This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Lao PDR statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Lao statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Lao-specific metadata information.
| Goal |
18. Lives safe from unexploded ordnance (UXO) |
|---|---|
| Target |
18.1 By 2030, minimum casualties from UXO accidents |
| Indicator |
18.1.2 Proportion of UXO victims in villages, by age, sex, disability |
| Metadata update |
23 June 2021 |
| Organisation |
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare |
| Contact person(s) |
Dr. Yangkou Yangleuxai |
| Contact organisation unit |
Department of Planning and Cooperation |
| Contact person function |
Director general |
| Contact phone |
+856 20 5889 1999, +856 21 2130 03/2227 77 |
| Contact mail |
Pangkham road, Chanthabouly district, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR |
| Contact email |
Email: drynagkou@hotmail.com, suthanu1974@gmail.com Website: http://www.molsw.gov.la/ http://www.nra.gov.la |
| Definition and concepts |
Definition: Number of villagers in the area compare with number of unexploded ordnance (UXO) victims in Lao PDR. |
| Unit of measure |
Proportion |
| Data sources |
Administrative data from accident report from the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) and survey. |
| Data collection method |
From yearly administrative report collected form NTSwhich follows the National Survey Procedures. UXO Lao maintains its National Office in Vientiane. It operates in nine of the most UXO impacted provinces in the country (Huaphanh, Luangprabang, Xiengkhuang, Khammuane, Savannakhet, Salavan, Sekong, Champasak and Attapeu). In every province, the provincial office works closely with their respective Provincial Office for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication coordinates with other departments such as health, education, agriculture, and forestry for work planning purposes
Pre-2014 UXO Lao carried out general survey on areas for clearance and UXOs for roving tasks. Survey focused on requests for clearance of land boundaries and UXO reports from villagers. In 2014, UXO Lao changed data collection to evidence-based survey for CM called the CM Evidence-Based Survey Started: July 2014 before NTS capacity was established Survey team, operation, resource and implementation:
For more details please see, Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) Survey Operations, Kongkeo Saeng Oudomxay, 7 June 2017 (presentation). Link is provided in the reference. |
| Data collection calendar |
As event occur throughout the year, 2021 |
| Data release calendar |
Annually, next release will be in 2022 |
| Data providers |
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare |
| Data compilers |
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare |
| Institutional mandate |
The current National Strategic Plan for the UXO Sector in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2011 – 2020, “The Safe Path Forward II” (SPFII), details that the goal of the Government and its development partners over the 2011 -2020 period is to reduce the humanitarian and socio-economic threats posed by UXO to the point where the residual contamination and challenges can be adequately addressed by a sustainable national capacity fully integrated into the regular institutional set-up of the Government. The national survey procedures (NSP) developed with participation from all stakeholders formally changed and approved the NSP (in January 2015) as the standard to be used by all survey organisations. |
| Rationale |
Lao PDR is the most heavily bombed country in the world. More than forty years after the end of the 1964-1973 Indochina Conflict, unexploded ordnance (UXO) remains a major humanitarian and socio-economic challenge to the country, causing deaths and injuries, limiting access to potentially productive land and adding substantial costs to processes of development. The Government of Lao PDR has been active in the process of clearance since shortly after the conflict. Lao PDR has advocated for the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and hosted the first Meeting of States Parties in 2010. Thus, Lao PDR embraced the UXO issue as a key development matter by locally establishing SDG 18. |
| Comment and limitations |
Resistance to change from clearance of land boundaries presented issues in terms of technical survey coverage resulting to possible underreporting Some incomplete confirmed hazardous areas (CHAs) still need correcting (an ongoing process) Not all confirmed hazardous areas (CHAs) are on information management system for mine action (IMSMA (an ongoing process) |
| Quality management |
Managing the quality of the indicator is guided by the national survey procedures (NSP) developed with participation from all stakeholders and approved by the National Regulatory Authority in January 2015. The NSP is the standard used by all survey organisations including the UXO. |
| Quality assurance |
Issues with technical surveys related to quality was addressed by either by retraining and or replacing personnel. To ensure good results for the NTS, following were adhered to:
Approaches/tools are periodically assessed to determine what will work best for a particular community/target group |
| Data availability and disaggregation |
Data are available annually from 2015 to present Disaggregation: Sex, age |
| Comparability/deviation from international standards |
Additional SDG Indicator |
| References and Documentation |
Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) Survey Operations, Kongkeo Saeng Oudomxay, 7 June 2017 (presentation) Lao national UXO Website: https://uxolao.gov.la/ MOLSW Website: http://www.molsw.gov.la/ |