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8th Meeting of the
Government-Donor Coordination Committee (GDCC)
on 5 October 2006
Intervention on the Restructuring of the CG to form the CDCF
by H.E. David Reader, Ambassador of United Kingdom
Your
Excellency Chairman Senior Minister,
Excellencies,
Colleagues
On behalf of development partners allow me the following remarks:
We would like to say how much we welcome the increased leadership and
ownership shown by the RGC through its proposal for the Cambodia
Development Cooperation Forum (CDCF) as the design for future high level
meetings. We are pleased that the RGC has taken a further step to improve
the partnership structures we are all working in, structures which, over
the last few years, have already led to better coordination and dialogue
between all actors. Donors appreciate the RGC’s efforts to optimise
structures and procedures, leading to increased efficiency and
effectiveness of our partnership. This is in line with the Paris
Declaration.
We would like to thank the RGC for its responsive approach throughout the
preparation and design of the CDCF. We all feel confident that the CDCF
will continue to serve as a forum for high level political dialogue, which
will strengthen our joint commitment to mutual accountability. We hope
that next year’s review of the new arrangements will support further
developments in both our partnership and the CDCF. We stand ready to
support the RGC in building a Forum in which all current Development
Partners and emerging donors are represented.
We look forward to working closely with the RGC in the refining of the TWG
and GDCC structures. We hope that during the coming months we will be able
to work jointly on practical criteria and operational tools to strengthen
performance of TWGs. We further hope that the TWG Partnership &
Harmonisation can play a useful role in taking forward the recommendations
and supporting future monitoring, and that the dialogue can continue to be
frank, open and constructive.
Thank you
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