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Strategic Priority Program within this strategic priority Area for Policy dialogue Stakeholder engagement Financing requirements Responsibility 2. Improved and inclusive access to finance, productive assets and market opportunities Laos Australia Rural Livelihoods Program (under design) Building stronger support for a formal social protection program GOL: > Ministry of Finance; > Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW) Multi-donor forums: > we will work with MLSW to establish a social protection working group and will seek to become the lead development partner in the group. Programming – significant investment- around 45% of the delivery strategy budget for strategic priority 2 will be applied to social protection and market development. Policy engagement - Minimal cost – the proposed Learning Facility under the program can support research to underpin our policy dialogue in this area. Counsellor Senior Program Manager, Rural Development Supporting an improved policy and regulatory environment for microfinance to underpin the expansion of services in rural areas Multi-donor forums: > Steering Committee of the Fund for Inclusive Finance; > We will support the work to establish a Sector Working Group. GOL: > Bank of Laos Programming – significant – around 25 % of the delivery strategy budget for strategic priority 2. Policy engagement – minimal cost - The Learning Facility can support research to underpin our policy dialogue Counsellor Senior Program Manager, Rural Development Advocating for: > Increased GOL funding for the sector to accelerate UXO clearance progress; – competitive GOL salaries in the sector to ensure institutional effectiveness and sustainability; > Opening the UNDP Trust Fund to NGOs to help underpin continued sector innovation. Multi-donor forums: > UXO Sector Working Group GOL: > Ministry of Finance; > Ministry of Foreign Affairs; > National Regulatory Authority; > UXO Lao. Programming – modest – around 15% of the delivery strategy budget for strategic priority 2. Policy engagement – minimal cost – we are already an active participant in the sub-working group. The Learning Facility can support research to underpin our policy dialogue Counsellor Senior Program Manager, Rural Development Cross-cutting issues Build critical support for ‘Do No Harm’ approaches into rural development initiatives Donors: > Multilaterals (including Banks) > NGOs (international and local) GOL: > National Leading Committee on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Policy engagement – minimal cost - support facilitation of forums and workshops; support information dissemination. The Learning Facility can support research to underpin our policy dialogue Counsellor First Secretary All Program Managers