As part of the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy in Ethiopia, Laos and Uganda, the Responsible Governance of Investments in Land (RGIL) project, co-financed by the European Union (EU), aims to ensure that investments in land are fair, productive and contribute to sustainable land management. A key element of this is strong engagement of private investors in those processes.

ແຜ່ນພັບນີ້ຖືກອອກແບບມາເພື່ອຊ່ວຍໃຫ້ຊຸມຊົນທ້ອງຖິ່ນທີ່ອາດຈະໄດ້ຮັບຜົນກະທົບຈາກການລົງທຶນທີ່ດິນເພື່ອກະກຽມ, ຮູ້ວ່າຈະຄາດຫວັງຫຍັງ, ເຈລະຈາແລະມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມກັບການສະເຫນີການລົງທຶນໃນຊຸມຊົນຂອງພວກເຂົາ.

This brochure is designed to help local communities who may be affected by land-based investments to prepare, know what to expect, negotiate and engage with a proposed investment in their community.

The livelihood of a large part of the world’s population depends directly on access to land and its secure longterm use. Land access and use have long been organized through informal or traditional tenure rights, but this is changing.

This guide aims to help investors identify the impacts and mitigation measures to minimize the impacts of the proposed investments in the agricultural and forestry sector in Laos. Further, the document provides guides on measures for environmental and social safeguards throughout the investment cycles.

This guides provides steps that investors have to take to establish an agricultural and forestry investment in Laos, and the key processes involved e.g. land acquisition and clearing, labour, import and export in the investment operation, and social and environmental rehabilitation in the closure phase.

This manual provides practical guides and tools for effective and inclusive engagement with affected communities in different stages and processes throughout the investment cycles from planning, operation and closing.

This handbook explains investors the necessity of company-based grievance redress mechanisms and how to establish them in order to manage the concerns and grievances of their workers, affected local communities and other stakeholders.

ການລົງທຶນໃນຂົງເຂດທີ່ດິນ ແລະ ຊັບພະຍາກອນທຳມະຊາດ ມັກຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດມີຂໍ້ຂັດແຍ່ງທາງດ້ານສັງຄົມ. ຖ້າຂໍ້ຂັດແຍ່ງ ເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບການແກ້ໄຂຢ່າງເໝາະສົມ ຈະບໍ່ພຽງແຕ່ສ້າງຜົນກະທົບຕໍ່ຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງຊຸມຊົນທ້ອງຖິ່ນເທົ່ານັ້ນ ແຕ່ຍັງຈະ ເຮັດໃຫ້ຄວາມສຳເລັດໃນການດຳເນີນທຸລະກິດມີຄວາມສ່ຽງໄປນຳ. ຜູ້ລົງທຶນອາດຈະປະເຊີນກັບການສູນເສຍທາງດ້ານງົບປະມານ ແລະ ຄວາມເສຍຫາຍຕໍ່ຊື່ສຽງ.

ການລົງທຶນໃນຂົງເຂດກະສິກໍາ ສາມາດເປັນທ່າແຮງອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງໜຶ່ງໃນການປະກອບສ່ວນເຂົ້າໃນການພັດທະ ນາເສດຖະກິດ ແລະ ສັງຄົມຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ.