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V.
NATIONAL
PROGRAMME TO IMPLEMENT THE DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY
27. The Royal
Government recognizes that effective and efficient management of
development cooperation activities is a vital function to improve
alignment of external assistance with national development priorities, to
achieve greater harmonization of development partners practices to
minimize burden on limited capacities of Royal Government's institutions,
and to achieve results that maximize the benefits of ODA for the people of
Cambodia and improve aid effectiveness. The nature and scope of
development cooperation management functions have multiple dimensions and
aspects as illustrated in the preceding two sections on recent development
within the country and internationally. Thus, to implement RGC's
Development Cooperation Management strategy, the national programme will
focus on:
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Capacity
development of the RGC's focal point within the Government for resource
mobilization and aid coordination functions, the Cambodian
Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development
of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC), and providing high quality policy advisory
support to the senior management of CRDB/CDC to empower it to play its
leadership role both within the country and in the international arena.
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Capacity
development of the line ministries and agencies to enable them to
effectively manage external assistance that is implemented through them
and to effectively coordinate their aid management activities with CRDB/CDC.
28. Further
strengthening of CRDB/CDC is needed to enable it to effectively perform
its designated and recently vastly expanded functions arising from recent
external and internal developments that include:
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leading
policy discussions with bilateral and multilateral development partners
on their country strategies and program priorities, and maintaining day
to day contact with all development partners as the focal point of the
RGC on all external aid-related matters;
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organizing
and preparing key Government documents for presentation at RGC's annual
resources mobilization forum;
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building
partnerships with all development partners and stakeholders to enhance
aid effectiveness;
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maintaining
continually updated information systems and databases on aid flows of
all development partners, preparing annual development Cooperation
Report, and maintaining updated CRDB/CDC website;
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participating
in the OECD/DAC and other international fora on aid effectiveness issues
and to make contributions on monitoring progress on the implementation
of Rome
and Paris Declarations in Cambodia;
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leading the
process to develop and implement appropriate instruments to monitor
progress in
Cambodia on commitments made in the international fora,
such as RGC's Action Plan on harmonization and Alignment to monitor
progress on the implementation of Rome Declaration's commitment;
-
leading the
process to ensure that the new TWGs and Government-Development partners
Coordination Committee (GDCC) mechanism functions effectively and
efficiently by:
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establishing close
liaison with the sector/thematic joint Technical Working Groups (TWGs)
to maintain up to-date information on progress that is being made by
TWGs to implement their Action Plans and to present a summary quarterly
progress report on the work of TWGs to the GDCC;
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operationalize and make
fully functional the Secretariat to support the work of the GDCC;
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providing support to
the Chairs of the TWGs to ensure alignment of development partner
supported activities with Royal Government priorities, the harmonization
of development partner practices, and to build capacity of the concerned
Royal Government institution(s) in order to improve the effectiveness of
development assistance that is mobilized and delivered in the
sector/thematic area of the TWG; and
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playing a central role
in Royal Government's external resource mobilization process.
29. Likewise further
strengthening of sustainable capacity of line ministries and agencies is
needed to enable them to assume and assert their leadership and ownership
and to function effectively in all matters of aid coordination, such as:
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directing and
aligning external assistance to established or emerging priorities that
are consistent with national development goals;
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providing
leadership and taking ownership of the new created TWG mechanism, and
maintaining regular contact with development partner representatives,
but more importantly, with members of the TWG from other ministries and
agencies to resolve internal issues as they arise, including through
CRDB/CDC, without waiting for higher level meetings;
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reducing the
number of stand-alone projects and moving rapidly towards program-based
approaches including SWAPs and SWIM;
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reducing the
number of PIUs/PMUs, international experts and TA in consultation with
development partners.
30. The Royal
Government remains committed to enhancing aid effectiveness by taking full
ownership and providing leadership in the planning, management, and
utilization of ODA resources that become available to maximize its benefit
for the people of Cambodia. An important element of the Royal Government’s
priorities to enhance aid effectiveness is to secure a greater investment
in economic growth and human capacity to reduce poverty and to move
forward on achieving Cambodia’s Millennium Development Goals. The Royal
Government will continue to strengthen its partnerships with all
development partners and stakeholders to ensure that external resources
are redirected to achieve a larger net resource transfer of resources for
the benefits of the people of Cambodia. The Royal Government urges all its
development partners to participate in the implementation of this
Strategic Framework for Development Cooperation Management through a
multi-donor support program. |
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