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Vision: Sustainable Development for Cambodia
By: EL Sotheary, Head of Program, CCC
CCC Bi Monthly Meeting01 April 2014
CSO GREEN PAPER
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR 2014 AND BEYOND
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Presentation Outlines
1. Green Paper for Civil Society
2. Methodology
3. Key issues/challenges and proposed
recommendations
4. Action Plans
5. Small Group Discussion
Vision: Sustainable Development for Cambodia
GREEN PAPER FOR CIVIL
SOCIETY IN CAMBODIA
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Why Green Paper?
1. To respond to national and global trends in a
systematic and structural manner
2. To improve participation and harmonization
3. To ensure collaboration rather than
competition
4. To ensure that CSOs have a common
strategic vision with clear roles and key
focuses.
Vision: Sustainable Development for Cambodia
METHODOLOGY OF THE
GREEN PAPER
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Methodology of the Green Paper
1. Consulted with at least 11 research/studies
2. Conducted individual meetings and
consultation workshops with relevant
stakeholders since June 2013
3. Discussed with NSDP and beyond 2015
development agenda
4. Captured proposed recommendations
5. Consolidated proposed intervention strategies
1. The Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) Report on the 2013 Elections2. Report on the Enabling Environment for CSOs in Cambodia, CCC3. Universal Periodic Review, Compiled by the Cambodian Human
Rights Action Committee (CHRAC)4. Press Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the
Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia, Professor Surya P. Subedi
5. Report, Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on “CSO Perspectives on Cambodia Development Framework Beyond 2015”, CCC
6. Cambodia’s Development Dynamics: Past Performances and Emerging Priorities, CDRI
7. Joint Statement of Civil Society Organizations: Stop the Violence: A Call for Release, Investigation and Reparation,
8. CSO position paper on NSDP 2014 20189. Draft NSDP 2014 - 2018 and draft DCPS 2014 – 201810.Review of Cambodia Millennium Development Goals (CMDGs)11. Post-2015 Consultations, United Nations in Cambodia, 2013
Vision: Sustainable Development for Cambodia
KEY ISSUES/CHALLENGES
AND PROPOSED
RECOMMENDATIONS
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Theme 1: Socio-Economic Development
Significant poverty among the poor still exists
Vulnerable people still unable to gain opportunities
arising
Consequences of the economic growth have negatively
affected the poor
The growth enlarges the disparity between the rich and
the poor (social gap)
Unemployment, health care and quality of
education remain an issue
Low access to quality public services.
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Proposed Recommendations
Promote SME at rural and regional level
Deliver training program to compete in ASEAN markets
Develop Employment Law and Employment Policy
Reform education system to match job market and
conduct project for employment in all sectors
Develop and enforcement of Minimum Wage Policy in
systematic and non-systematic economic sectors
Ensure that all development actors are more
accountable for their aid.
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Theme 2: Governance, Anti-Corruption and Inclusive Partnership
Cooperation and partnership among development
actors is still limited
Lack of information exchange and joint effort
Lack of transparency and accountability in the mgt. and
distribution of national revenue
Corruption issues are reported at all levels
Less acknowledgement on the CSOs significant
contribution to fight against corruption, to
increase the quality of public service and to
strengthen good governance.
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Proposed Recommendations
Enhance enabling environment for relevant
stakeholders with transparency
Having full consultation among development actors
Provide fuller delegation of responsibilities and
resources to district and commune administration
Ensure that citizens have access to information
Strengthen monitoring and evaluation system and
mechanism
Pay more attention on public service quality.
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Theme 3: Legal and Judicial Reform
Law of effective law enforcement and absence of
independent institutions to protect people’s right
Suppression and interference by the Executive on the
Judiciary
Lack of legal aid provision and access to legal defense
especially for the poor
Corruption within the judiciary and limited resource
allocation for court officials
Openness and transparency on legislation
drafting process: no standardized practice.
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Proposed Recommendations
The gov’t to speed up the process of creating an
independent National Human Rights Commission
The gov’t to uphold the separation of powers as clearly
stated in the Constitution
The courts shall act independently without accepting
any influence from the gov’t and other external sources
The Anti-Corruption Unit should act independently and
professionally to actively investigate and punish all the
corruption cases.
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Theme 4: Access to Information and Media
Cambodia has not historically been an open society
Gaining access to basic information is still difficult
Institutional capacity is weak and mechanisms for
information disclosure are lacking
Low education, Cambodian’s understanding of their
rights generally is low
Law regulating the media are not clearly written and
sometimes inconsistently applied
Many media outlets in Cambodia are state-
owned or aligned to the ruling party.
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Proposed Recommendations
Speed up the Access to Information legislation
Develop a culture of openness
Enforce existing laws and institutional capacity to
disclose information
Ensure the freedom of expression and of the press
Open the TV and radio market to independent and
community broadcaster
Make the draft of the Cyber Law available to the public
and allow CSOs to contribute to its elaboration.
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Theme 5: Land, Housing and Eviction
Unlawful land grabbing occurs nationwide, both small
and large scale
Ever-increasing percentage of the
Cambodian population is landless
Indigenous communities face particularly tremendous
obstacles in being recognized as legal entities and
registering their land for collective ownership
Lack of transparency on how MAFF grants ELCs
The evicted people are left homeless, receive unfair
compensation or placed in the inadequate places.
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Proposed Recommendations
Ensure appropriate financial assistance and adequate
housing given to those who were displaced by the
development
Ensure that the eviction occur in compliance with the
land law with greater attention on the community
Carry out a mapping of the housing needs of the
country and disseminate information
The gov’t should provide sufficient time to CSOs to
analyze any draft and join the consultation
Speed up the Law on Access to Information.
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Theme 6: Environment and NRM
Land and mining concession lead to forest degradation
and deforestation
Lack of resources and capacity to adapt and mitigate
climate change and disaster risk
Most ELCs and hydrology dam construction were
allowed without any professional environmental
impact assessment
Most ELCs affected the local and indigenous peoples’
livelihood throughout forest land clearance activity.
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Proposed Recommendations
M&E system of ELCs database should be regularly
updated and made accessible to the publics
Develop national social and environmental safeguards
for REDD+ and climate change
The gov’t should ensure that the private companies
respect the welfare of local communities
The gov’t should seriously address the drivers of
deforestation and forest degradation
The gov’t & relevant partners to ensure an efficient,
effective strategy for climate change and disaster.
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Theme 7: Enabling Environment and Demo. Space
Cambodian CSOs are heavily dependent/competing for
international grants and donations
Relationships between the government and CSOs are
still limited
No clear roles between LNGOs and INGOs
Cooperation among CSOs is increasing but
the depth of cooperation is generally low
Capacity of umbrella groups to receive and address
complaints from members
Gov’t roles increases through the LANGO and DCPS.
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Proposed Recommendations
Engagement of CSOs in the LANGO and DCPS
Regular reflection on how best CSOs can support other
development actors
CSOs to work with UN institutions and other
international stakeholders to document and publicize
any human right abuse
CSOs to invest further in pursuing local philanthropy,
grants from government and social enterprise
CSOs to commit to “downward accountability”.
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Theme 8: Electoral Reform
Need to solve some common issues: election
administration, voter registration, media coverage, the
use of state resources and seat allocation
No disclosure of relevant election data by the gov’t
bodies
Need to form an independent, external commission to
investigate election irregularities
Government, civil society and other
stakeholders to speed up the electoral
reform.
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Proposed Recommendations
The gov’t to make ongoing consultation with the civil
societies, election monitors and political parties
There must be clear understanding of the term
“Electoral Reform”
There needs a full review of all election information
Civil society will need to play a leading role in electoral
reform
It is encouraged to have involvement/influence from
international communities.
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Theme 9: Human Rights, Human Development and Social Inclusion
Recent use of excessive force from the government to
brutally crackdown the civilian demonstrations
Lack of law enforcement and anti-corruption as well as
low commitment to social justice and human rights
Limited capacity of local people and local authorities
about basic human rights and human development
Education not yet responded to the current social
situation and in line with the development trends
It needs to have an affordable, high quality
and accessible to all people.
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Proposed Recommendations
There needs to strengthen the capacity of local people
and local authorities about basic human rights
The Gov’t to ensure the well-being of all people
including vulnerable people to have better public
services with equality and equity.
All development actors to include and involve
vulnerable or marginalized people in all development
processes
The health and education institutional quality must be
improved and transparency is essential.
Vision: Sustainable Development for Cambodia
PROPOSED ACTION PLANS
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Proposed Action Plans
Evidence based advocacy
Inclusive partnership and mass support
Enabling environment (LANGO, Access to
Information….)
Empowering grass root/ Demand
Vs. Supply sides.
4 Main Working Approaches
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Proposed Action Plans
Consolidate all inputs into a single document/
paper and facilitate a harmonization workshop
with relevant stakeholders
Coordinate to have a consultation with board of
directors of key CSO coalitions, LNGO, INGO,
informal groups, and other group of CSOs
Develop Communication and Advocacy
Strategies for the CSOs Green Paper.
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Proposed Action Plans
Share/consult with the government and
development partners on the CSO Green Paper
Use the paper as roadmap and directive vision for
CSOs to strategize and prepare their activities
Use the paper for the regional and international
debates on beyond 2015
development agenda
Launch the paper with key
stakeholders.
1. What prioritized issues and recommendations need
to be added or removed?
2. What are the roles of CCC’s member NGOs to
address these key issues?
3. Shall we have working groups/sub-committees to
respond to these priorities? How?
Group Discussion
Group Discussion 20 mn
Presentation by each group 5 mn/each
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THANK YOU! &