The
Laos-Australia NGO Cooperation Agreement (LANGOCA)
Program aims to build on and maximise the
unique strengths of NGOs; particularly in
relation to their long-term experience,
capacity and linkages with partner
organisations and communities in Lao. The
LANGOCA Program closely links NGO programs
and expertise to the existing Laos-Australia
Development Cooperation Strategy 2004-2010 (LADCS),
in order to ensure that support to NGOs in
Laos is effectively targeted to strategy
development priorities. The Program will
include a range of activities that aim to
directly address LADCS Strategic Objective
3, to reduce the vulnerability of the poor,
with a specific focus on Objective 3.1 to
reduce the impact of natural disasters, and
Objective 3.2 to reduce the impact of
unexploded ordinance (UXOs).
In Lao PDR,
the LANGOCA Program approach is based on
Cooperation Agreements with four Australian
NGOs (Oxfam, CARE, World Vision and SCA).
The Program Goal is stated as “To reduce the
vulnerability of the poor by integrating
poverty reduction and crosscutting issues
with DM and UXO approaches in Laos”.
Under the
LANGOCA Program, AusAID is supporting the
implementation of 3 following projects by
Save the Children Australia (SCA) and Asian
Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
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Sayaboury
Integrated Hazard Mitigation Project (SIHMP)more>>
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Disaster
Risk Education for Children (DREC)
more>>
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Tools for
Disaster Risk Assessment (TDRA)
more>>
The consortium
of SCA and ADPC was established with the
mutual goal of reducing the negative impacts
of natural hazards on the communities living
in the rural areas of Lao PDR, particularly
in Sayaboury district of Sayaboury province,
through application of practical and
replicable community based disaster risk
reduction approaches.
