Laos

ASEAN Schoolnet Project

World Links, with funding from the Japan Social Development Fund and the World Bank began a large scale teacher professional development project in four of the ASEAN countries. The countries with current projects include the Philippines and Cambodia with an expansion to Laos and Vietnam in 2007.

Policymakers Seminar on ICT in Education for Southeast Asia


Cebu City, Philippines, from 5 to 8 September 2006

 

The Policy Forum is part of the World Links Regional SchoolNet Project in Southeast Asia funded by the Japan Social Development Fund through the World Bank. The objective of this forum was to provide policymakers and planners from the five World Links target countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao P.D.R., the Philippines, and Vietnam) the opportunity to share their technology in education experiences and to discuss key policy issues.

Participants were selected from the following departments or posts within the Ministries of Education in each country, in order to form an integrated team of education and ITC specialists:

World Bank Institute

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. It is not a bank in the common sense. The World Bank is made up of two unique development institutions owned by 184 member countries—the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). Each institution plays a different but supportive role in accomplishing the mission of global poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards. The IBRD focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries, while IDA focuses on the poorest countries in the world. Together we provide low-interest loans, interest-free credit and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure, communications and many other purposes.

Laos

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UPDATE:October 2nd, 2008

We continue to make progress in Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines and have selected a group to complete our evaluation in these countries. The group with support from Bob Kozma has begun to plan the evaluation program with our staff.

Location

World Links Laos Vientiane, VT
Laos
19° 16' 10.794" N, 102° 43' 19.8048" E
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