Project Name: Urban Development Management/ Pilot Project For Historic Town Renovation

Project Narrative

  Vientiane Capital, which is the capital city of Lao PDR with population of 700,000, is gateway of domestic and foreign investment and provides employment opportunity. Recent economic growth and population growth have triggered rapid urbanization and is creating problems of infrastructure, public services, green open space, and living environment. It is expected that the population of Vientiane Capital would grow up to 1.4 million by the year 2030.
  The Government of Lao PDR has issued “comprehensive economic strengthening through economic development, social development and natural environment conservation” in the Sixth Five Year Social and Economic Development Plan for Vientiane Capital as one of the goals and is promoting urban development through social economic development and creation/ conservation of urban environment/cityscape.
Objectives of the Project
(i) Overall Goal:
– Urban development in Vientiane Capital will be managed consistent with established City Plan
(ii) Project Purpose:
-The Capacity of staff regarding Urban Development in Vientiane Capital to implement Urban Planning and Development Management will be strengthened
(iii) Outputs:
1: Capacity on analyzing structure of legal documents related to urban development management and proposing improvement will be enhanced
2: Capacity on creating basic data base (land use plan) for urban development management will be enhanced
3: Capacity on urban planning of related agencies will be enhanced. (focus on Inner Zone and Historic Area)
4: Capacity on urban development control will be enhanced (focus on Historic Area)
5: Capacity on implementing cityscape projects will be enhanced through pilot project (focus on activities for cityscape in Historic Area)

Fund Sources

Granted by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Overall Contract Amount

–

Project Owner / Counter Part

Nippon Koei Co., Ltd

Associated Firm / Partner

Department of Public Works and Transport of Vientiane Capital

               (photos of Area Target)

What Mekong consultant Co., Ltd contributes

1) Topographic Survey
– Explanation of existing BMs, installed BMs (Coordinate, photo, map)
– Explanation of field survey
2) Detailed Designed
– To develop plan drawing based on the result of the Topographical survey
– To consider about the combination with the existing drainage system
– To definethe specification of each material

Location
Vientiane Capital

Duration
May 2016 – Dec 2016

Project Status under Mekong Consultants Co., Ltd
>>Completed<<