1. BRIDGING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DIVIDES INFORMATION INTEGRATION &
2017 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY The World Bank - Washington DC, March 20-24, 2017
BRIDGING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DIVIDES
FOR
INFORMATION INTEGRATION &
DATA SHARING
SUPPORTING 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

3. Promotion of investments in lands in the Lao PDR
Promotion of land investments
Containment/suspension
of land investments

4. 2010: Large-scale commercial investments in lands in the Lao PDR BOOMING & OUT OF CONTROL

5. Governance of investments in lands in the Lao PDR
Promotion of land investments
OOPS…
DID WE LOOSE
CONTROL…?
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!

6. Total lack of overview on what is happening where in terms of land concessions
Concession granted by a range of institutions
& at various administrative levels
No-one in charge of information compilation
Very limited information exchange

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

8. 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 development

9. Information on land concessions in the Lao PDR
Districts
Provinces
National
MAF
MPI
MoNRE
MEM

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

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. Other existing development information platforms
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
Other existing development information platforms
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
Land concession inventory & Quality of Investment assessment

17. Information integration & showcasing tools

18.
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