Team Europe Partnership with Lao PDR to increase sustainable and inclusive trade, investment and connectivity in the agriculture and forestry sectors (TICAF)

About this project

The Action is the flagship programme under the Green TEI for Lao PDR, with contributions Team Europe partners (EU, DE, FR, EFI tbd), supporting the broader EU Green Deal, Growth&Jobs, Forest Partnership and Global Gateway geopolitical priorities. It intends to support Lao PDR¿s Green Growth Strategy, by contributing to a greener, sustainable and more inclusive growth through increased domestic production, processing, exports, national revenue, and decent job creation in the coffee, tea and forest-based value chains. This will be achieved by improving governance in the 2 pillars of the green TEI i.e agriculture value chains, and forestry partnerships, through policy dialogue, private sector partnerships, sharing of knowledge and expertise, capacity building and technical assistance support in each of the sectors. EU will play a prominent role, in particular to foster policy dialogue in relation to ensuring deforestation-free commodities, responsible investment, climate-resilient approaches, and environment and labour standards. TheTICAF is composed of: 1) Targeted support to sustainable rural development through better governance in the agriculture sector and the coffee and tea value chains; 2) Targeted support to enhance forestry governance and sustainable forest conservation and production throughout forest-based value chains; 3) Promote labour rights and social protection in above two sectors4) Complemented by EFSD+ guarantee and/or blending operations to foster responsibl…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land
• 16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Laos

Sectors

Business policy and administrationForestry policy and administrative managementAgricultural policy and administrative management

Focus

Biodiversity · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Main focusClimate adaptation · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributes

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2024-ACT-61618.

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