18/09/2025
✈️Back from our Ex-Post trip to Kasi & Sayabouri 🚐🌿for Mekong Region Land Governance Project ( ) Phase 3.
The evaluation assesses the effectiveness and sustainability of interventions in three pilot villages in the Lao PDR (PhaJao, NamTuan, and NaOum). The project aimed to strengthen land tenure security for vulnerable communities by enhancing the capacities of government authorities and local land users in various ways.
🔎The "collaborative mapping process" empowered communities and aligned with government policy—reducing disputes and boosting transparency. On the other hand, the "grievance resolution mechanism" has not been effective with unmet agreements, restricted land access, environmental damage, and child labor risks have not been resolved.
🤝We met with villagers and local officials to hear “how land projects played out on the ground”—real stories, real lessons, lots to take forward.