LaoWIS is the first Water Information System (WIS) in Lao PDR and is developed by the Department of Water Resources of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (DWR-MoNRE) with the support of French technical assistance. The water-related database LaoWIS aims to develop tools and scenarios to share useful data for IWRM among data producers/ managers/ users. The revised Law on water and water resources (2017) introduces the concept of a "National Water and Water Resources Data and information System" for the first time. It specifies that the MoNRE is responsible for collection, compilation and establishment of the national system of the data and information, and for the use and supply of water and water resources in connection with the National Statistic Information Centre and the relevant ministries and local administrations. 
LaoWIS is managed by the data team of the DWR-MoNRE and their first project involved gathering data from the 7 divisions of the DWR-MoNRE and inputting them into the database. With the current data available, the team has begun to develop some tools to share information on their web-portal, such as webmapping, reports about water status in Lao PDR, and a basin atlas gallery. 
In conformity with the DWR-MoNRE mandates, the short-term plan is to develop an online water assessment tool and to reinforce data exchange with:
- The line agencies at provincial level - PoNRE (starting with 3 provinces),
- The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH-MoNRE) which produces meteorological and hydrological data at national level.
Considering the high number of dams in Lao PDR, the next step will be to add data from the energy sector into this sharing process, especially to acquire information about dam releases to boost water allocation knowledge. A sharing process could be developed with the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), which has information about dams.