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PREFACE

In this publication, NGOs working in Cambodia have provided observations and recommendations on important Cambodian development issues, reflecting on progress throughout 2005.

The NGO community in Cambodia welcomes its inclusion in the process of contributing to development policy and in assessing progress. It strives to engage in this process in a positive manner offering a pro-poor, experience-led contribution both to debates surrounding poverty reduction and through its own poverty reduction activities.

NGOs, as development institutions, can contribute much to poverty reduction plans by sharing the observations and conclusions arising from their development experience. NGOs, in their day-to-day duties, work closely with poor and vulnerable groups and therefore are in a strong position to communicate the needs of these groups to decision-makers.

NGOs have been active in Cambodia since the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979. Following the restoration of Western development aid in 1992, they actively contributed to meetings of the International Committee on the Reconstruction of Cambodia (ICORC), which were held each year from 1993 to 1995. Since 1996, NGOs have attended the annual Consultative Group meetings, and each year they have presented a detailed statement on NGOs’ issues and recommendations for the development of Cambodia. This NGO Statement is intended to contribute to the policy dialogue and inform the discussions at the 2006 Consultative Group Meeting on Cambodia held in Phnom Penh on March 2-3, 2006.

NGOs in Cambodia hope that this publication may provoke debate and be an important reference tool for NGOs, the Royal Government of Cambodia, donors, consultants, and development agencies seeking to contribute to poverty reduction in Cambodia.

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

These NGO sectoral and issues papers were prepared through the voluntary effort of many NGOs, both local and international, based on their experience of development work in Cambodia. The NGO or NGO sectoral group which led the drafting of each sectoral paper is listed in the “List of Contributors” on the page 12. Drafting of the Main Statement and the editing of the Sectoral papers was coordinated by the NGO Forum on Cambodia. The NGO Forum on Cambodia expresses deep appreciation to all NGOs who contributed to this publication.

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ADB Asian Development Bank
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
CC Cadastral Commission
CCC Cooperation Committee for Cambodia
CCSP  Commune Council Support Project
CDC Council for the Development of Cambodia
CDPO  Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization
CDW Child Domestic Worker
CEC Commune Election Committee
CEDAC Centre d'Etude et de Developpement Agricole Cambodgien 
CG  Consultative Group
CHRAC  Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee
CMAA Cambodian Mine Action and Victims Assistance Authority
CNCC Cambodian National Council for Children
COMFREL  Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia
CPA Community Protected Areas
CPP Cambodian People’s Party
CSD  Center for Social Development
CSEC  Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
DAC Disability Action Council
DCDM  District Committee for Disaster Management
DIPECHO Disaster Preparedness for European Community Humanitarian Office
DoF Department of Fisheries
ECHO European Community Humanitarian Office
EFA  Education for All
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMIS Education Management Information System
EMO  Election Monitoring Organizations
EOD Explosive ordinance disposal
EPZ Export Processing Zone
ESP  Education Strategic Plan
ESSP  Education Sector Support Program
FACT  Fisheries Action Coalition Team
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FUNCINPEC National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia
GTZ German Technical Co-operation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit)
HAP Humanitarian Accountability Project
HDR Human Development Report
HEI Higher Education Institutions
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HMA Humanitarian Mines Action
HSSP Health Sector Strategic Plan
IFM Independent forest monitoring
ILO International Labor Organization
IMF International Monetary Fund
IOs  International organizations
ITC International Trade Centre
JMI Joint Monitoring Indicators
LDCs Least Developed Countries
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
MDGs  Millennium Development Goals
MEDiCAM The membership organization for NGOs active in the health sector in Cambodia
MFA Multi-Fiber Agreement
MLMUPC  Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
MoE Ministry of the Environment
MoEF Ministry of Economy and Finance
MoEYS Ministry of Education Youth and Sports
MoH Ministry of Health
MoNASRI Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection
MoSALVY  Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour, Vocational Training and Youth Rehabilitation
MoT Ministry of Tourism
MoWA Ministry of Women’s Affairs
MOWRAM  Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology
MRC Mekong River Commission
NA National Assembly
NAA National Audit Authority
NACD National Authority for Combating Drugs
NCDM National Committee for Disaster Management
NCFP National Community Forest Program
NCRMWEC  National Commission for Reform and Management of Weapons and Explosives
NEC  National Election Commission
NEP The NGO Education Partnership
NFE  Non-Formal Education
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NGO-CRC NGO Committee on the Rights of the Child
NGOF NGO Forum on Cambodia
NPRS  National Poverty Reduction Strategy
NSDP National Strategic Development plan
NTFP  Non Timber Forest Products Project
PAP  Priority Action Program
PCDM  Provincial Committee for Disaster Management
PEC Provincial Election Committees
PWDs  Persons with Disabilities
RCAF Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
RGC Royal Government of Cambodia
SCM Supreme Council of the Magistracy
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SRI System of Rice Intensification
TWGH Technical Working Group on Health
UNCRC United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UXO Unexploded ordnance
WB World Bank
WFP World Food Programme
WTO World Trade Organization

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