Mission to Laos – 27 January to 7 February 2009

Published on 02 March 2009 - Updated 22 December 2010
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Simon Hardy, Rivers and Heritage Assistant at the Loire Valley Task Group’s International Centre, took part in this assessment mission for the “Loire-Niger-Mekong River-to-River Cooperation Project” (Foreign Office/Loire Valley Task Group), one of whose aims was to revise the scale of the project’s main components.

This assessment mission has made it possible to expand some of the cooperative ventures with the partners listed here:

-           the Centre Region
-           the Chinon District Development and Planning Agency (ADUC)
-           the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park (PNR LAT)
-           the International Centre for Cooperation in Agronomics Research for Development (CIRAD)
-           the Development Research Institute (IRD)
-           the Loire Shipping Museum at Châteauneuf-sur-Loire
 
Through the involvement of these partners and of the Laotian institutions associated with the project (Nabong Agriculture Faculty, "Heritage House" in Luang Prabang, the WREA, &c.), the Loire Valley Task Group was able to strengthen the following components:
 
Component I: institutional support for planning and managing river districts
·          Setting up project information and monitoring workshops (IRD, CIRAD, and their science partners): March to June 2009
·          PNR training in park management, and support for the executive board of the Eco-valley Programme): May 2009
·          Setting up IGS tools: training, procurement of equipment: April 2009
·          Research on developing and protecting river corridors (Mali and Laos): April to August 2009
 
Component II: Experimenting with techniques for conserving and managing natural environments in river districts
·          start of riverbank structure works, pools around Luang Prabang (end of Yr 2)
·          preliminary research and crop trials (CIRAD, Nabong Agriculture Faculty): starting March 2009
 
Component III: Dissemination - sharing experience
·          Dissemination and sharing of experience: setting up an exhibition in the Loire Valley showing various aspects of the Mekong river: June 2009
·          Raising awareness and motivation of those involved (Year 2)
·          Disseminating knowledge: uploading the research to the Interne,t and ensuring proper use is made of it there (Year 2)
Land management and natural heritage conservation in river corridors

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