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Annex Four
Database Structure and Future Development
The CDC
Database, which is based on MS Access, has been developed locally by a
national IT expert. It is available on-line at
http://cdc.khmer.biz.
Database features
The CDC Database has the
following features:
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Public on-line access / secure password entry for
administrators
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Records disbursements by all donors and across all
sectors
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Sector classifications based on the NSDP and informed by
OECD/DAC methodology
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Records all types of aid (based on OECD/DAC terminology)
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Report / Filter functions (designed by user) including
export to Excel
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Donor / Sector / TWG / Province reporting formats
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Pre-formatted sector profiles (all sectors) linked to
live data
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Records and reports on all project-level Paris
Declaration indicators
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Forward-looking projections for Government planning and
budgeting purposes
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Secure data entry by donor / partner, including off-line
feature
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Locally maintained & easily customised
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On-line / downloadable User Manual
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Database available free of charge to other partner
countries (South-South cooperation)
Future Database development
In the second half of
2007, CRDB/CDC will consider modifications to the database structure with
the objective, as at present, being to develop a user-friendly system that
can record all aid inflows to Cambodia as well as producing all the
reports that are required for Government and development partner use. Some
of the modifications that are being considered include:
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Revising the project record structure so that one project
record contains all the financing data on one project (presently each
funding partner completes a unique record)
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NGO Database integration and on-line access to
incorporate NGO flows into the main database
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Key project outputs to be included as a new field (based
on advice provided by line ministries and TWGs) with linkages to
sector-based systems
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Improved links with line ministry systems (including on
the collection of data, sharing of information, and interfacing between
different systems)
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Closer links with PIP and MTEF, including recording of
PIP numbers, providing new fields on future disbursements, and
sub-sector classification suited to line ministry planning needs
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Paris Declaration reporting function made publicly
accessible
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Database reporting function to be customised in the CDCF
pledging format so that this presentation can be routinely produced for
CDCF meetings
Improved Database workflow management
Given the fragmentation
in development assistance, it is increasingly necessary to record pipeline
assistance so that more rational forward planning of resource use can be
achieved.
The Database also offers great potential to provide
increased support to the national planning and budgeting exercise and
collaboration with MoP and MEF will continue to make progress.
Support to
line ministries and TWGs is also a priority, ensuring that the CDC
database can be used as a tool at sector level and that there is a minimum
of overlap in database systems and data collection exercises. The current
challenge, however, is to provide support to development partners so that
higher quality data can be made available to the Database; this will be
done by attempting to make data entry and validation more routine (see
Chapter Five).
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