LAOMC - Evaluation of the project "Support for the Accession of Laos to the WTO"

The overall objective of the project is to facilitate and accelerate the accession of Laos to the WTO through international negotiation and policy advice strategies. Overall, the action can be seen as providing substantive support: through an analysis of the reforms that should be put in place to meet the obligations and commitments to access the market contained in the Accession Treaty. in the WTO and on the procedure with support ensuring coordination and coherence among the many modalities to be respected in the accession process

• The first objective concerns the responsibilities (the development of results): the purpose of the evaluation was to estimate the results and productions of the project as far as possible, as well as their impacts and returns on investments of the financial assistance provided. by SECO in Laos.
• The second objective is to retain a teaching: the evaluation was marked by the experience developed by the project to guide the parties and more particularly the beneficiary countries, concerning the key conditions and the most appropriate and effective way of ensure continuity and sustainability of results achieved.
• The third objective is to identify possible and appropriate approaches to a potential continuity of support to the Government of Laos in the final stages of the WTO accession process.