National Operational Guidelines
For
Development Cooperation
Grant Assistance

 

 

Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board

Council for the Development of Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

March 2006

 

Abbreviation and acronyms

ADB Asian Development Bank
AUSAID Australian Agency of International Development
CG Consultative Group
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
CRDB/CDC Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DFID Department for International Development
GTZ  Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (Technical Cooperation
Association, Germany)
MBPI Merit-based Pay Incentives
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework
NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations
NSDP National Strategic Development Plan
ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD/DAC Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
PBA Program-based Approaches
PMG Priority Mission Group
RBM Results-based Management
RGC Royal Government of Cambodia
SIDA Swedish International Development Agency
SWAP Sector-wide Programs
TWG Technical Working Group
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Program
WHO World Health Organization

 


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Special thanks to H.E. Vongsey Vissoth, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Chair of the Sub-Working Group of the Partnership & Harmonization Technical Working Group and members of the Sub-Working Group for providing valuable guidance in the preparation of these guidelines. Members of this Sub-Working Group included: the Ministry of Health, Education, Economy and Finance, and Planning from the Government side and Japan, France, DANIDA, CIDA, AusAid, DFID, European Commission, GTZ, SIDA, UNDP, WHO, ADB, and WB from the donor side.

Technical and financial support in the preparation of these guidelines was provided by the UNDP Support Program for Aid Coordination and Partnerships.
 

CHHIENG YANARA
Secretary General
Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board and
Chairman, Partnership & Harmonization Technical Working Group


TABLE OF CONTENT

Page
1. Introduction ...........................................................................................................................

1
1.1 Methodology .................................................................................................................

1
1.2 Outline of the Guidelines ................................................................................................
 

2
2. Framework for Development Cooperation Management ..............................................................

3

2-1

 Basic Principles .............................................................................................................

3

2-2

Development Cooperation Partnerships to Enhance Aid Effectiveness ..................................

4

2-3

Government-Donors Coordination Mechanism ...................................................................

5

2-4

 Roles and Responsibilities of National Institutions and Ministries .........................................
 

6
3 Identification and Formulation of Development Cooperation Activities ...........................................

8
3-1 Identification ................................................................................................................. 8
3-1-1 Country Assistance Strategy .................................................................................. 8
3-1-2

Program and Project Identification .........................................................................

 10
3-2

Program and Project Formulation ...................................................................................

 11
3-2-1

Formulation of Projects Outside the Framework of a Sector, Thematic or Issue-based Program .............................................................................................................

 12
3-2-2 Documentation .................................................................................................... 12

3-3

Appraisal and Approval of Program/project ....................................................................
 

 13
4

Implementation of Development Cooperation Activities ................................................................

 15
4.1

Basic Principles ..............................................................................................................

 15
4.2

Institutional Arrangements ..............................................................................................

 16
4.3

Roles and Responsibilities of Program or Project Management Team ..................................

 17
4.4

Managing for Development Results ..................................................................................

 18
4.5

Work Plans and Budget ..................................................................................................

 18
4.6

Recruitment, Procurement, and Contracting .....................................................................

 19
4.7

Custodianship, Use and Maintenance of Equipment ................................................,..........
 

 21
6.

Monitoring, Reviews and Evaluation .................................................................................,,........

 24
6.1

Monitoring, Reporting and Reviews of Sector, Thematic, or Issue-based Programs ..............

 24
6.2 Monitoring, Reporting and Reviews of Projects Outside the Framework of Sector, Thematic, or Issue-Based Program ................................................................................................. 25
6.3

Monitoring Mechanisms ..................................................................................................

 25
6.4

Capacity Development for Monitoring, Reporting and Review Activities ................................

 25
6.5 Evaluation .....................................................................................................................
 		 26

7.

Program and Project Completion and Closure .............................................................................

 28
7.1

Operational closure ........................................................................................................

28
7.2

Financial closure ............................................................................................................
 

 28

ANNEXES:
1.

Development Cooperation Program Management Cycle ...............................................................

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2.

Key Issues and Areas to be Covered in a Project Document .........................................................

 31
3.

The Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) - Health Sector Cambodia ..............................

 		35
4.

Program/Project Progress Report ..............................................................................................

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