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Regional
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Grant: REG 38015-02
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Project Name
LAO: Greater Mekong Subregion Sustainable Tourism Development Project
Executing Agency
National Tourism Authority of Lao PDR
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Contact
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Sounh Manivong, Project Director
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Fax. No.
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856 21 217910
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Address
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PO Box 3556, Lane Xang Avenue, Hadsady,
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Chanthaboury, Vientiane, Laos
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Grant Amount (US$ '000)
10,000.00
Sector/Subsector
Industry & Trade /Industry
Date of First Listing
12 May 2008
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- Project Impact
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The impact of the proposed Project will be the development of a sustainable, culturally and environmentally sound, pro-poor tourism approach for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and the preservation of natural and cultural heritage. It will contribute to implementing the Greater Mekong Subregion - Tourism Sector Strategy (GMS-TSS).
- Project Outcome
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The Project outcome will be sustainable tourism development that creates livelihood opportunities for the poor. The Project area is 9 provinces in Lao PDR (Bokeo,
Champassak, Houaphanh, Luang Namtha, Oudomxay, Saravanh, Savannakhet; Vientiane, and
Xayaboury (Participating Provinces).
- Project Outputs
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The Project will have the following 5 outputs (i) model sustainable tourism development projects protecting the environment and cultural heritage developed, (ii) pro-poor community-based and supply-chain tourism projects operational, (iii) GMS tourism corridors developed, (iv) human resource capacity of public and private tourism stakeholders improved, and (v) efficient project management services. The 4 subprojects under output 1 were selected from a long-list of 120 candidates included in the GMS-Tourism Sector Strategy, based on selection criteria agreed with the Participating Countries. A sectoral approach has been adopted for the demonstration subprojects under Outputs 2 and 3, that will be identified during project implementation following the selection criteria.
- Consulting Services
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To support the implementation of the Project, 250.5 person-months of consulting services (78.5 person-months international and 172 person-months national) will be required for the Lao PDR to assist project management, resettlement, and gender and environment matters, as well as to supervise the design and construction of tourism infrastructure. In addition, the consultants will deliver on-the-job training and capacity building programs for PIUs and PCUs. They will be engaged in accordance with the ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2007, as amended from time to time). In the Lao PDR, individual consultants will assist the PCU . Additional individual consultants will be recruited in each country for external monitoring of resettlement impacts and project external monitoring. All consultants will be located in the PCUs. Two training institutions in each participating country will be recruited to provide training under output 4 using the consultants qualification selection procedure.
- Environmental Assessment
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Required
- Project Processing Stage
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Approved by the Bank
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15 October 2008
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- Recruitment of Consultants
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Recruitment of Consultants expected to take place on October 2008
- Project Officer
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Alfredo Perdiguero (632-6828)
- Office of the Director General, SERD
- aperdiguero@adb.org
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