By CHHIENG Pich,Director, DICONational Project Director, TDSPDirector, EIF-NIU

Progress Update on Trade SWAp, TDSP and EIF

1. Progress Update on Trade SWAp2. Progress Report on TDSP

A. Financial ManagementB. Procurement ManagementC. Project Implementation

3. Progress Report on EIFA. Financial Management B. Project Implementation

1. Conducting Awareness Raising Workshop on CTIS 2014-2018 in Sihanouk Ville from 18-19 Dec 2014,

2. Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University team will make study visit to learn on AfT in Cambodia and the roles of MoC in managing AfT on 20 Jan 2015, (seven graduates and undergraduates),

3. Vanuatu delegation will also make a study visit to Cambodia to learn about international best-practices in Trade Mainstreaming and the use of EIF Funds in Cambodia from 21-22 Jan 2015.

Cumulative Expenditure $9,296,758

(60%)

Funds Required for DICO Operations & including various consultants

$1,205,291(8%)

Balance Commitment under all MOUs including GDA, TTRI & BRD but excluding the closed project (3 from TPD, 3 from GDCE, 1 from RSA &

1 from TDSI, 1 from CAMCONTROL, 1 from CDC & 1 from ISC)$ 4,947,951

(32%)MoC/DICO-FU

TDSP Funds PositionAs of 30th September 2014

(Unaudited - Expressed in Percentage of the Total Grant Amount of US$ 15.450 million)

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TDSP FundActual Disbursement against Projected Disbursement by Quarter, Year 2014

As of 30th September 2014

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

1,019,005

593,715 592,966

482,674

Disbursement Projection Actual Disbursement

128%

81%

797,322

1,206,693

361,49061%

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TDSP FundDisbursement by Year, As of 30th September 2014

(Expressed in Percentage of the Total Grant Amount of US$ 15.450 million)

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

116,584615,558

1,674,943

2,751,160

2,087,5702,050,858

13.3%

4%

0.75 %

10.8%

17.8%

13.5%

NOTE: *. Cumulative Disbursement = USD 9,296,758**. Cumulative Disbursement as a Percentage of Total Grant = 60%

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Procurement Progress as of 30 September 2014

• Benchmark by end of 31 December 2014: $9,500,000• Actual total contract value of the signed contracts up to 31 December 2014• New Procurement Plan has been developed and got NOL from WB

No Type of Contract Actual Achievement (USD)

Total % against benchmark($9M)

1 Goods 3,067,269.72

11,051,301.10 116.32 %2 Non-Consultant

Services491,799.24

3 Consultant Services

7,492,232.14

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Contracts signed in 4th Quarter 2014

No Type of Contract

Description of contract Contract Amount(USD)

1 Goods Printing Information Booklets and Leaflets 32,150.00

Furniture for DICO 9,638.58

Office Equipments for 8 new Departments to build MOC Capacity 129,160.00

Office Furniture for 8 new Departments to build MOC Capacity 31,720.00

2 Services

International Editor (Individual) for DICO 47,265.00

National Website Consultant for CCC 7,500.00

International Consultant to Conduct an In-Depth Study on Electricity Cost & Supplies for CCC

32,218.00

Extension Contract Viettel (Cambodia) Pte., Ltd provide certain Goods and Services for Wide Area Network (WAN) for 14 months until 31 March 2015

221,760.00

Extension Contract Resolvo (Cambodia) Co., Ltd, Consultant Service for Support of ASYCUDA World Deployment, Operation and Maintenance (11 months) until 31 Dec 2015

120,120.00

Extension Contract of National Consultant to “Support to G-PSF” Project (Lead Consultant)

47,265.00

Extension contract of International Procurement Consultant 15,482.00

Extension contract National IT Project Manager 9,540.00

Extension contract Resolvo Support for ASYCUDA 53,130.00

Total Contract Value (USD) 756,948.58

% against Benchmark (0.5M) 151.38%

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Tracking Procurement package for Supply and Installation of Business Registration System

Activity Time PeriodInt./Nat

Planned Actual

Preparation Specification and cost estimate prepared 3w/1w 01 Dec 14 01 Dec 14Bidding Document drafted 3w/1w 15 Dec 14 02 Dec 14Bidding Document Approved by Committee 1w 22 Dec 14 16 Dec 14Bidding Document Submitted to Bank 1w 23 Dec 14 16 Dec 14NOL Issued 1d 30 Dec 14 18 Dec 14

Bidding Period Specific Procurement Notice Issued 1d 31 Dec 14 23 Dec 14Bidding Period 6w/4wBid Closing Date 1d 30 Jan 15 22 Jan 15Bid Opening Minutes Distributed 1d 01 Feb 15

Evaluation Evaluation of Bids 4w/2w 14 Feb 15Procurement Committee Review 2w/1w 20 Feb 15Evaluation Sent to Bank 1w 22 Feb 15NOL Issued 1d 28 Feb 15

Contract Formation

Notification of Award Issued 1d 02 Mar 15Performance Security Received 3wContract Signed 1d 09 Mar 15Letter of Credit Established 2w/NASpecial Commitment Applied for 2w/NASpecial Commitment Issued 1d/NAContract Effective 1d 09 Mar 15

Contract Implementation

Delivery Period 180 d 05 Sept 15Goods delivered/Taking Over Cert IssuedFinal Acceptance (goods) 2w 18 Dept 15Start of Warranty/Latent DefectsExpiry of Warrant/Latent Defects

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No. Identified Projects # of Projects

1. Total project under TDSP 27

2. Projects completed and closed 12

3. Ongoing projects 15

• Projects will be completed and closed by Mar 2015 Implementing Agency Capacity Enhancement Program (RSA), Support drafting E-commerce Law (DLAD), Rule of Origin (DMUL), MoC Core HR Function (DoP), Strengthen Capacity of ISC (ISC-MIH), Development of a stronger National system for IP generation, protection,

administration and enforcement (DIPR), Support to G-PSF (CCC), Reviewing commercial law (DNLC),

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• Projects will be completed and closed by Aug 2016 ASYCUDA World System (GDCE-MEF), ICT Master Plan – Automation of Certificate of Origin (MoC), Automation of Business Registration (BRD), Automation of SPS Certificate (GDA-MAFF), Better Quality of Fish and Fishery Products (FiA-MAFF), Trade Training and Research Institute (TTRI-MoC), Drafts of Rice Standards – Certification Schemes for Rice (Accreditation

System) (ISC-MIH),

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1. Board approval date : 07 Jan 2009

2. Effective date : 09 Mar 2009

3. Duration : 5 years (until 31 Mar 2012)

4. Project Development Objectives (PDOs): TDSP will contribute to

increase the Royal Government of Cambodia's efficiency in formulating

and implementing effective trade policies.

5. First extension : 31 Jan 2014 (22 months)

6. Second extension : 31 Mar 2015 (14 months)

7. Third extension : 31 Aug 2016 (17 months)?

8. WB Implementation Support Mission : also recommended the

extension,

9. We have submitted all the relevant documents to MEF,

10. Next step is to follow up with WB on our the extension request.

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Action Responsible Target date Status

Component1.a: TBT and SPS

1 Submit budgets for support to CNTM and CNTR

MEF Dec 2014 Completed

2 Finalize beta-version of Trade Portal for MoC/MEF review

WB/MoC/MEF Dec 214 On-going

3 Complete complication of NTR WB/MEF Feb 2015 On-going

4 Finalize all remaining activities under Fisheries program

FiA Mar 2015 On-going

5 Submit proposal for accreditation, rice standards

ISC Dec 2014 Completed

6 Commence bid for phyto-sanitary automation MAFF (GDA) Nov 2014 Completed

7 Finalize new process and changes to regulations for the new phyto-sanitary process

MAFF (GDA) Mar 2015 On-going

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Action Responsible Target date Status

Component1.b: Trade Facilitation

8 Finalize agreed method of procurement for new Company registration

WB/MOC Dec 2014 Completed

9 Submit final ToR and Specifications for New Company registration for procurement

MoC ASAP Completed

10 Commence implementation transit, warehousing and e-payment modules in ASYCUDA

GDCE/UNCTAD Dec 2015 On-going

11 Outreach to stakeholders in order to activate ICT modules at MoC (e.g. email domain servers; etc.)

MoC Jun 2015 On-going

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Action Responsible Target date Status

Component1.c: Legal Reforms

12 Trademark Law comments WB/MoC ASAP On-going13 Prakas on Minimum Capital and on Certificate of Marks WB/MoC Mar 2015 On-going14 E-Commerce Law COM Mar 2015 On-goingComponent2: Performance Monitoring

15 Agreed action plan to increase Fiduciary rating to ‘Satisfactory’

MoC Feb 2015 On-going

Component3: Institutional and Human Capacity16 All workshops and study tours are carried out MoC Dec 2014 On-going

Component3: Institutional and Human Capacity17 Agreed amount of BETF to be spend for DICO

operational supportWB/MoC Dec 2014 On-going

18 Agreement on support to be provided to NTM, phyto Sanitary streamlining and database merging by WB

WB/MoC/MEF

Dec 2014 On-going

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EIF Tier 1 (Phase I and II)

1. Starting date: Feb 2010

2. Closing date: Jul 2015

3. Net amount of Phase 1: 709,900

4. Total amount of Phase 2: 584,000

5. Total amount (P1+P2): 1,293,900

6. Total fund received (P1+P2): 1,086,605

7. Total fund disbursed: 941,118

EIF Tier 2

1. Start date: Jul 2012

2. Closing date: Jun 2015

3. Total fund received: 75,000

4. Total fund disbursed: 7,569

As of Sept 30, 2014

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10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4

57,166 57,618

22,381

-

As of Sept 30, 2014

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-

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

12,844

192,991

313,290 284,826

137,165

As of Sept 30, 2014

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1. Organized DICO Retreat, 01-02 May 2014;2. Sent 13 MoC staffs to ACE for English training;3. Quarterly meeting between LO and Core Team, 30 Jun 2014;4. Sent 4 officials to attend EIF Monitoring and Evaluation and

Communication Capacity Development in Bangkok, 19-23 May 2014; 3 officials from DICO and 1 official from MIH;

5. Sent 3 officials to attend “THAIFEX -- World Food of Asia 2014, Impact Exhibition Center” Bangkok, 21-23 May 2014;

6. Updated Work and Budget Plan for Tier 1;7. Updated Budget Plan for Tier 2;8. Finalized NIU Capacity Development Plan;9. Facilitated WTO and EIF Team to conduct a study on “analysis to

consideration given to SPS issues in DTIS”;10. Organized a Workshop on “Aid for Trade and Tourism in Cambodia

Stocktaking and way forward” in cooperation with MoT, 27 Jun 2014;11. Preparing factsheet and newsletters of Trade SWAp;

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12. Preparing a joint communication plan for EIF &TDSP13. EIF-TFM Supervision Mission from 14-18 Jul 2014, received

recommendations on Tier 1, CEDEP I, CEDEP II and RACA,14. EIF-Tier 1 MoU Amendment #6 had been signed on 24 Jul 2014 by

revising work plan and budget plan,15. EIF-Tier 2 MoU Amendment 1 of CEDEP I had been signed on 14 Aug

2014 by revising work plan and budget plan,16. Received draft MoU of CEDEP II from EIF-ES, we will review and submit

to MoC management for signature soon,17. Core team:

• 16 core team members from line ministries have assigned,• 9 core team members from MoC, 7 have been assigned, (2 from

Europe, Middle East and Africa Department)18. Recruited two MTE consultants (CEDEP I), one National and one

International,

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19. Recruitment of EIF Program Manager:• Contract negotiation with the only candidate had failed, • ToR has been revised in consultation with EIF ES and UNOPS in the aim of

attracting more candidates to this position,• Advertising on 20 Oct 2014.

20. Full time National M&E consultant (CEDEP I) is onboard,21. CEDEP I Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) is completed, awaiting the final

report which is expected on 27 Oct 2014,22. CEDEP II - RACA Component:

UNOPS puts the deadline of 13 Oct 2014 to submit all the agreed documents to UNOPS otherwise EIF will stop funding this component,

Obtained the letter from SIDA expressing the continuous support to RACA, Obtained the letter from OCM allowing the establishment of RACA, MoU between MoT, Shift360 and building owner has been signed, MoC has sent a letter to EIF ES requesting a 4-week extension of the

deadline, and awaiting positive response,23. First Board Meeting of Cassava Component (UNDP-CEDEP II) was held

on 16 Oct 2014 to review and approve work and budget plan,

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24. Completed CEDEP I Mid Term Evaluation,25. Sending officials to attend AirNet Conference in Bangkok from 10-12

September 2014 (HE Penn Sovichet and Mr. Suon Vichea),26. Sending officials to attend UN ESCAP seminars in Sri Lanka from 25-27

November 2014 (HE Penn Sovichet and Mr. You Mab),27. Sending officials to the 4th Exchange Program in Luang Prabang, Laos

PDR on Dec 3-5, 2014,28. Conducting Awareness Raising Workshop on CTIS 2014-2018 in

Sihanouk Ville from 18-19 Dec 2014,29. Prakas of ACAC signed by MoT on 26 Dec 2014,30. Submitted the project revision documents of ACAC of CEDEP II to EI &

UNOPS on 26 Dec 2014,31. Preparing M&E Seminar in Siem Reap 15-16 Jan 2015,32. Preparing to receive a Korea University team to learn on Cambodia AfT

on 20 Jan 2015, 33. Preparing to host a study visit by Vanuatu delegations from 21-22 Jan

2015,

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34. Communication: Published CTIS 2014-2018 (KH. 1,000 and Eng. 500 copies), Production of 2nd volume SWAp Newsletter (KH. 1,000 and Eng. 1,000

copies), Production of Story in success on High Value Silk component (KH 1,000

and Eng. 1,000 copies), Production of X-Stands (for six components) for awareness raising

workshop in SHV 18-19 Dec 2014 Production of six projects’ factsheet (KH. 1,000 and Eng. 1,000

copies), Production of Video on trade development in Cambodia, and Update Facebook and Website.

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Timetable for SSC-TD-TRI Meeting in 2015

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

SSC Thu 26

SSC Tue 26

SSC Thu 06

SSC Thu 19

Timetable for IC Meeting in 2015

ICTue 13

IC Tue 17

IC Tue 17

IC Tue 21

IC Tue 19

IC Tue 16

IC Tue 21

IC Tue 18

IC Tue 22

IC Tue20

IC Fir 13

IC Tue 15

Timetable for DICO and IAs Meeting in 2015

Thu 05 Feb

Tue 07 Apr

Thu 04 Jun

Tue 04 Aug

Tue 06 Oct

Thu 03 Dec

Timetable for D/ICO and Line Ministries Meeting in 2015 (Under EIF)

Tue 13 Thu 05 Thu 07 Tue 07 Tue 08 Thu 05

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1. Republic of Vanuatu2. Government: Unitary Parliamentary Republic (President and

Prime Minister)3. Legislature : Parliament 4. Official languages : Bislama, French and English5. Capital : Port Vila6. Area : 12,190 Km2 (4,710 square miles)7. Population : 266,937 (Jul 2014)8. GDP per Capita : $3,0369. Independence from France and United Kingdom: 30 Jul 1980

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