The overall objective of the future governance programme was to contribute to poverty reduction, economic growth and good governance in Laos.
The specific objective of this assignment was to support the EU and the Government of Lao PDR in the identification and formulation of a range of possible interventions that can be developed into a governance programme, which includes both public administration and aspects of economic governance, namely public financial management.
The proposed interventions will improve, inter alia, transparency and accountability of PFM, promote fair and transparent domestic tax systems, improve domestic revenue mobilisation and procurement, increase the capacity and control of oversight bodies, strengthen the capacity of public administration in service delivery at national, provincial and local level while accompanying the institutional framework and the decentralisation process.