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

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

3. 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

4. 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?

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. Lao People’s Democratic Republic Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity
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