The Agroecology Learning Alliance in Southeast Asia (ALiSEA)

The Agroecology Learning Alliance in Southeast Asia (ALiSEA) is a regional platform that emerged during the ACTAE project towards an agroecological transition in Southeast Asia and is coordinated by the CIRAD organization, which is responsible for all of the Network of Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia’s (CANSEA) projects. The fundamental goal of ALiSEA is to exchange information and experiences regarding agro-ecology. As a new member of the ALiSEA network, the ARMI actively participated in the conference to share thoughts on the range of themes that were invited.

Lao Civil Society Organization Forestry Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (Lao CSO FLEGT)

Lao Civil Society Organization Forestry Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (Lao CSO FLEGT) is a group of Lao civil society organizations that have contributed to the process of joining the Voluntary Trade Agreement with the European Union (VPA). The goal of CSO FLEGT Laos is to participate and contribute effectively to the process of VPA/FLEGT between the government of Laos and Europe, ensuring that the communities that rely on forests can access, use, manage, protect, and develop forests in a fair and sustainable way. The program that implements the forest law, management, and timber trade is based on the letter of approval from Forest Law No. 1278/MAF, dated September

23, 2015. The ARMI has been a member of the CSO FLEGT Lao network since 2015. More importantly, in 2019, it was selected to be one of the members of the network’s steering committee. In the past, we have regularly participated in activities and meetings of the network, contributed to the FLEGT-VPA work, and participated in the process of obtaining legal timber definitions (TLDs); participated in the technical working group for community or village forestry; created and managed online social media (Facebook and YouTube); designed and produced print media and advertising materials for the network, such as brochures, posters, t-shirts, and websites; and contributed to the technical working group for community or village forestry.