Cambodia - Annual monitoring report 2014-2015

In this first Annual Monitoring Report of the European Development Cooperation Strategy 2014-2018, European partners take stock of progress made in 2014-2015 in the areas where European partners provide support to Cambodia’s development agenda.

The ambition is that this Report, together with its conclusions and recommendations, will provide a basis for an informed dialogue with the Royal Government of Cambodia and other stakeholders and that it can be used as a tool for joint analysis of progress or lack of progress in key development areas in a constructive and solution-oriented manner, in line with the spirit of partnership and the principle of mutual accountability.

The draft report was the subject of consultations with over 35 local and international civil society partners and with private sector representatives notably through the European Chamber of Commerce. Following these consultations a high level dialogue event with the Royal Government of Cambodia chaired by the Minister attached to the Prime Minister, and Secretary General of the Council of Development of Cambodia was held in April 2016. The dialogue was attended by 14 Line Ministries present at Secretary of State level and 7 Government bodies or Administrations including the Council of Ministers, the Anti-Corruption Unit and the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development participating at Director level or equivalent. European partners were represented by 5 Ambassadors and 2 Charge d'Affaires.

Government participants actively engaged in the exchanges and dialogue discussions were frank and constructive. The dialogue concluded that overall the Royal Government of Cambodia agreed with the findings of the European assessment with shared agreement on the areas that require special attention or further action.