Regional: Sustaining the Gains of Regional Cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Public sector management / Public administration

GMS Coordination and Decision Making Mechanisms Strengthened.

Project identification, resource mobilization, and results monitoring mechanism improved.

Knowledge-based strategic planning enhanced.

Provided secretariat support to (or supported organizing) various GMS Working Group (WG) meetings that are venues to discuss and firm up GMS sector strategies, plans and, projects. The WG meetings supported by way of knowledge sharing and secretariat assistance are as follows: (i) Working Group on Agriculture, 29-30 May 2018; (ii) Regional Power Trade Coordination Committee, 19-20 June 2018; (iii) Tourism Working Group, 25-29 June 2018; and (iv) Urban Development WG, 4-5 July 2018.

The TA also supported the organization and conduct of the 22nd Meeting of the GMS Subregional Transport Forum (STF-22 in Mandalay, Myanmar on 21 22 June 2018. The forum discussed ways toward achieving the thrusts and priorities set in the new GMS Transport Sector Strategy 2030, particularly the review of the GMS transport sector projects in the GMS Regional Investment Framework (RIF) 2022, as well as other important transport sector issues, such as road safety and an assessment of the state of development of the GMS economic/transport corridors.

Moreover, the TA is currently supporting the production of various GMS knowledge products:

(1) the Updated Regional Investment Framework (RIF) 2022/Progress Report, which serves as a regional pipeline and planning document for resource mobilization and is expected to be submitted to GMS Senior Officials' endorsement in December 2018.

(2) GMS statistical database booklet (Chapter 7 Tourism data and indicators were revised and uploaded to GMS website; while preparation and revision of Chapter 8 - Health Sector data and indicators is completed).

(3) GMS Projects Database- serves as a geo-database for spatial and area planning of the GMS recruitment of database analyst and web developer completed in Q1/Q2 2018. GMS Projects Database updated and website active with GMS Projects.

(4) GMS Program website (www.greatermekong.org) developed and maintained as host for GMS statistics, projects database, and dissemination of information of GMS Program. Content manager and web developer recruited in Q1/Q2 2018.

A total 223 total individual consulting inputs will be allocated as follows:

(i) 24 person-months to eight international consultants,

(ii) 196 person-months to 21 national consultants and

(iii) three person months to seven resource persons. The international contracts (including out-of-pocket expenses) are estimated to cost $442,000 while the national contracts are estimated at $644,000. The total package for the resource persons/facilitators (under the workshop budget) is estimated at $58,000. Individual consultants will be recruited using Individual Consultant Selection.