The TA will employ a combination of surveys, diagnostics, and strategic and results framework development techniques to help the Government and the ADB update key development issues and needs, identify strategic options to help the Government identify areas for future support from ADB in line with the preparation of the CPS 2014-2018 and the next national planning cycle (i.e. the successor to the Rectangular Strategy Phase II), with greater emphasis on knowledge value addition from the partnership
| Project Name | Strengthening Knowledge Solutions for the Cambodia-ADB Partnership | ||||
| Project Number | 45397-001 | ||||
| Country | Cambodia | ||||
| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | |||||
| Sector / Subsector | Public sector management - Economic affairs management |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The TA will employ a combination of surveys, diagnostics, and strategic and results framework development techniques to help the Government and the ADB update key development issues and needs, identify strategic options to help the Government identify areas for future support from ADB in line with the preparation of the CPS 2014-2018 and the next national planning cycle (i.e. the successor to the Rectangular Strategy Phase II), with greater emphasis on knowledge value addition from the partnership | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | |||||
| Impact | Improved development effectiveness of Government and ADB partnerships | ||||
Project Outcome
| Description of Outcome | A better informed, knowledge focused, and country-owned partnership |
| Progress Toward Outcome | Too early to assess |
| Implementation Progress | |
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| Description of Project Outputs | 1. Analysis of development trends and issues strengthened; 2. Direction of future partnership priorities and strategic support aligned with the next planning cycle and implementation plan; 3. Result management framework and plan developed; 4. Functional country-based knowledge management systems identified; 5. Sector ASR /thematic assessment reports |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Too early to assess |
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Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| During Project Design | Officials from Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Planning, and the Supreme National Economic Council were consulted and agreed for a small scale technical assistance to support economic, thematic and sector work (ETSW) needed to inform the dialogue between the Government and ADB and to facilitate the development of the strategic and program alignment between the Government's forthcoming National Strategic Development Plan 2014_2018 (NSDP 2014-2018) and future ADB support; and to support the development of a knowledge platform. |
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Business Opportunities
| Consulting Services | The TA requires about 8 person-months of international individual consultants and 15 person-months of national individual consultants. The first consultant is expected to be recruited in Q2 2012 |
Responsible Staff
| Responsible ADB Officer | Hansen, Jan |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Cambodia Resident Mission |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
Timetable
| Concept Clearance | 04 Nov 2011 |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 05 Dec 2011 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 16 Feb 2012 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 05 Dec 2011 | - | 05 Dec 2011 | 30 Jun 2013 | 30 Jun 2014 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 225,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 225,000.00 | 05 Dec 2011 | 192,475.75 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Strengthening Knowledge Solutions for the Cambodia-ADB Partnership: Technical Assistance Completion Report | TA Completion Reports | Jul 2015 |
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