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Research Training at the National University of Laos (NUOL)

The NUOL (National University of Laos) research training project has completed its first three year stage and entered its next 3 year stage beginning in 2003. The project has taken 12 staff in four departments at NUOL through the research process, from formulating research questions, through designing a proposal, carrying out fieldwork, analysis and writing. Three teams carried out research in different sites on aspects of local resource management and resource tenure, punctuated by training sessions run in Vientiane by AMRC Director Phil Hirsch and colleagues at York University in Canada, Chiang Mai University in Thailand and the East-West Centre in Hawaii. Research themes were mainly focused around the implications of forest land allocation on food security, and links between forest land allocation and changing agricultural patterns. The project hosted a national workshop in December 2002, which served as a forum for a number of agencies to reflect on the forest land allocation policy on the basis of village level experience. The project entered a new phase 2003-6, which involved training in research on community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), the development of research management experience at NUOL, and the establishment of an outreach-oriented CBNRM resource centre at NUOL.

Duration: 2003 - 2006

Partners: York University, Canada; NUOL; Chiang Mai University; East-West Centre, Hawaii

Funding bodies: International Development Research Centre

Earlier project stages: Stage 1

Website: Laos Resource Tenure Studies Project

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