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Development of PPPs in the Lao P.D.R.
Acknowledging that public investment and private investment are equally important to the development of Lao socio-economy, the Lao Government has realized the importance of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as the powerful tool in promoting joint development between the government and private sector in the delivery of public goods/infrastructure and services, ensuring social benefits with sustainability, transparency and accountability principles.
The Lao Government is developing the framework for PPPs in Lao PDR, led by the Investment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) with support of the Asian Development Bank (Governance and Capacity Development in Public Sector Management Program-GRANT-0309 LAO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) secretariat. The initiative focuses on three main areas, namely (i) institutional capacity building, (ii) policy and legislation framework development, and (iii) demonstration of model/pilot projects in social sectors, namely education and healthcare.
Institutional Capacity Building: In order to facilitate PPP initiatives, a task force unit called the PPP Unit has been established within the Department of Investment Promotion (IPD). The task force is responsible for initiating policy and legislation development and piloting PPPs on education and healthcare. The task force has worked closely with the government concerned agencies, ADB, international organizations, civil society and the private sector.
Development of Policy and Legislation Framework: The framework includes:
The PPP Decree defines PPPs as:
The PPP Decree aims to promote and govern Public Private Partnerships as a regular method of delivering infrastructure and services for which the Government is responsible. The Decree will:
The initiative commenced in mid-2013 and is aimed at completion in mid 2015.
Draft documents will be posted on the MPI web site including:
=> Initial Conceptual Framework and Road map for Public-Private Partnerships in Lao PDR
=> Guidelines and Checklists for Gender in Public-Private Partnerships in Lao PDR Grant 0309
Draft of PPP Decree (Lao Version) update on June 2018 (ຮ່າງດຳລັດວ່າດ້ວຍການລົງທຶນຮ່ວມ ລະຫວ່າງພາກລັດ ແລະ ພາກເອກະຊົນ ສະບັບພາສາລາວ) Download
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