Project News

The second meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) was held on November 10, 2022 in Vientiane.

The purpose of this meeting was for the Government of Lao PDR and JICA to jointly review the progress and achievements made since project commencement in February 2022, as well as to discuss the plan for 2023. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Bounpone SENGTHONG, Deputy Director General of Department of Forestry, and Mr. Noriyuki ITO, Senior Representative of the JICA Laos Office. It was attended in person by approximately 30 participants representing JCC members, project counterparts and experts, with JICA headquarters and some project experts joining online.

Since the first year of F-REDD 2, activities have been moving in top gear. Support is being given for the revision of the Prime Minister's Decree on Protection Forests, the reporting of emission reduction results to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility's (FCPF) Carbon Fund, the rolling out of the Provincial Deforestation Monitoring System (PDMS) to a total of 14 provinces, and the preparation of a landscape management prototype for Savannakhet Province, all of which are underway. One merit of F-REDD 2 is its collaboration with various donors and projects. In particular, since Laos transitioned to post-COVID-19 in May, opportunities for such collaborations have resumed in earnest; furthermore, the number of invitations to workshops abroad extended to F-REDD 2, together with the counterparts, have increased.

We are looking forward to providing our full support in 2023, which will be another breathtaking year, with tangible results in sight.

2nd JCC Meeting