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SNVSNV is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. Our advisorscontribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organisations.SNV is a Netherlands-based international development organisation that provides advice to local organisations in developingcountries; a consultancy for those organisations that lack access to the commercial market. Our advisers work closely withlocal organisations in more than 25 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe to harness their own solutionsfor development.We aim to strengthen our partners in their bids to improve the income generating capacity of local communities, to createa fair influence over the way they are governed and to benefit from the natural resources surrounding them while sustainingthe environment for future generations.SNV believes that a lack of capacity is the biggest problem facing Lao organisations, and that addressing this problem is themost important assistance we can give.Our advisors build the capacity of Lao organisations, so that they can work better and contribute effectively to poverty alleviation.We use the term adviser because SNV does not have its own projects. Instead, we build capacity within Lao organisations sothat they are better able to plan and implement their work.We work with organisations that are above village level and mostly below national level. Such organisations are best suitedto sustainably fighting poverty, yet are often unable to afford the consultancy advice that could help them to improve theirwork.SNV builds capacity throughout a sector as our experience shows that this is more effective than working with individualorganisations in isolation.For more information contactSNV LaosP.O. Box 9781Nong Bone RoadVientiane, Lao PDRTel: + 856-21-413290-1Fax: + 856-21-414068E-mail: laos@snvworld.orgWebsite: www.snv.org.la421NTFP handbook.indb 42103/05/2009 8:53:07 AM