Description
The overall objective of the action is to strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Local Authorities (LAs) to work in partnership towards the achievement of development goals.
Specific objective 1 addresses these challenges by building the capabilities of at least 6 LAs, 1 non-profit association (NPA) and 20 village development committees (VDCs) to work together to deliver nutrition sensitive services that improve food security, nutrition, and overall well-being of more than 6,000 poor ethnic minority people in 20 remote upland villages in Nong District, Savannakhet province. This specific objective focuses on building trust and co-operation within a multi-actor platform that is capable collectively of delivering services that lead to specific improvements in nutrition and food security in the target villages.
Specific objective 2 is to strengthen capacity in policy dialogue and promote participation, transparency and accountability in multi-sector partnerships to encourage the uptake of successful models and to increase involvement of CSOs in development processes. Here we take into account the social and political structure and priorities, especially as related to nutrition and the nutrition-related policy environment in Lao PDR. The Government recognises the importance of joint efforts from different sectors and different stakeholders including civil society organisations to improve food security and nutrition from village to district, provincial and national levels. However, active involvement of civil society is currently limited, with regard to CSOs, community-based organisations (CBOs) and grass-roots level people’s groups such as women and farmers. Opportunities need to be created for them, and the capacity of all stakeholders to engage in and to contribute to the wider development process needs to be strengthened through networking and active participation in the process.
Project objectives
The overall objective of the action is to strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Local Authorities (LAs) to work in partnership towards the achievement of development goals.
Specific objective 1 addresses these challenges by building the capabilities of at least 6 LAs, 1 non-profit association (NPA) and 20 village development committees (VDCs) to work together to deliver nutrition sensitive services that improve food security, nutrition, and overall well-being of more than 6,000 poor ethnic minority people in 20 remote upland villages in Nong District, Savannakhet province. This specific objective focuses on building trust and co-operation within a multi-actor platform that is capable collectively of delivering services that lead to specific improvements in nutrition and food security in the target villages.
Specific objective 2 is to strengthen capacity in policy dialogue and promote participation, transparency and accountability in multi-sector partnerships to encourage the uptake of successful models and to increase involvement of CSOs in development processes. Here we take into account the social and political structure and priorities, especially as related to nutrition and the nutrition-related policy environment in Lao PDR. The Government recognises the importance of joint efforts from different sectors and different stakeholders including civil society organisations to improve food security and nutrition from village to district, provincial and national levels. However, active involvement of civil society is currently limited, with regard to CSOs, community-based organisations (CBOs) and grass-roots level people’s groups such as women and farmers. Opportunities need to be created for them, and the capacity of all stakeholders to engage in and to contribute to the wider development process needs to be strengthened through networking and active participation in the process.