The new National Governance and Public Administration Reform Programme (GPAR) of the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has been formulated for the period 2011-15. In support to the implementation of the National GPAR Programme, UNDP and UNCDF have formulated this Joint Programme titled “Strengthening Capacity and Service Delivery of Local Administrations (GPAR SCSD)”.

This document provides the details of the Joint Programme, which will be supported by several development partners including the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) and Republic of Korea (RoK).