GOVERNMENT-DONOR COORDINATION COMMITTEE (GDCC)

Six Month Progress Report of the Joint Technical Working Groups
For the Period: December 2005 - May 2006

This questionnaire on progress made by each Joint Technical Working Group is requested by the Secretariat of the Government-Donor Coordination Committee (GDCC). It should be completed and submitted to the Secretariat of the GDCC before 29 May 2006. It will be used to prepare a summary progress report for the seventh GDCC Meeting scheduled to be held on 14 June 2006. Please return the completed questionnaire to H.E. Mr. Chhieng Yanara at CDC/CRDB in both soft and hard copies.

TWG: HIV/AIDS

A. Progress in Implementing TWG's Action Plans

Please list below activities in the Action Plans that were scheduled to be implemented during the last six months (December 2005 to May 2006) and provide an update on implementation status of these activities.

Scheduled Activities	Implementation Status
Scheduled Activities	On Schedule	Behind Schedule	If behind schedule, reasons for delay	TWG Recommendations for GDCC Consideration, if any
ii Resource Tracking/Projected	ü
ii Donor Harmonization and Alignment		ü	Delay in recruitmrnt of technical advisor/coordinator
iii. Quality assurance and scale/resource of programs (through effective M&E) -Technical gap analysis and action -Guidance to annual assessments and operational research		ü	Discussions ongoing to harmonize M&E systems across sectors and across programs
iv Support policy development/coherence and integration of HIV into development plans	ü

Are there any other issues affecting the implementation of TWG Action Plan that it would like to submit for GDCC's consideration.

ToRs for the GDJ TWG have been updated to better reflect key focus areas of attention and its membership has been reviewed and reduced to 23 members.
A Secretariat for the GDJ TWG has been established to provide technical/programmatic and administrative support to the GDJ-TWG and to support the development, implementation and monitoring of the GDJ-TWG Workplan. Additional support staff will be contracted

B. Progress on Joint Monitoring Indicators

If there are any Joint Monitoring Indicator(s) agreed at the 8^th CG Meeting held in March 2006 that fall within the mandate of this TWG, please list the JMIs below and indicate progress that has been made toward achieving the JMI targets.

Joint Monitoring Indicator	What is the current implementation status? What are the constraints that you are experiencing, if any? What recommendations do you have, for GDCC consideration to resolve the identified constraints?
1 NSDP monitored annually	National Strategic Plan for a Comprehensive & Multi-Sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS 2006-2010 (NSPII) officially launched in February 2006 and widely disseminated. The NSPII priorities are in line with the HIV/AIDS programme priorities identified in the NSDP. Key indicators for measuring progress have been identified and will be reviewed annually.
10 increasing coverage of effective drug & HIV/AIDS prevention, comprehensive care and support, and effective mitigations interventions	OVC task force established by MoSVY in collaboration with NAA to develop framework and action plan to address needs of orphans and vulnerable children. The Cambodia Continuum of Care programme has been further expanded: VCCT centres from 109 in Dec'05 to 112 in Q1 2006; Comprehensive care and support is now provided in 34 centres and pediatric AIDS care in 12 Number of PLWH on ART treatment has been increased from 12355 as of 31 Dec'05 to 14310. in Q1 2006. Cambodia has been successful in obtaining funds from the GFATM round 5 to further expand prevention, care and support for people living with HIV and for impact mitigation efforts

C. Implementation Status of the Action Plan on Harmonization, Alignment and Results

What actions have you taken to implement the updated Harmonization, Alignment, and Results Action Plan? What are the constraints that you are experiencing, if any?

What recommendations do you have, for GDCC consideration to resolve the identified constraints?

Action Taken	Update
i. .National Strategic Development Plan targets are achieved.	National Strategic Plan for a comprehensive & multisectoral response to HIV/IADS 2006-2010 developed and disseminated
ii.. Development partners base their support on NSDP priorities and PIP.	Cambodian has been successful in obtaining fund from GFATM round 5 and currently developing proposals for GFATM round 6. Development partner and Government worked collaboratively to develop the proposals
iii.

D. Resource Mobilization

Has the TWG been able to mobilize the resources to implement its Action Plan for 2006?

R yes £ no

If no, please answer the following questions:

What is the total amount of resources the TWG had estimated to implement its Action Plan for 2006? (in USD).................
What is the minimum additional amount that the TWG needs to implement its Action Plan? (in USD)...................................
Which development partners do you think would be able to provide the required resources?