Written by Mekong Institute   The Mekong Institute was commissioned by the German Agency for International Development Cooperation (GIZ) to organize the Structured Learning Visit in Thailand on Regional Rural Development Planning. The programme aimed to expose the Lao Government Officials to the planning procedures in Thailand and equip them with knowledge and relevant ideas which …

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Written by Mekong Institute   First and foremost, we would like to express our gratitude to the participants from the MRCs member countries and dialogue partners China and Myanmar, who contributed to the success of IWRM-Batch 7 learning program. We would also like to thank the MRC Guest Speakers: Mr. Gavin Edward Quibell, Dr. Vitoon Virayasakultorn, …

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Written by Mekong Institute   The Mekong Institute was commissioned by the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP) to conduct a ten-day training course on Improving Food Quality and Safety through Good Agricultural and Postharvest Practices in Fresh Produce from May 21 to June 1, 2012. Twenty-eight government officials, private sector staff and NGO from Cambodia, China, …

REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON IMPROVING FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY THROUGH GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND POSTHAVEST PRACTICES IN FRESH PRODUCE Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute   Component 3 of the Flood Management and Mitigation Programme focuses on enhancing MRC Cooperation and capacity in facilitating and coordinating the process of addressing differences on transboundary issues in general and transboundary flood issues in particular based on the needs of individual parties. The overall objectives were awareness raising, knowledge and …

TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND NEGOTIATION SKILLS IN THE MEKONG CONTEXT Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute   Under the project on Enhancing Provincial and Local Chambers of Commerce Capacities in Trade and Investment Facilitation along East-West Economic Corridor, the Mekong Institute (MI) in collaboration with Japan ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) conducted a five-day Workshop cum Structured Learning Visit on Agriculture Sector Value Chains and SME Export Consortia from …

WORKSHOP CUM STRUCTUREED LEARNING VISIT ON AGRICULTURE SECTOR VALUE CHAINS AND SME EXPORT CONSORTIA Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute   The Northern Uplands Rice-Based Farming Systems Research Project (NURiFaR), and Mekong Institute (MI) agreed to collaborate on a specific project to develop partnership and promote cooperation between the two parties. A five-day Structured Learning Visit on Farming Systems in Thailand was conducted from January 24 to 28, 2012 for 19 Lao …

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Written by Mekong Institute   The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Mekong Institute (MI) agreed to collaborate on a specific project to develop partnership and promote cooperation between the two parties. Two five-day Structured Learning Visits on “Farmerled Community Enterprises” were conducted from December 19 to 23, 2012 and January 9 to 13, …

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Written by Mekong Institute   The Mekong Institute conducted a ten-day learning program on “Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) for the Junior Riparian Professionals (JRPs)” for 12 JRPs from line agencies of National Mekong Committees of the four lower Mekong Countries one JRP from Myanmar, the dialogue member country and one newly recruited professional staff of …

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Written by Mekong Institute   The Mekong Institute was commissioned by New Zealand Aid Programme to conduct a four-week annual GMS Youth Camp on “Modern Farming Systems” from 1 to 27 July 2013 for 34 students and 4 teachers from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV). The program aimed to establish knowledge and skills sharing …

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