Description

ONGOING EVALUATION. The ADB approved in December 2002 a $10 million loan for the Commune Council Development Project in Cambodia. The project’s main objective was for commune councils to effectively manage the democratic development of their newly elected communes. This is to be done by supporting their operations through (i) improving and strengthening operating facilities, communication, and transport equipment in selected rural communes and provincial departments; (ii) financing capacity development, including (a) councilor and officer training; (b) a mass media awareness campaign; and (c) policy, legal, and decentralization TA; (iii) providing communes with photomaps as part of the jointly funded national orthophoto mapping initiative; and (iv) supporting the establishment of the new national civil registration system for births, deaths, and marriages. Support for decentralization and deconcentration has been the rationale for the project. The project’s intended impact was enhanced poverty reduction through more participatory, transparent, and accountable governance at commune-sangkat level throughout Cambodia.

The project performance evaluation aims to assess project’s performance as well as the long-term impacts of the project and its sustainability. It will re-investigate the (i) relevance of the project and its contribution to the decentralization and deconcentration reforms in Cambodia; (ii) its contribution to the development of stronger governance and audit systems; (iii) institutional development and capacity building; (iv) appropriateness of the project design features in a decentralized Cambodia; (v) the quality of the physical infrastructure built; and (vi) sustainability of government funding for operations and maintenance of the buildings built as well as civil registration.

Contents

• Introduction
• Background
• Issues to be Addressed in the PPER
• PPER Approach and Schedule
• Appendixes