCs, LAs)
Prepare ODA Projects List
(Brief description, Project location, Beneficiary, Period of project , Type of Aid, Donor)
Line Ministries/
Local Authorities
Prioritization of PIP, ODA & Private (Credit, FDI)

10. LMs/LAs approach to DPs Step 2: Resource Mobilization
MPI
Program/projects (Prioritization)
LMs/LAs
RTP
MoFA
Consultation/ Dialogue
(MOFA, MPI, MOF, LMs, LAs)
Mission
Lao Emb & Cons abroad
DPs

11. II. Next steps
Further consultations and feedbacks from both national and international partners will be needed.
Agreement will be made on clearer division of labour within the Government
A link between this Decree 75 (on ODA management) and the Decree 115 (on Associations) will be discussed.
Regional experiences on ODA decree and related matters will be looked at (Visits to Viet Nam and Cambodia)
National workshop on ODA management will be convened before the finalisation of the Decree (Tentative plan – second half of 2017)

12. Thank you