Laos

Wesentliche Aufgaben der Langzeitfachkraft bestehen in: Durchführung des deutschen Beitrages vor Ort als Ansprechpartner der Komponente „Dezentrale Planung“, damit direkter Ansprechpartner des Vorhabens beim MPI-DoP Enge und intensive Abstimmung mit den Beratern der anderen Komponenten Fachliche Steuerung eines Beratungsteams des AN (Lang- und Kurzzeitfachkräfte; siehe unten) in den oben genannten Bereichen Zuständig für die Koordinierung mit und Anleitung des Planungskernteams im MPI/DOP, dabei enge Abstimmung mit der CIM Integrierten Fachkraft

Agricultural policy development is one of the ongoing challenges faced by the Government in Lao PDR as it seeks to implement its Agricultural Development Strategy Vision to the year 2020 while being exposed to the influence of external influences from the ever increasing globalization of economic trade zones, increased connectivity through transport routes within the GMS, and increasing pressure on land resources for foreign direct investment and contract farming that can lead to unsustainable agricultural practices.

Environmental issues are one area of safeguards that will be emphasized under the Project during implementation. While the pre-screened subprojects are expected to have minimal long term environmental impacts, there are possibly short-term concerns for which mitigation strategies need to be designed and implemented.

The safeguard requirements of the ADB seek to ensure the poor and other disadvantaged groups within the target area access project benefits.

The Agricultural Extension Specialist, based at NAFES, will work closely with NAFES central and provincial staff in strengthening the management of agricultural extension services under the Programme.  He will be responsible for the following activities: Working with NAFES, and in line with the planned decentralising of planning, budgeting and monitoring mechanisms to district/kumban level, agree planning and budgeting responsibilities and schedules for the Programme