Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) - Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Access to Finance Emergency Support and Recovery Project - P174169

This SEP is for the Lao PDR Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Access to Finance Emergency and Recovery Projectect (P174169) (the Project) and is planned to be a continuation of the existing World Bank funded project Lao PDR – Small and Medium Enterprise Access to Finance Project (P131201), which is being successfully implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) and commercial bank [...] The involvement of the local population is essential to the success of the project in order to ensure smooth collaboration between project staff and local communities and to minimize and mitigate 2 environmental and social risks related to the proposed project activities. [...] Engagement with the vulnerable groups and individuals often requires the application of specific measures and assistance aimed at the facilitation of their participation in the project-related decision making so that their awareness of and input to the overall process are commensurate to those of the other stakeholders. [...] Reporting Back to Stakeholder Groups The SEP will be periodically revised and updated as necessary in the course of Project implementation in order to ensure that the information presented herein is consistent and is the most recent, and that the identified methods of engagement remain appropriate and effective in relation to the Project context and specific phases of the development. [...] The Annual summaries will provide a mechanism for assessing both the number and the nature of complaints and requests for information, along with the Project’s ability to address those in a timely and effective manner.