“To manage performance you must first measure it!” In Lao PDR UNCDF, working with UNDP, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning & Investment, have been actively promoting effective and sustainable local development by strengthening and empowering local district administrations to do the job themselves.

Through the 5-year long project “Strengthening Capacity and Service Delivery of Local Administrations (GPAR SCSD 2012-15)” with a total budget of over 12 million USD funded by UNCDF, UNDP, the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), the Republic of Korea, the Luxembourg Government, GEF; UNCDF and its partners aim at strengthening the capacity in the local administrations to deliver services that improve the lives of the poor, especially in rural areas.