LAO PDR
HIGHLIGHTS OF EU COOPERATION
  • The EU celebrated 45 years of relations with Lao PDR.
  • The EU, EU Member States active in Laos (Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg) and Switzerland agreed on a joint TeamEurope Green initiative for Lao PDR in 2021-2025, to support Lao PDR’s Green Growth Strategy 2030.
  • TeamEurope launched a joint package of over 80 million EUR to support the Lao PDR Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020

The Lao PDR Government developed and adopted the implementation guidelines of the Decree on Breastfeeding Milk Substitute, a very long-awaited important policy development in the nutrition sector, supported by EU budget support and EU-funded technical assistance through UNICEF.

For the first time, two local civil society organisations (CSOs) were allowed to accompany the Lao Delegation at the Human Rights Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva in January 2020. Their participation was funded by the EU.