Overview

As Cambodia transitions into the next stage of development, UNDP will foster partnerships that address the impediments to sustainable development, particularly in the areas of human capital formation and economic vulnerability, critical for LDC graduation. UNDP will be a partner for policy, knowledge and innovation through evidence-based research for articulating policy options, and mobilizing knowledge and resources for policy choices that better people’s lives. UNDP will actively pursue south-south and trilateral collaboration as a modality of assistance.

Background

UNDP has been in Cambodia for more than 50 years now, operating from 1958 to 1975, resuming in a limited capacity in 1980 contributing to emergency relief operations, and formally establishing its offices in Phnom Penh in 1994 with the signature of the Standard Basic Assistance Agreement (SBAA). We are currently implementing a new five-year Country Programme Action Plan 2011-2015, which has been endorsed by the Letter of Agreement between the Country Office and the Royal Government of Cambodia.

Goal

The programme priorities aim to build pathways out of poverty and expand the scope for public action, if Cambodia is to sustain poverty escapes, stop impoverishment, and tackle chronic poverty. It also reflects the recommendations of the MTR and the Governance outcome evaluation to engage in programming built around the “policy cycle” and move from project-driven policy support to policy-driven projects with a well-established link to national priorities for building evidence, fostering policy dialogue and enhancing policy design and effectiveness. Priority issues are to be determined jointly with government, within the framework of the country programme. image Women in discussion Women in countryside discuss together to make up a regulation to use water distributed from a solar panel pumping station in their village. (Photo: UNDP Cambodia)

Project Summary

1. Poverty Reduction 2. Democratic Governance 3. Environment and Energy