Implementation of integrate reporting to the Rio Conventions of

Lao PDRPresented by: Mr. Lonkham Atsanavong DDG of Department of Environmental Quality Promotion Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Content1. Implementation;2. Output;3. Constrain;4. Lesson learnt;5. Future Plan.

1. Implementation:1. The Established the National Steering Committee from the

Stakeholders as follow;

2. Establish Rio Project Secretariats;

3. Recruit National consultant;

4. Consultation workshop with National Steering Committee;

5. Organized training on technology ( Computer, internet and data management);

2. Outputs:• Output 1: Analysis report of existing data and

information management systems at the country level with recommendations for designing more integrated systems;

• Output 2: Manual produced on integrated reporting.

Joint Reporting Format for RIO ConventionsContentsForewordAcknowledgementsAbbreviation DefinitionsExecutive summary •Introduction •1.1 Geographic•1.2 Policies on natural resources and environment •1.3 Summary of the implementation of the Rio conventions•1.4 Objectives•1.5 Report organization •2. Status and issues •2.1 Section A: Climate change 2.1.1: Status and trends: 2.1.2: Issues and causes: •2.2 Section B: Biodiversity2.2.1 Status and trends:2.2.2 Issues and threats: •2.3 Section C: Land degradation 2.3.1 Status:2.3.2 Issues and pressures: •3. Actions on the implementation of Rio conventionsBriefing overall implementation and reporting (of above conventions)•3.1Section A: UNFCCC3.2 Section B: CBD•3.3 Section C: UNCCD• 4. Challenge and opportunities •4.1 Constraints•4.2 Challenges•4.3 Opportunities•5. Conclusion and recommendations

3. Constraints:1. Project team are not familiar or learning curve with

RIO report procedure and structure, this leads to delay in providing feedback and support the report the preparation.

2. Insufficient support equipments such as computers, internet so on.

4. Lesson learnt:1. Strongly coordination between internal and

external; 2. Supported and advised from NPC, IC and GPC is

very inportant;3. Limitation of specialize on three Rio Conventions;

5. Future Plan:1. Proposed for National Reporting to Rio

Conventions (a UNEP/GEF project) Follow up:– To establish data base of 3 conventions; – To improve capacity of 3 offices of each

convention;– To support DEQP for collecting data from each

convertion and reporting.

Activities of National Reporting to Rio Conventions (a UNEP/GEF project) follow up:

1. Establish team of each convention ( 3-5 persons);

2. Establish secretariat Rio Convertion team for summary data and make report ( 3-5 person and 1 National TA);

3. Establis web site of Rio Conventions;4. Dessimination of the Rio report to public.

Organization of project follow up:

CBD UNCCD UNFCC

Secretariat of Rio

Convention

(3-5 person) (3-5 person)(3-5 person)

(3-5 person)1 National TA

-Reporting-Web site-Dissemination reports

Kob Jai (Thank you) !!