The European Commission and the Government of Lao PDR signed the Financing Agreement (FA) for the second Single Donor Trust Fund on Public Finance Management Reform (SDTF-II) in September 2018. A mid-term evaluation was commissioned to 4Assist to provide an independent assessment of the programme performance and offer evidence-based insights that would help improve the European Union support in public finance management (PFM). This evaluation is aimed to derive key lessons, and recommend improvements for the remaining period of SDTF-II implementation, as well as the design of future programmes in PFM in Laos.

A snapshot of the project on the photos here: our team leader and 4Assist partner, Yiannis Hadziyiannakis made a presentation to over 30 participants joining in from both ends of the planet, from World Bank, Washington DC, from Lao Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Home Affairs and the Lao Central Bank.

The meeting was hosted by EU Delegation to Laos with a foreword by Her Excellency, Ms. Ina Marčiulionytė, Ambassador/Head of the Delegation to Lao PDR.