Informing and influencing development policy – SUMERNET meetingThe Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET) is a programme funded by Swedish government that intends to build a long-term research…
Focus Group Discussions in LaosLast winter and spring a series of qualitative focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted in Laos as a part of…
Signs of integration.I arrived in Vientiane a couple of weeks ago. The city greeted me with heavy rain and a thunderstorm. Obviously…
Workshop: Climate change from a Southern perspectiveLast week a group of us from the FFRC team took part in a workshop organized by Kepa, an NGO…
A Busy Maytiane WeekTwo seminars were arranged in Vientiane with the cooperation of Finland Futures Research Centre and Ministry of Energy and Mines…
Setting up the office in VientianeAs Finland Futures Research Centre opened the office in the capital of Laos, Vientiane, I had the honor to be…
World Bank Newsletter: Powering the People of CambodiaThe World Bank has produced a newsletter on its energy projects in Cambodia: with headlines such as Power to People….
Building Partnership for Implementing Renewable Energy Efficiency Projects in the Mekong Region-forumIn October 26-27 we attended a regional forum on ”Building Partnership for Implementing Renewable Energy Efficiency Projects in the Mekong…
FREPLA project on Vientiane Times’ Business pagesFuture Resource Economy and Policies in Laos till the Year 2020 (FREPLA2020) Project Seminar held on 27th of August 2010…
The potential power of radical ICT system audit in the Mekong River countries: Towards better ICT infrastructures and resource management systemsIn this blog we will discuss the requirements of information and communication technology (ICT) architecture and the governance mechanisms that…
