Lao People's Democratic Republic 2018 report

Informations Générales

Résumé

Veuillez résumer en maximum 3500 caractères les principaux résultats et défis de la mise en oeuvre de la Convention, ainsi que les perspectives d’avenir. Veuillez noter qu’il ne s’agit pas d’une introduction au rapport ni d’un sommaire commenté.

Lao PDR is currently part of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Cultural industries, supported by the rapid improvement of soft infrastructures (e.g. fast development of the internet) are foreseen to be one of the potential tools to help the country graduate from his LDC status by 2020. At its 10th Congress held in February 2016, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party declared the 2030 vision and strategy to move toward the developing country status with medium income under the direction of green and sustainable development. The main objective is to continue the protection, preservation, rehabilitation and enrichment of the tradition and national cultural heritage value towards the sustainable development; in addition, the vision aims to develop modern cultural industries in order to contribute to the socio-economical sustainability.

In order to support this mainstream strategy, a ten years strategy (2016-2025) and five years programme (2016-2020) on the Sector of Information, Culture and Tourism were also validated and launched by Presidential Decree no. 83/govt. on 31 March 2016. The concerned ministries, agencies and local authorities shall take in account to cooperate and facilitate ensuring the successful implementation of the current decree.

The implementation of the Convention is foreseen as a necessary process to achieve this objective. The recent set-up of a 2005 Committee under the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism will contribute to speeding up future implementation measures. With 49 ethnic groups, Lao PDR is a very culturally diverse country. Ethnic communities actively engage in traditional cultural activities and events. This diversity has the potential to become a major strength allowing a broad range of artists and entrepreneurs from all these groups to develop unique niche products. Legal frameworks are being established and Lao PDR is increasingly strengthening its cooperation with international organisations with a desire for global interaction and international integration. This includes openness toward a reformed national regulatory framework to reflect international standards.

Although the cultural industries are still at an embryonic stage, the current growth and dynamism of the private sector, especially among the SMEs, is promising for the future of the cultural industries and their increasing impact on the economy of the country, particularly in the fields of IT, media, publishing, design, handicraft, arts and music production. The market and demand are growing which is a good sign for the cultural production and dissemination. As a first step, the handicraft sector has been identified as a priority sector in the National Development Plan for the period 2012-2016. Specific support for other sub-sectors will need to follow.

Yet, Lao PDR still has to overcome a number of challenges to fully implement the Convention. Awareness needs to be raised among a wider section of the population. The laws and legal procedures need to be more broadly disseminated and understood. More systematic communication and collaboration between the various actors of the public sector and the civil society must be encouraged. A more enabling environment as well as human capacity building at all levels must be fostered. Domestic production cycle needs to be more competitive and appealing to local customers to give an impetus to the full sector. Overall funding for these activities remains a key challenge.

Informations Techniques

Nom de la Partie:

République démocratique populaire lao

Date de la ratification:

5/11/2007

Organisation(s) ou organisme(s) responsable(s) de la préparation du rapport:

Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information, Culture and tourism
Department of International Cooperations
Department of Performing Arts
Department of Cinema
Department of Mass Culture
Department of Publishing
Department of Fine Arts
Department of Mass Media
Line departments/stakeholders

Point de contact désigné officiellement

Titre:

Prénom:

Viengkeo

Nom de famille:

Souksavatdy

Organisation:

Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

Adresse postale:

via Setthathirath Road, P. O. Box 122, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

Téléphone:

856.21.315453

Fax:

856.21.315453

Email:

viengkaev@gmail.com

Nom des parties prenantes, y compris organisations de la société civile, contribuant à la préparation du rapport:

Décrire le processus de consultation établi avec l’ensemble des parties prenantes pour la préparation de ce rapport

The first quadrennial report supposed to be submitted by April 2013. Due to the internal ministerial reshuffling and lacking of permanent national focal point the submission could not be completed as scheduled. The consultation process for this report was done in 5 steps, with the support of the UNESCO Bangkok office with the Korean Funds-in-Trust:

1. Inter-Ministerial internal meetings were organized to discuss the preliminary findings of the baseline study and sensitize national stakeholders on the spirit of the 2005 Convention.

2. A baseline study of the culture sector was carried out (May-July 2012), with qualitative and quantitative interviews of 90 persons from the public sector and civil society. The study identified the main characteristics and priority needs of actors involved in the cultural and creative industries. It also offered a situation analysis of all main sub-sectors.

3. National Consultation on Cultural Industries and Validation Workshop for the 2012 Baseline Study was held 14-15 March 2013 with the participation of over 60 persons.

4. Recently “Strengthening Networking and Knowledge Management Systems for Cultural Industries in Lao PDR” as part of the implementation of UNESCO 2005 Convention meeting was held in September 2017 in order to update the previous information and gather further recent development on the policies. Working groups consisting participants from a wide range of stakeholders explored 3 main themes to identify and prioritize the main issues and develop concrete recommendations for possible future actions: i) developing and strengthening communication & networks – to identify and propose concrete actions to make communication and networking in Lao PDR more dynamic and efficient; ii) creating an enabling environment – to identify and propose concrete actions to create an enabling environment (supportive financial measures, infrastructure, etc.) for cultural industries in Lao PDR, and make the legal framework more adapted and responsive; iii) expanding educational system and trainings.

5. Drafting and finalizing the report.

Aperçu du contexte de la politique culturelle

Les Parties décrivent les principaux objectifs et priorités de leur politique culturelle en vigueur et l’impact de la Convention sur leur formulation ou reformulation. Elles rendent également compte des opportunités et défis rencontrés dans la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles dans l’environnement numérique.:

Lao PDR is among the Least Development Countries and over the last decades the government has spent great efforts to promote the country’s socio-economic growth and improve the livelihoods of an ethnically diverse population. Among the measures identified, culture is seen as an important way to achieve these goals, notably through tourism and the production of handicrafts, thanks to the country’s great cultural and natural assets. Recently, the country has seen an emerging sector of young artist and cultural practitioners, although still largely focused in the capital and some other bigger cities and the government has begun to notice this vibrant sector and placed more emphasis on the encouragement of cultural products and services rather than purely focused on the traditional cultural values and heritage. This coincides with the ratification of the 2005 Convention and therefore awareness raising could be considered as one of the most obvious impacts of the Convention in the country. The policy impacts however will need to take more times as it often takes a long time for new policy to be introduced, developed and approved.

Having said that, one has begun to see new measures and policies to support various domains of the culture sector, such as film or publishing. Some other measures and policies such as those on intellectual properties and enterprises will eventually be beneficial for the culture sector even though the policies have not been developed with it specifically in mind.

International collaboration is a prioritized area for the Lao government to connect the country with little exposure to the wider world. The connection is most widely made with neighbouring countries and/or ASEAN countries, with some of the collaboration specifically aims to promote the culture sector such as to provide fellowship and exchange of artists. Donor’s countries also have provided some support to the sector, most notably France, Switzerland and Japan, but the support has been largely ad-hoc. UNESCO is the only international agency that provides focus support for the sector through the two phases of the Korean Funds-in-Trust projects however a lot more support will be needed for a real impact to be realized.

There is a great opportunity to promote the cultural products in a digital environment, mostly through the mass media channels, but also increasingly through the internet. With the broad internet and satellite coverage, people in remote areas can also easily have access to cultural products and there is a great potential for the dissemination of locally produced products.

a) Elle sert (ou a servi) de base pour modifier une ou plusieurs politiques?:

Yes

Comment?

Some of the government’s decisions are in the process of being reviewed, such as the decision to support the film sector, and the 2005 Convention would provide a good reference framework. Reference to the creative industries sector has also made its way to the National Socio-Economic Development Plans and the plans of the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism – key government’s policy documents – which will contribute significantly to ensuring that culture will become a driver for the country’s growth. However, concrete measures will need to be made to realize the implementation of these plans and policies. In addition, further efforts will need to be made to make the policy development process inclusive and involves a wider stakeholder consultation such as civil society.

b) Elle sert (ou a servi) d’outil pour promouvoir le débat politique?

Yes

Comment?

The process of preparing for the periodic report has provided a great opportunity for various stakeholders to gather and review existing policy framework that supports the culture sector. Challenges and potential solutions have also been discussed. The Lao Government will commit to keep up the momentum and use this Convention as a platform for a discussion not only on the development of a dynamic culture sector but also a larger topic of sustainable development and the role of culture.

c) Elle sert (ou a servi) de référence pour le développement de politiques?

Yes

Comment?

Recognizing the advantage of the 2005 Convention as one of the potential contributory factors to the national development, the Lao Government as among the early state parties has integrated that global policy for the national harmony in order to build unity in the diversity. Henceforth defining that national socio-economic development should be involved side by side with protection of the national cultural heritage, at the same time it should serve as one of the driving forces for social progress and end target of the national prosperity. Although cultural industry is still inadequately understood to widespread society, handicraft skills are most familiar rather than cultural services and intellectual creativity in general term. The policy development has been reflected on the various legal foundations, which main focus is to endeavour, protect and promote individuals, entity persons, communities, public and private sectors in raising production of trade goods for income generation and achievement of poverty alleviation. Its visibility could be seen on the recent creation of cultural infrastructure environment including for education, vocational training, public services, cultural centers as well as related cultural associations and mass organizations notably youth and women union.

Politiques et mesures

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES
Nom de la mesure	Périmètre de la mesure	Nature
1. Promotion of Culture and Creative Industries in the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism Plan (2011-2016) and the five-year action plan (2016-2020) of the Departments under Cultural Section	National	legislative
2. Ensuring the protection of the Intellectual Property rights through the strengthening of Intellectual Property Law (amended 2017)	National	legislative
3. Encouraging the enterprises and promoting investment for cultural industries	National	legislative
4. Telecommunications, TVs, and mass media as a means to disseminate the cultural and creative products. Digital Broadcasting cooperation between Lao PDR and China and Law on Mass Media	National	institutional
5. Supporting the status and conditions of artists through professional associations	National	institutional
7. Supporting the development of the publishing sector in Lao PDR	National	institutional
8. Supporting the development of the handicrafts sector in Lao PDR	National, International	institutional
6. Supporting the development of the film sector in Lao PDR	National	institutional

COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE
Nom de la mesure	Périmètre de la mesure	Nature
1. Cultural co-operation through the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN)	Regional, National	institutional
2. Bi-lateral cultural co-operation with Viet Nam	International	institutional
3. Promoting cultural expressions through Lao Culture Challenge Fund (LCCF)	National	financial

TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL
Nom de la mesure	Périmètre de la mesure	Nature
1. Preferential treatment from China for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR	International	institutional
2. Preferential treatment from France for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR	National	financial, institutional
3. Establishing Strategic Partnership between Japan and the Lao PDR for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR	National	legislative

INTÉGRATION DE LA CULTURE DANS LES POLITIQUES DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
Nom de la mesure	Périmètre de la mesure	Nature
Integrating culture in Five-Year National Socio Economic Development Plans	National	legislative

QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b
Nom de la mesure	Périmètre de la mesure	Nature
1. Integrating culture in Five-Year National Socio Economic Development Plans	National	legislative
2. Promotion of traditional medicines and herbal remedies	National	regulatory
1. Enhancing public service media in Lao PDR	National	institutional

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6. Supporting the development of the film sector in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To support the film sector in Lao PDR to flourish and be able to complete with any international films

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

There are a number of initiatives taking place to promote the development of the film sector in Lao PDR and leading to positive outcomes. The Government of Lao PDR has allocated fund on an annual basis to the Department of Cinema to finance film making and purchasing of equipment (e.g. this figure in 2004-2005 is 125,000 US$). Support has also been given by international donors such as from JICA for purchasing of audio-visual equipment. Every year, the Faculty of Mass communication at the National University offers five scholarships for mass communication students. For the distribution, the Luang Prabang Film Festival has been organized since 2008 with private funds and become a good venue for showing newly made films. The Department of Cinema also organizes since the 1990s mobile cinema around the country. There are over a dozens of cinema theatres currently operate in the country, 12 of them are in Vientiane Capital and Pakse.

The Lao film makers have attended series of the international film festivals in France (Cannes), China, Thailand and within ASEAN countries. A number of films have been nominated for the international competitions. Every year from 1996 to 2014 Japan invited 3 Lao film-maker participants along with their films to their international film festivals. One of the first commercial feature-length films was Sabaidee Luang Prabang, was made in 2008. Recently a few local production companies have succeeded to produce Lao feature films and gain international recognition. Among them are Lao New Wave Cinema's At the Horizon, directed by Anysay Keola, which was screened at the OzAsia Film Festival and Lao Art Media's Chanthaly directed by Mattie Do, which was screened at the 2013 Fantastic Fest.In September 2017, Laos submitted Dearest Sister, Mattie Do's second feature film, to the 90th Academy Awards for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film, marking the country's first submission for the Oscars. There is a cartoon animation (Thao Thong Dee) for children by a national artist with the support of a Japanese volunteer.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

The quality of cinema products has greatly improved as proven by the recently received awards.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Department of Cinema

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

37,500 US$ /year from the government budget and private investment

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

Cinema is still be in trend of entertainment among the young viewers.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Increase number of cineplex in the larger cities of the country.

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1. Promotion of Culture and Creative Industries in the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism Plan (2011-2016) and the five-year action plan (2016-2020) of the Departments under Cultural Section

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To continue the protection, preservation, rehabilitation and enrichment the tradition and national cultural heritage value towards the sustainable development and civilization; at the same time to accept the other cultural values of the humanity in order to be internationally integrated. In addition, the plans also aim to build a modern cultural industry in order to contribute to the socio-economic sustainability.

Specifically to promote the cultural and creative industries, the following objects were identified:

To build-up professional associations, research institutes, awards for the cultural sectors;
To encourage the productions of the cultural and creative products of all sectors so they can be of high quality standards, rich and diverse;
To develop a cultural and creative industries database as a way to monitor its growth; and
To encourage exhibitions and showcases for disseminating cultural products, targeting 10 events within the country and 3 events aboard.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Referring to the Culture Strategy of the Report, in order to achieve the main objectives of improving and developing cultural products to be more diverse and good quality towards the cultural industry in the future, there shall be:

produce diverse cultural products
broaden and promote cultural product markets domestically and internationally in order to reinforce cultural sector by gradually increasing the income for its self-reliance
promote the cultural expression and support the cultural creativity of the local wisdoms and knowledge
to further nurture One District One Cultural Product scheme

Referring to the Cultural Section of the Strategy, in order to achieve the main objectives of disseminating cultural products domestically and internationally at the same time to have preventive measures of any negative influence on the society and stability of the nation, there shall be;

dissemination of national culture through various media means domestically and internationally;
participation in and organization of the exhibitions of the publishing materials, paintings, sculptures, films, VDOs and other cultural products domestically and internationally;
together with the local communities and private sector to organize local cultural festivals, traditional ceremonies and events;
encourage an organization of many exhibitions, showcases, disseminating cultural products at least 10 times in country, and at least 3 times aboard.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Cultural and creative industries become a stronger sector that can contribute to the national socio-economic development.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

approximately 700,000 US$ (2016-2020) covering all the relevant sectors information, culture and tourism.

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

Local

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

There has been annual internal evaluation on the implementation of the plan

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2. Ensuring the protection of the Intellectual Property rights through the strengthening of Intellectual Property Law (amended 2017)

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To ensure the protection of Intellectual Property rights which will be beneficial to cultural and creative products

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

The Intellectual Property Law aims to promote, recognize and protect intellectual property right of individuals, entities and/or organizations on their inventive, innovative, creative works and products by providing policies and measures in support thereto. This includes all domains of the cultural sector or those that will be relevant to the production and dissemination of cultural products, such as audio-visual, fine arts, performing arts, literature, science fictions, programs/softwares, designs, etc...

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

All the cultural and creative products are well protected with intellectual property rights. The enterprises and investment on the cultural and creative industries are provided with a good business environment for them to flourish.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Science and Technology

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Annual ministerial budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

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3. Encouraging the enterprises and promoting investment for cultural industries

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

The overall objective of the measure is to create an enabling environment for the business sector in the country.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

In order to create an enabling environment for the business sector in the country, the Government of Lao PDR has established a number of relevant laws, notably the Law on Enterprises (2005), Law on Investment Promotion (2009, amended in 2016), and Law on Promotion of SMEs. While these laws do not specifically address the culture sector, their inclusive scope no doubt would make them beneficial for the emerging culture sector in the country, especially the Law on Promotion of SMEs as most cultural and creative industries business are small and individually-owned.

Specifically, the Law on Promotion of SMEs indicates the ways SMEs can access financial resources and receive tax incentive (Articles 15-16) and defines the registration of intellectual property.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

More business and enterprises on cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR will be established, which contribute to the diversity of cultural expressions and promotion of national socio-economic growth and improvement of livelihood of the multi-ethnic people.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Commerce

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Annual ministerial budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

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4. Telecommunications, TVs, and mass media as a means to disseminate the cultural and creative products. Digital Broadcasting cooperation between Lao PDR and China and Law on Mass Media

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To upgrade the analogue broadcasting to a digital broadcasting throughout the country

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Bilateral agreement (MoUs) between Lao PDR and China.

Digital Broadcasting in Lao PDRThe objectives of the Law is to service 25% of family households in both two standards (DTMB and DVBT) Nationwide in 2020 aligned with the National Roadmap and to support DTMB Technology as a priority projects and network development to rural area.

Law on Mass Media (2008 amended 2017)

Article 4-5 define the overall policies on promotion, protection and advancing the media capabilities, freedom of the press and all kinds of its diffusions as well as cooperation with foreign countries on the basis of mutual respect of independence and sovereignty. Article 25 has stated on the entertainment which is one of the mass media tasks for providing entertainment to the society as well as to educate, disseminate, guide and encourage the citizens to actively participate in the development of the nation. The entertainment broadcasting should comply with the national policy, customs and good tradition of ethnic culture that could be integrated with regional and international community as well.

Community Radio

The Government of Lao PDR through the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism recognised that Community Radio has an important role to play to in the development of Lao PDR. In this media landscape, the community radio stations offer a unique channel for community-led media. The volunteers under the Youth Union operate seven Community Radio Stations across four provinces and broadcast in two main ethnic group languages (Hmong and Khmu). Local volunteers include men, women and youth who share a common goal of helping to improve their communities while learning new skills.

Youth Radio

UNICEF supported the Youth Radio in all the provinces particularly the provinces where there are a large group of ethnic groups, with the focus at the district levels. The objective is to build capacity of youth to broadcast their own culture, health, and risk of UXO dangers.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

All the Lao people and others can enjoy and appreciate the cultural and creative products and are proud of their own culture.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Telecommunications

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Annual ministerial budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

The transition from analogue to digital broadcasting will be accomplished by 2020.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

TV, radio broadcasting and telecommunication supports

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5. Supporting the status and conditions of artists through professional associations

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To protect the rights of artists and to offer them support services and facilitation

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

The government promotes various professional associations, which serve as platforms for culture and art practitioners to exchange information, for the older generations to nurture the younger generations, and for ensuring that the rights of the art and culture practitioners are protected. Further, each association has its own direction and mandate. For example, the Association of Artists was established in 2015 with the policy of supporting professional artists. Membership is open to artists working in the public and private sectors. The Association offers support to artists and their families in their difficult times. It also gives awards for outstanding performance in the arts. The Association of Songwriters helps to protect the rights and ensure that royalties are paid to them. The Lao Writers’ Association, which was set up in the 1990s recognizes outstanding writers through the Mekong Awards and S.E.A. Write Awards. The Association also connects with Writers’ Association of neighbouring and ASEAN countries.

The professional associations nevertheless only enjoy a quasi-independent status, as most of them have been established under relevant government’s ministries and departments. While the associations have their own operational mechanism and charters, they often follow the broad direction set out by the government and therefore do not address with issues considered sensitive by the government such as censorship.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Overall, the associations aim to improve the working and living conditions of artists, which will result in higher quality cultural products.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Home Affairs;

Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Science and Technology;

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Membership fees and fund raising through cultural events.

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

7. Supporting the development of the publishing sector in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

to promote, develop quality of products and the love of reading among the citizens.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

At present, there are 127 media publications, including 27 newspapers (which 11 of them are daily). The sector has also established the Pasason Newspapers printing house in Champasak. Throughout the country there are 10 public libraries, in addition to mobile libraries and portable book cases (8000 in total), and reading buses and boats operated in both cities and rural areas. Since 2004, “Sinxay Literature Award” was set up and aims to favour and recognize the outstanding writers. Within the ASEAN framework, 19 Lao writers have worn the “SEAWrite Award”, 27 “Mekong Literature Award” and many other outstanding prizes of national literature. For the National Artist and Outstanding artist, a part of receiving the medal and certificate of honorific trophy they will as well receive in form of monetary award around 900 US$ and 500 US$ respectively.

The libraries at the provincial level are overseen by the Provincial Department of Information, Culture and Tourism. The National library is in charge of training librarians as well as provision of basic collection of books and printed materials.

The publishing sector is governed by the Law on Publishing (2008), which promotes the publishing for its quantity and for its best quality, encourages creativity, reading, and education. The Law covers editing the originals of researches, productions, translation work, paintings and photography before publishing. The Law also covers the rights of the publishing houses and design shops.

The Writers’ Association, Library’s Association and Printing’s Association coordinate the work within the sector both domestically and internationally.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

This measure is expected to foster interest among Lao people about local books to encourage the production and consumption of locally published books.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Department of Publishing; National Library

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministerial budget 12,000 US$ per year

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

8. Supporting the development of the handicrafts sector in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

Improve the quality of locally-produced handicrafts and their visibility to enhance market opportunities.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

International

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

The handicraft sector represents a significant source of income. As such, the sector was identified in the 8th Five-Year National Socio-Economic Development Plan (2016-2020) as one of the main industries which has been growing in production. Total handicraft production value is about 3 million US$, with a growth of 15 percent per annum. There are currently investments in handicraft production, establishment of business units, grouping and support to remote areas for handicraft production. Domestic and international private investment in the handicraft sector consists of 4,237 handicraft factories. The main export markets for handicrafts are Japan, the EU and the US.

In order to improve the quality of craft products and increase their marketability, several curriculum and training programmes have been set-up.

There is also annual handicraft festival organized by the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MoICT) with the collaboration with the Lao Handicraft Association.

New curriculum on weaving and silver work
School of Design has a course endorsed by the Ministry of Education
Any TVET programme?

The government has also launched a number of initiatives to improve the visibility of the products.

At the national level

Lao Handicraft day
Organization of trade fairs
Handicraft festival on retro traditional activities inspiring Old Days Atmosphere
Registration of Handicraft Brand name (labels)
One District One Product - ODOP

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Traditional handicrafts produced by Lao ethnic people have improved patterns as well as skills for selling domestically and internationally. Lao handicrafts have received many awards from many regional competitions.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Commerce and industry

Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Innovation

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Annual ministerial budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

1. Cultural co-operation through the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN)

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To promote regional multilateral cultural co-operation through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

Regional

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Main feature of the measure: Lao PDR promotes regional multilateral cultural co-operation through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which was established in 1967 and has just commemorated its 50th anniversary this year. Lao PDR joined ASEAN in 1997. Socio-cultural co-operation is one of the 3 pillars of the ASEAN co-operation. Lao PDR is currently the Chair of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC). Lao PDR is supporting various cultural initiatives through ASEAN such as: ASEAN Young Contemporary Music Concert (23-27 August 2017, Vientiane, Lao PDR), the very first Writers Symposium and ASEAN Literary Books Exhibition (scheduled for May 2018 in Lao PDR) and National Identity Sculpturing Camp for Young ASEAN Fine Arts Students (scheduled for 2018 in Lao PDR). Media co-operation is also taking place through the ASEAN framework – for example, ASEAN Today Radio programme, annual ASEAN Journalists’ Exchange, and Workshop on manuscripts palm leaves in ASEAN (14-17 December 2015). These events facilitated the exchange of artists from different domains in ASEAN countries.

These events strengthened the cultural and creative industries of the ten ASEAN members network, to understand all the cultures, people-to-people relationship for sharing experiences and cultures in the specific domain. The main feature of the cooperation is for performing arts.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Through the activities undertaken, greater exchange and co-operation is fostered among artists in South-East Asia

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism (MoICT)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

50,000 US$ per year

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

2. Bi-lateral cultural co-operation with Viet Nam

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To support continued bi-lateral cultural exchange and co-operation with Viet Nam

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

International

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

The agreement comes in the context of 55 years of Lao PDR-Viet Nam bilateral co-operation and 40 years of the Vietnam-Lao PDR Treaty on Amity and Co-operation. 2017 is being commemorated as Viet Nam-Lao PDR Solidarity and Friendship Year 2017. Cultural exchanges between Lao PDR and Viet Nam. Shared history publishing books between the two countries.

Various cultural activities are taking place during the Cultural Week as part of this bilateral agreement including Live VDO callings for the performing arts event, circus performances, cultural tourism books publishing for both countries. Exchanges of high level delegations as well as capacity building of public sector officials are taking place as part of this MoU.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

The relationships between the two nations people are strengthened through better understand of each nation culture. To share lessons-learned and experiences, cultural knowledge on multi-cooperation management.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Department of International Relations, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.

Department of Performing Arts,

Department of Fine Arts,

Department of Publishing,

Lao National TV,

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministerial, government budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

Closer exchange, communication and strengthening cooperation between two countries.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Mutual exchange of delegations and professionals in different levels.

❭ COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

3. Promoting cultural expressions through Lao Culture Challenge Fund (LCCF)

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To provide financial grants and training opportunities for businesses and civil society organisations in Lao PDR to promote cultural expressions

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

financial

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Under the theme, “Lao, for Lao”, the LCCF fund was set up in 2004 provides financial grants and training opportunities for Lao organisations to promote the creation, production and distribution of cultural expressions in the country. LCCF is a partnership between the government of Switzerland and Sisanchai Sole Co Ltd. Funding comes through the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC). Switzerland has a policy that 1% of its overall budget must be spent on cultural promotion. This applies to the SDC, which has a programme budget US$ 18 million for 2017-2021. This is a recurring fund. Selection is through an open call for applications across all provinces of the country.

Two cycles of the fund have been completed and 20 different organisations have been supported for cultural activities and to improve their institutional capacities. In cycles 1 & 2, local organisations funded include Action for Lao Children, Click, Creative Writers' Group, Dokked, Fang Lao, Khao Niew Theatre Group, Lao Art Media, Lao Bang Fai, Lao Handicraft Association, Pha Tad Ke Botanical Gardens, Maison de la Culture, My Library. The third cycle is being held in 2017-2018. The fund encourages cultural expressions and strengthens cultural identity at the local and national levels. In addition, application writing workshops are also offered to support interested organisations. Sisanchai Sole Co Ltd serves as an information hub, guides the application and proposal process, training organisers and monitoring activities.

The domains cover performing arts companies like contemporary dances, puppets theatre including puppets and theatre, books and library for folklores (books for folklores + ethnic and book festival), botanical education and cultural activities in botanic garden, public creative library in Luang Prabang; music by supporting the very first Vang Vieng Music Festival in Lao PDR; films i.e. featured documentary, fine arts i.e. artist installation exhibitions, fine art gallery.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

To promote the diversity of cultural expressions, and to enhance access to cultural activities. The “From Laos, For Laos” strategy expects to strengthen the cultural identity, social cohesion and intercultural exchanges, as well as to richness and diversity of local cultural life.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to Lao PDR (SDC)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

180,000 US$

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

Sisanchai Sole Co Ltd.

Type d’entité:

Private company

Type d’implication:

Coordinating Partner

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

There is an audit to evaluate the company once every cycle (2-year).

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Website for Virtual CulturenHub

❭ TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

1. Preferential treatment from China for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To promote the cultural exchange and enhance friendship of cultures between two nations

MOU between the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism of Lao PDR and Ministry of Culture of China (2016-2018)

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

International

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

People’s Republic of China supports musical instrument and audio-visual equipment to the Department of Performing Arts. Trainings are provided to Lao governmental officers of Department of Performing Arts on how to use the equipment. Fine Arts Institute and Chinese Culture Centre in Vientiane organizes fine arts cultural and creative products exhibition. In addition, there was also an exchange of Fine Arts artists between the two nations.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Supporting mutual understanding and cultural promotion among the people of two nations

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism (MoICT)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

n/a

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

the cooperation between Lao PDR and PR of China is considered as priority and long term strategy.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Exchanges of delegations, culture infrastructure and audio visual equipment assistance.

❭ TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

2. Preferential treatment from France for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

to collaborate and to exchange of the two cultures.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

financial

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

There is a long-term bilateral agreement between France and Lao PDR. The cultural and creative activities are organized and supported by the Institut Francais du Laos (IF) and the Embassy of France. The activities taken place range from contemporary plays, literatures, concerts, exhibitions, and languages.

The cultural programme is to support the Lao artists through conferences, concerns, plays which are regularly programmed. There are a Research Week for Development, Comic Strip Festival for Environment, the World Music Day. The IF also support local cultural creations and events such as Festival for Performing Arts, FMK dance festival, and theatrical creation.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

The understanding of the two cultures is strengthened.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Institut Francais

Jumelage of world heritage cities - Chinon and Luang Prabang

French Agency for Development (AFD)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Over 2 million EUROs for PADUL phaseII (Luang Prabang and Vat Phou)

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

Reinforcement of institutional and human capacity on managerial and promotion of the world herutage values.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Annual audit.

❭ TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

3. Establishing Strategic Partnership between Japan and the Lao PDR for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

to promote comprehensive partnerships towards enduring friendship and regional prosperity.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

A Joint Statement was signed between the two Prime Ministers in 2015 to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Laos. The Joint Statement covers several areas including political and security area, economic cooperation, trade and investment and people-to-people and cultural exchange. Arts and culture collaboration have already benefited a programme of exchanges for approximately 1,500 participants up until 2017, and will benefit approximately 1,500 more until 2020.

Lao-Japan Research Centre was established in the National University including languages, cultural exchanges covering several domains i.e. literatures, performing arts.

Annual cultural exchange programme to showcase each country cultural products including cuisine, traditional dress, handicrafts, traditional souvenirs since 2007.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Stronger cooperation at the regional level and international level.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

n/a

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

International

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

Exchange and promotion culture between two people to better mutual understanding and stimulating the cultural products,

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Cultural events on various topics in both countries

❭ INTÉGRATION DE LA CULTURE DANS LES POLITIQUES DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE

Integrating culture in Five-Year National Socio Economic Development Plans

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

INTÉGRATION DE LA CULTURE DANS LES POLITIQUES DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To achieve sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction while gradually transforming Lao PDR into a more open, strengthening the productivity and capacity of the cultural and creative industries and prioritizing the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

The Government of Lao PDR has long recognized the role of local culture, knowledge and skills as a means to create jobs and improve economic development. Culture is seen as the main foundation for sustainable development of the nation, leading to solidarity in the society and pushing the society to expand and integrate at the regional and international levels.

The evaluation of the 7th Five-Year National Socio-Economic Development Plan (2011-2015) acknowledged how local skills, together with new techniques, have shifted many families in the bordered and priority areas of the country from slash-and-burn rice cultivation to commercial production, to secure permanent jobs as well as ensure improved livelihoods. Handicrafts sector is fast developing, with a growth rate of 15 percent per annum and currently valued about 2,850 billion kip (equivalent 340,000,000 US$), with a growth rate of 15 percent per annum. Lao handicraft products are popular domestically and exported to Japan, the EU and the US. Eco- and cultural tourism has been promoted through community-based tourism initiatives, bringing in a revenue of approximately 725,000,000 US$ in 2015. The ‘one village one product’ approach has been enacted to promote local and cultural resources for sustainable development.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

- Lao handicraft products have developed with inheritance value for each local area and high quality, with high domestic and foreign market demand;

- Tourism has developed based on the application of natural, cultural and historic inheritance potential in an effective and sustainable manner through participation of the people, and transformed into a revenue generating sector of the country to create employment and income for the local population

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

National government (inter-ministerial)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Government budget (central and local), secured on an annual basis

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

The Socio-Economic Development Plans are developed every five years and evaluated at the end of each period. The 7th plan was developed for the 2011-2015 period, the results of its implementation were reviewed while preparing for the 8th plan (2016-2020). The evaluation acknowledged an improvement in the socio-economic development, with contribution from the culture sector.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

- The growth rate in the handicrafts and tourism sectors

❭ QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

1. Integrating culture in Five-Year National Socio Economic Development Plans

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Lao handicraft products have developed with inheritance value for each local area and high quality, with high domestic and foreign market demand;
Tourism has developed based on the application of natural, cultural and historic inheritance potential in an effective and sustainable manner through participation of the people, and transformed into a revenue generating sector of the country to create employment and income for the local population

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

National government (inter-ministerial)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Government budget (central and local), secured on an annual basis

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

- The growth rate in the handicrafts and tourism sectors

❭ QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

2. Promotion of traditional medicines and herbal remedies

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

Promoting local knowledge related to plants and medicines in order to safeguard local knowledge while providing quality and culturally-appropriate health services.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

regulatory

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Traditional medicines have always played a key role in the health care practices of Lao populations. The Government encourages the use of traditional medicines and herbal remedies, especially in rural areas where there are few or no hospitals and medical clinics.

The Law on Drugs and Medical Products (established in 2000, amended in 2011) officially recognizes the role of traditional medicines. Article 4 of the law stipulates that “the State promotes the integration of the use between modern drugs and traditional medicines effectively and safely in disease prevention and treatment and encourages the integration, use and development of traditional medicines in the health service system”. Article 5 requires that the “produce and use of drugs and medical products” are carried out “in junction with protection of environment and ensure the sustainability of medicinal natural resources”.

The University of Health Sciences is implementing a 5-year plan to create a Bachelor program on Traditional Medicines. There is also a proposal for non-formal training for traditional healers but currently not implemented due to lack of funds.

So far, 12,500 species of medicinal plants have been identified, of which 2000 are properly documented by the Institute of Traditional Medicines. These include information on the plants and their uses, including extraction and production. The major problem however is the lack of standardisation and accredited laboratories for assessing traditional medicines. An MOU has been signed between the Governments of Lao PDR and China for the development of standards and assessment and establishment of testing facilities.

The Food and Drugs Department works closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in relations to forest products. So far one natural product, ’Chandai’, has been certified and used for blood circulation.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Increased access to quality traditional health services and remedies.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industries and Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of Natural Resources

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Government budget, together with direct investment from private sector companies that involve in product development

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

1. Enhancing public service media in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To improve the accessibility to quality public programs in Lao PDR

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Lao PDR has a national strategy to move from analogue to digital by 2025. In line with this, the technology used in the media sector is being upgraded through both national resources and international support. These measures are complemented by exchange of media personnel with other countries.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Lao citizens will have received more updated and quality media content, available in Lao, ethnic minorities’ and foreign languages.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Department of Mass Media, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

Ministry of Post and Telecommunication

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

State budget together with private sector investment

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

The evaluation was done as part of the review of the 7th Socio-Economic Development Plan which ended in 2015. The transition to digital technology (currently 50% realized) has led to the improvement of the communication sector and expanded the mass media system quantitatively and qualitatively. The land-based transmission includes 63 radio stations, covering 95 percent of the country and delivering to the public a total of 700 hours per day, in the languages of Lao, Hmong, Khamou, French, English, Khmer, Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese. Programs in ethnic languages - Khamou and Hmong are broadcasted 3 times a day (in total 2 hours for each language) on frequencies AM 6130 KHz and on FM 94.3 MHz; 95 MHz ; 97.3 MHz and 103.7 MHz, delivering programs on news, information and success stories, music and other types of entertainment such as dramas.

The TV media have also developed its quality and improved the broadcast content. Currently there are 37 TV stations (29 of which are public), both video and audio broadcasting covers 80 percent of the country’s area, while satellite covers 100 percent of the country’s area. Local stations are also active and broadcast at least 2-3 hours a day of locally produced programs. The print media have expanded quantitatively and qualitatively. At present, there are 127 media publication, including 27 newspapers (11 of which are daily). Radio broadcast speakers have been installed in various villages across the country, including 4,635 targeted villages, accounting for over 50 percent of the total villages.

Société civile

Parties

Avez-vous pris des initiatives impliquant la société civile dans les activités pour:

Promouvoir les objectifs de la Convention grâce à des campagnes de sensibilisation et autres activités:

Yes

Comment?:

Through the support from the UNESCO Bangkok project “Strengthening Networking and Knowledge Management Systems for Cultural Industries in Lao PDR”, the 2005 Convention Secretariat has endorsed a CSO company called STELLA to host a cultural and creative hub. In 2017, there was a National Consultation meeting on UNESCO 2005 Convention organized by the Secretariat. As part of the workshop, STELLA was introduced to all the government counterparts. STELLA coordinated in data collections from the CSOs sector, and expressed the challenges and needs priorities on behalf of the CSOs sector, mainly on policy contexts and capacity trainings.

The National Consultation Meeting was followed by a launch of the Hub in 2018. The Secretariat endorsed STELLA to host a cultural hub including visual and physical hub by providing directory, legal documents, a series of capacity workshops one of which is the introduction of the UNESCO 2005 Convention to the public. The Hub was well received by public especially youth and quickly has become as a third space – between school/university/college and home.

Their series of workshops include soft skills trainings for the creative industries; namely an SME entrepreneurial training, a creative writing workshop for proposals, fund-raising workshop, and creative talks by inspiring speakers.

Comment?:

A Baseline Study on the Creative Industries was undertaken in 2012. A consultation between government and civil society took place in 2013 in Vientiane and led to the development of a Roadmap for the development of cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR (2013).

Another consultation titled “Strengthening Networking and Knowledge Management Systems for Cultural Industries in Lao PDR” was held in Vientiane in 18-21 September 2017. The Government invited Stella, a creative civil society organization, to co-facilitate sessions during the meeting and to organize series of 8 capacity-building and seminar activities until December 2018. This was implemented with the support of UNESCO Bangkok and the Korean Funds-in-Trust.

Prévoir des lieux où les idées des sociétés civiles peuvent être entendues et débattues tout en élaborant des politiques culturelles:

Yes

Comment?:

As part of the project supported by UNESCO Bangkok following the National Consultation Meeting in September 2017, the Department of Heritage convened a working group for 2005 Convention Quadrennial report. The working group members include Stella as a permanent member and as a representative presenting the collective voice from the CCI civil society. Since 2017, the working group were convened two times. Stella inputs were well received by the government counterparts and well reflected in the recording and the minutes of the meetings. STELLA organised a workshop in the Intellectual Property Rights where the Deputy Director of the Department of IPs presented the laws to all the individual artists and CCI companies. The discussions of the workshop were fruitful and challenges of the implementations of the laws were well shared.

Lao Fashion Week is a not for profit charitable event that has been hosting annually from 2014. Its objective is to focus on developing and showcasing local designers to take the Lao Fashion industry forward and to create the links between local designer and textile producers and to establish relations with the international industry. This initiative receives great support from the French Embassy Vientiane, Singapore Embassy in Vientiane, ESMOD International School of Fashion and Business, NAFA (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts), and Campus France Laos.

I:cat gallery is a space for local artists to present artworks through exhibitions, performances, workshops, films events and artists talks. We support artistic endeavours and collaborations.

The Luang Prabang Film Festival (LPFF) is a charitable cultural organization committed to the celebration of Southeast Asian film and to the growth and support of local and regional film industries and filmmakers. In addition Vientianale International Film Festival has already run six successful editions, with a combined audience of more than 10,000 people.

FANGLAO is the first collective experimenting, creating and transmitting dance at the crossroads of traditional and contemporary culture in Laos.

Mettre en oeuvre les directives opérationnelles

Comment?:

N/A

Autres

Yes

Comment?:

STELLA as the collective voice of the Cultural and Creative Industries established the visual and physical hubs to include CSOs participation in addressing challenges of each domain (performing arts, fine arts, graphic designs etc.)

La société civile contribue-t-elle à ce rapport ?

Yes

Société civile

La société civile a-t-elle pris des initiatives pour:

Promouvoir les objectifs et principes de la Convention au niveau local et international:

Yes

Comment?:

Promouvoir la ratification de la Convention et sa mise en oeuvre par les gouvernements:

Faire entendre les préoccupations des citoyens, des associations et des entreprises aux autorités publiques, y compris celles de groupes vulnérables:

Contribuer à améliorer la transparence et la responsabilité en matière de gouvernance de la culture:

Surveiller la mise en oeuvre des politiques et des programmes dans le cadre des mesures destinées à protéger et à promouvoir la diversité des expressions culturelles:

Consolider les capacités dans des domaines associés à la mise en œuvre de la Convention et recueillir les données :

Créer des partenariats innovants avec les secteurs public et privé et avec la société civile d’autres régions dans le monde:

Résultats et défis

Décrire les principaux résultats atteints dans la mise en œuvre de la Convention:

Despite limitation of human resources, financial support and lack of marketing experiences during the infancy stage of the Convention implementation as for the primarily result is the public awareness raising at national level which allow various stakeholders, civil societies and culture related public sectors to meet a broaden platform for communication, developing and strengthening network around recently initiated culture hub. As Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism is still in the mid-term of implementation of its five years programme (2016-2020) which the commitment to build a modern cultural industry in order to contribute to the socio-economic sustainability. This platform will play synergy role to promote the convention policy at both end – top down and bottom up.

Another result is about improvement of cultural infrastructures in order to upgrade the quality of education, training as well as public services. During the last few years the Lao government has paid great effort to improve the supportive environment for cultural protection, preservation, rehabilitation and enrichment the tradition and national cultural heritage value towards the sustainable development and civilization. Two new buildings of National Museum and National Library in Vientiane were completed in 2017. They were among the important government investments in culture sector which cost approximately 2.200.000 US$ and 3.680.000 US$ respectively. Additionally the series of constructions of National Dance and Music School, Fine-Arts Institute as well as dormitories and repetition halls for National Performing Arts Troop and National Circus Troop were also completed. Many monuments of national significance e.g. Vat Sisaket Temple and its Library, Ho Prakeo Shrine as well as Pra That Luang Stupa were restored to commemorate 450 years foundation of Vientiane Capital and to welcome national event Visit Laos Year 2018 as well.

The third result is improvement of Legal framework under culture and culture related sectors during last few years which provide basic tool for cultural promotion.

Les défis rencontrés ou prévus pour mettre en œuvre la Convention:

Some challenges and limitations were identified:

limited amount of public budgets for the arts development and promoting in the cultural and creative industries;
limited dissemination of information on existing legal frameworks to different stakeholders involved in the cultural and creative industries;
limited capacity building for teachers in the arts education, and especially a limited number of qualified teachers in remote parts of the country;
limited capacity building for human resource development and management in the public sectors within the cultural and creative industries;
In the media sector, specialised schools for media education are needed to be established. High cost of media equipment is a challenge for establishing the schools and the sector’s further development. It is necessary to further upgrade the radio system from analogue to digital one. Proliferation of fake news through online channels is a concern;
In the film sector, technology and equipment are not up to date. As a result, the quality of production is not high. Building technical capacities for staff is a challenge. Quota is needed for foreign films to be shown in Lao PDR. There is a lack of dubbing facilities for foreign films to be presented in Lao language. It is necessary to further discuss the benefit sharing between producers and owners of cinema theatres – this currently stands at 50% of revenue;
In the publishing sector, cost of books remains high, thus limiting the development of culture of reading among the public;
Copyright regime needs to be further enforced to protect the rights of artists throughout the country;

There is an absence of tax and financial incentives for artists, which has already been identified as an issue in the Baseline Study on the Creative Industries in Lao PDR (2012).
Generational and cultural gap between public and private sectors remains, which has already been identified as an issue in the Baseline Study on the Creative Industries in Lao PDR (2012);

Les solutions identifiées ou envisagées pour relever ces défis:

Developing and strengthening communication and networks among Public and Private Partnership at national, regional and international level.

Generate financial resources and encourage local products to evolve towards contemporary and innovative expressions in order to promote cultural consumption and participation among citizens and beyond;

Develop mechanism for better cross sectoral communication and collaboration;

Develop capacity building for human resource development and management in the public sectors within the cultural and creative industries at both academic curriculum and vocational education;

Les étapes prévues pour les quatre prochaines années:

There are three main strategic directions to strengthen the CCIs in Lao PDR;

Communication and networking

Empower the Cultural and Creative Hub (STELLA and others)
Strengthen the Public-Private partnership through stakeholders consultations
Formal mechanism of public-private partnership is established for further and in-depth consultations to elaborate responsibilities of each sector.
Further develop the CCIs directory
Create online guidance

Enabling environment

Create label
Media policy review
Taxation policy
Protective tax regulations
Simplify legal registration
Raise public awareness

Education and Training

Emphasize arts education
Expand vocational training
Job opportunity awareness

Nom du responsable chargé de signer le rapport

Titre:

Nom de famille:

Phothisane

Prénom:

Thongbay

Position:

Director General

Organisation:

Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

6. Supporting the development of the film sector in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To support the film sector in Lao PDR to flourish and be able to complete with any international films

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

The quality of cinema products has greatly improved as proven by the recently received awards.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Department of Cinema

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

37,500 US$ /year from the government budget and private investment

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

Cinema is still be in trend of entertainment among the young viewers.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Increase number of cineplex in the larger cities of the country.

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

1. Promotion of Culture and Creative Industries in the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism Plan (2011-2016) and the five-year action plan (2016-2020) of the Departments under Cultural Section

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

Specifically to promote the cultural and creative industries, the following objects were identified:

To build-up professional associations, research institutes, awards for the cultural sectors;
To encourage the productions of the cultural and creative products of all sectors so they can be of high quality standards, rich and diverse;
To develop a cultural and creative industries database as a way to monitor its growth; and
To encourage exhibitions and showcases for disseminating cultural products, targeting 10 events within the country and 3 events aboard.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

produce diverse cultural products
broaden and promote cultural product markets domestically and internationally in order to reinforce cultural sector by gradually increasing the income for its self-reliance
promote the cultural expression and support the cultural creativity of the local wisdoms and knowledge
to further nurture One District One Cultural Product scheme

dissemination of national culture through various media means domestically and internationally;
participation in and organization of the exhibitions of the publishing materials, paintings, sculptures, films, VDOs and other cultural products domestically and internationally;
together with the local communities and private sector to organize local cultural festivals, traditional ceremonies and events;
encourage an organization of many exhibitions, showcases, disseminating cultural products at least 10 times in country, and at least 3 times aboard.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Cultural and creative industries become a stronger sector that can contribute to the national socio-economic development.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

approximately 700,000 US$ (2016-2020) covering all the relevant sectors information, culture and tourism.

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

Local

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

There has been annual internal evaluation on the implementation of the plan

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

2. Ensuring the protection of the Intellectual Property rights through the strengthening of Intellectual Property Law (amended 2017)

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To ensure the protection of Intellectual Property rights which will be beneficial to cultural and creative products

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Science and Technology

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Annual ministerial budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

3. Encouraging the enterprises and promoting investment for cultural industries

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

The overall objective of the measure is to create an enabling environment for the business sector in the country.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Specifically, the Law on Promotion of SMEs indicates the ways SMEs can access financial resources and receive tax incentive (Articles 15-16) and defines the registration of intellectual property.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Commerce

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Annual ministerial budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

4. Telecommunications, TVs, and mass media as a means to disseminate the cultural and creative products. Digital Broadcasting cooperation between Lao PDR and China and Law on Mass Media

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To upgrade the analogue broadcasting to a digital broadcasting throughout the country

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Bilateral agreement (MoUs) between Lao PDR and China.

Law on Mass Media (2008 amended 2017)

Community Radio

Youth Radio

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

All the Lao people and others can enjoy and appreciate the cultural and creative products and are proud of their own culture.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Telecommunications

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Annual ministerial budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

The transition from analogue to digital broadcasting will be accomplished by 2020.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

TV, radio broadcasting and telecommunication supports

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

5. Supporting the status and conditions of artists through professional associations

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To protect the rights of artists and to offer them support services and facilitation

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Overall, the associations aim to improve the working and living conditions of artists, which will result in higher quality cultural products.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Home Affairs;

Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Science and Technology;

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Membership fees and fund raising through cultural events.

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

7. Supporting the development of the publishing sector in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

to promote, develop quality of products and the love of reading among the citizens.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

The Writers’ Association, Library’s Association and Printing’s Association coordinate the work within the sector both domestically and internationally.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

This measure is expected to foster interest among Lao people about local books to encourage the production and consumption of locally published books.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Department of Publishing; National Library

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministerial budget 12,000 US$ per year

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

8. Supporting the development of the handicrafts sector in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

POLITIQUES CULTURELLES ET MESURES

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

Improve the quality of locally-produced handicrafts and their visibility to enhance market opportunities.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

International

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

In order to improve the quality of craft products and increase their marketability, several curriculum and training programmes have been set-up.

There is also annual handicraft festival organized by the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MoICT) with the collaboration with the Lao Handicraft Association.

New curriculum on weaving and silver work
School of Design has a course endorsed by the Ministry of Education
Any TVET programme?

The government has also launched a number of initiatives to improve the visibility of the products.

At the national level

Lao Handicraft day
Organization of trade fairs
Handicraft festival on retro traditional activities inspiring Old Days Atmosphere
Registration of Handicraft Brand name (labels)
One District One Product - ODOP

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Commerce and industry

Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Innovation

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Annual ministerial budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

1. Cultural co-operation through the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN)

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To promote regional multilateral cultural co-operation through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

Regional

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Through the activities undertaken, greater exchange and co-operation is fostered among artists in South-East Asia

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism (MoICT)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

50,000 US$ per year

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

2. Bi-lateral cultural co-operation with Viet Nam

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To support continued bi-lateral cultural exchange and co-operation with Viet Nam

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

International

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Department of International Relations, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.

Department of Performing Arts,

Department of Fine Arts,

Department of Publishing,

Lao National TV,

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministerial, government budget

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

Closer exchange, communication and strengthening cooperation between two countries.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Mutual exchange of delegations and professionals in different levels.

❭ COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

3. Promoting cultural expressions through Lao Culture Challenge Fund (LCCF)

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

COOPÉRATION CULTURELLE INTERNATIONALE

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To provide financial grants and training opportunities for businesses and civil society organisations in Lao PDR to promote cultural expressions

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

financial

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Oui

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation to Lao PDR (SDC)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

180,000 US$

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

Sisanchai Sole Co Ltd.

Type d’entité:

Private company

Type d’implication:

Coordinating Partner

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

There is an audit to evaluate the company once every cycle (2-year).

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Website for Virtual CulturenHub

❭ TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

1. Preferential treatment from China for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To promote the cultural exchange and enhance friendship of cultures between two nations

MOU between the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism of Lao PDR and Ministry of Culture of China (2016-2018)

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

International

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Supporting mutual understanding and cultural promotion among the people of two nations

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism (MoICT)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

n/a

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Oui

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

the cooperation between Lao PDR and PR of China is considered as priority and long term strategy.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Exchanges of delegations, culture infrastructure and audio visual equipment assistance.

❭ TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

2. Preferential treatment from France for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

to collaborate and to exchange of the two cultures.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

financial

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

The understanding of the two cultures is strengthened.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Institut Francais

Jumelage of world heritage cities - Chinon and Luang Prabang

French Agency for Development (AFD)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Over 2 million EUROs for PADUL phaseII (Luang Prabang and Vat Phou)

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

Reinforcement of institutional and human capacity on managerial and promotion of the world herutage values.

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Annual audit.

❭ TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

3. Establishing Strategic Partnership between Japan and the Lao PDR for cultural and creative industries in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

TRAITEMENT PRÉFÉRENTIEL

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

to promote comprehensive partnerships towards enduring friendship and regional prosperity.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

Lao-Japan Research Centre was established in the National University including languages, cultural exchanges covering several domains i.e. literatures, performing arts.

Annual cultural exchange programme to showcase each country cultural products including cuisine, traditional dress, handicrafts, traditional souvenirs since 2007.

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Stronger cooperation at the regional level and international level.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

n/a

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Oui

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

International

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

Exchange and promotion culture between two people to better mutual understanding and stimulating the cultural products,

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

Cultural events on various topics in both countries

❭ INTÉGRATION DE LA CULTURE DANS LES POLITIQUES DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE

Integrating culture in Five-Year National Socio Economic Development Plans

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

INTÉGRATION DE LA CULTURE DANS LES POLITIQUES DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

- Lao handicraft products have developed with inheritance value for each local area and high quality, with high domestic and foreign market demand;

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

National government (inter-ministerial)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Government budget (central and local), secured on an annual basis

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

- The growth rate in the handicrafts and tourism sectors

❭ QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

1. Integrating culture in Five-Year National Socio Economic Development Plans

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

legislative

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Lao handicraft products have developed with inheritance value for each local area and high quality, with high domestic and foreign market demand;
Tourism has developed based on the application of natural, cultural and historic inheritance potential in an effective and sustainable manner through participation of the people, and transformed into a revenue generating sector of the country to create employment and income for the local population

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

National government (inter-ministerial)

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Government budget (central and local), secured on an annual basis

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?:

i.3 Quels ont été les indicateurs utilisés pour déterminer son impact ?:

- The growth rate in the handicrafts and tourism sectors

❭ QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

2. Promotion of traditional medicines and herbal remedies

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

Promoting local knowledge related to plants and medicines in order to safeguard local knowledge while providing quality and culturally-appropriate health services.

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

regulatory

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Increased access to quality traditional health services and remedies.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industries and Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of Natural Resources

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Government budget, together with direct investment from private sector companies that involve in product development

g. Nom des organisations non gouvernementales et/ou le secteur privé engagés dans la mise en œuvre de la mesure?:

Nom:

n/a

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Non

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Non

❭ QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

1. Enhancing public service media in Lao PDR

a. 2 Contexte de la mesure:

QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES ÉMERGENTES: Résolution 5.CP 9b

b. Objectifs clefs de la mesure:

To improve the accessibility to quality public programs in Lao PDR

c. Quel(le) est:

c.1. le périmètre de la mesure:

National

c.2. la nature de la mesure:

institutional

c.3. La principale caractéristique de la mesure:

d. Cible-t-elle spécifiquement des individus et/ou des groupes sociaux tels que définis par l’article 7 de la Convention ?:

Non

e. Quels sont les résultats attendus de la mise en œuvre de la mesure? :

Lao citizens will have received more updated and quality media content, available in Lao, ethnic minorities’ and foreign languages.

f.1 Nom de l’agence chargée de la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

Department of Mass Media, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism

Ministry of Post and Telecommunication

f.2 Ressources financières allouées à la mise en œuvre de la mesure:

State budget together with private sector investment

h. Cette mesure a-t-elle été introduite ou révisée pour::

h.1. Mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention ?:

Non

h.2. Soutenir/nourrir le débat politique inspiré par la Convention ?:

Non

h.3. D’autres raisons non relatives à la Convention ?:

Oui

i. La mise en œuvre de la mesure a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation ?:

Oui

i.1 À quel niveau l’évaluation a-t-elle été conduite?:

National

i.2 Quelles ont été les principales conclusions?: