in Laos where Government usually small scale such as involvement and windstorm damage or commitment is crucial. animal disease but cause significant impact in very Capacity building objectives poor communities. seen as relevant by many However, project team stakeholders, including the NDMO. should try to not be constrained by the disaster Resilience promotion also lens and deepen the efforts seen as important already begun on increasing community need to reduce resilience vulnerability to disaster and poverty reduction. Beneficiaries very broadly defined and analysis of beneficiary circumstances somewhat limited. However this is being addressed by SCA’s proposed refocusing on women headed households and people with a disability. Effectiveness Objectives currently on track No particular evidence that to being met. SCA stated the LANGOCA program level that to date they have design translated into more focused on capacity building effective project work on component and over next the ground. two years will focus more at Struggling partnership with community level, but that ADPC. In 2010, ADPC could overall they feel that they not provide technical are heading in the right assistance requested by SCA direction to meet the for 6 months. Partnership objective of promoting may need to be reviewed. community resilience. Build on the livelihood and Notable achievements income generating activities include work with children’s that exist and strengthen groups and facilitation of these possibilities (e.g. multi-sectoral Government irrigation, Job’s Tears planning processes around production, chili market) DRR. Stakeholders would have DRR plans developed at the appreciated the DRR same time as the District timeframe to be in line with Socio-Economic plans and the socio-economic seem quite well integrated timeframe (i.e. through to as a result. This in turn 2015). This may be strengthens both something for AusAID to partnerships and activities. consider for future programming. Government counterparts see main value of NGO partnership as being capacity building. NGO also acts as intermediary between Government and community. SCA staff expressed opinion that involvement of an NGO brings rigour/systems to
in Laos where Government involvement and commitment is crucial. Capacity building objectives seen as relevant by many stakeholders, including the NDMO. Resilience promotion also seen as important community need to reduce vulnerability to disaster and poverty reduction. usually small scale such as windstorm damage or animal disease but cause significant impact in very poor communities. However, project team should try to not be constrained by the disaster lens and deepen the efforts already begun on increasing resilience Beneficiaries very broadly defined and analysis of beneficiary circumstances somewhat limited. However this is being addressed by SCA’s proposed refocusing on women headed households and people with a disability. Effectiveness Objectives currently on track to being met. SCA stated that to date they have focused on capacity building component and over next two years will focus more at community level, but that overall they feel that they are heading in the right direction to meet the objective of promoting community resilience. Notable achievements include work with children’s groups and facilitation of multi-sectoral Government planning processes around DRR. DRR plans developed at the same time as the District Socio-Economic plans and seem quite well integrated as a result. This in turn strengthens both partnerships and activities. Government counterparts see main value of NGO partnership as being capacity building. NGO also acts as intermediary between Government and community. SCA staff expressed opinion that involvement of an NGO brings rigour/systems to No particular evidence that the LANGOCA program level design translated into more effective project work on the ground. Struggling partnership with ADPC. In 2010, ADPC could not provide technical assistance requested by SCA for 6 months. Partnership may need to be reviewed. Build on the livelihood and income generating activities that exist and strengthen these possibilities (e.g. irrigation, Job’s Tears production, chili market) Stakeholders would have appreciated the DRR timeframe to be in line with the socio-economic timeframe (i.e. through to 2015). This may be something for AusAID to consider for future programming.