Stakeholder Dialogue meeting.

Driving sustainable coffee and tea development through stakeholder dialogue

Side by side with its Annual Technical Committee Meeting held in the morning on February 10 in Vientiane, the Green CUP project organised a Stakeholder Dialogue session in the afternoon.
Over 80 participants from government institutions, development partners, NGOs, and others organisations actively involved in coffee and tea sector development exchange experiences and reinforce collaboration in support of sustainable coffee and tea value chains in Laos.
During the Stakeholder Dialogue, AFD presented key orientations for additional funding to the Green CUP project. Partner organisations - including ADB, FAO, LuxDev, Lao Farmer Association, DGRV, ITC, and Helvetas – shared valuable perspectives on sector development and upcoming interventions across the coffee and tea sectors.
Discussions focused on some key priority areas for the development of two sectors such as SME financial mechanisms, human resource development, trade and export facilitation, and smallholder’s producers’ organisation . These exchanges are enabled align strategies, identify synergies, and strengthen coordination among national authorities, technical agencies, producer organisations, and development partners.
The dialogue featured contributions from several partner organisations which shared perspectives on cooperative development, market access, sector planning, and farmer support mechanisms.
The session concluded by underscoring the importance of sustained multi-stakeholder collaboration to address key challenges facing the coffee and tea sectors, including better policy alignment, improved access to finance for smallholders’ producers and SME, and the need to build skilled workers across the value chains.
The Green CUP Project will continue to support this open and inclusive platform for dialogue, recognising that stakeholder engagement helps ensure development efforts reflect local realities, bring together diverse perspectives, and support shared solutions for sustainable coffee and tea development.
About the Green CUP Project: The Enhanced Green Economy Through a Quality, Climate-Resilient and Inclusive Value Chain (Green CUP) Project is one of the Team Europe interventions co-funded by the French Agency for Development  (AFD) and the European Union Delegation to Lao PDR under the #TeamEurope initiative, supporting more than 3,000 households across Lao PDR to build inclusive, climate-resilient coffee and tea value chains.
EU Global Gateway: This is the new strategy of the EU that was initiated in 2021. It stands for sustainable and trusted connections that work for people and the planet. It helps to tackle the most pressing global challenges, from fighting climate change, to improving health systems, and boosting competitiveness and security of global supply chains.
For more information about the Team Europe policies, please refer to:  Policies - International Partnerships - European Commission
Team Europe in Laos:
Based on the success of the “European Joint Programming for Lao PDR 2016-2020”, European Partners (EU, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Switzerland) adopted their “Team Europe Strategy in the Lao PDR 2021-2025”.
Contact details:
For more information about this Press Release, please contact:
-           EU Delegation to Lao PDR at delegation-laos@eeas.europa.eu or 021 255 575;
-           Green CUP communication team at greencupproject@gmail.com.

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(Latest Update February 12, 2026)