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.
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.
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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