support to Laos to improve public financial management and domestic resource mobilisation,
including work on the state-owned enterprise reform agenda, tax administration and debt
management
work with Thailand to address long-term constraints to growth and support its post-COVID-19
economic recovery
funding a technical assistance package for Vietnam to support capital market development and
facilitate the transition to a green economy
technical and advisory support, including workshops at the regional level, to build cyber and critical
technology policy and legislative expertise.
A coordinated approach in the Mekong subregion
MAP supports Australia's Partnerships for Recovery policy, which works with regional countries to
respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. MAP is helping build relationships, as well as sharing knowledge
and skills—both between Mekong countries and with Australia—for a sustainable recovery.
MAP complements Australia's $523 million initiative to support access to COVID-19 vaccines in
Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including country-specific Vaccine Response Plans.
MAP also works with Australia's other programs in the Mekong subregion, and across Southeast Asia, in
areas such as economic development, the environment, infrastructure (Partnerships for Infrastructure, or
P4I), security and transnational crime (Mekong-Australia Program -Transnational Crime, or MAP-TNC) –
as well as incorporates and builds on the former Greater Mekong Water Resources Program (or
GMWRP).
We seek opportunities for MAP to support regional architecture, including ASEAN and subregional bodies
such as ACMECS, the Mekong River Commission and Friends of the Mekong. Australia continues to
collaborate closely with other partners, including multilateral donors, to effectively support Mekong
countries.
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