| General Information |
Project/Program |
Program & Project |
| Project Name |
Cambodia Area Rehabilitation and Regeneration Project |
| Duration |
First Phase: 1992-1995; Second Phase: 1996-2000 |
| Donor |
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Economy and Finance (chair), Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Women and Veterans Affairs, Ministry of
Interior, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the Ministry of Water Resources
and Meteorology |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Infrastructure |
| Region |
Banteay Meanchy, Battambang, Siem Reap, Pursat, Ratanakiri Province |
| Financing |
N.I. |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Australian Agency for International Development, Cambodia Development Council, Communes Development Committees, District Development Committee, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, German Development Assistance Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Economics and Finance, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Women's and Veterans's Affairs, National Committee for Support to the Commune Councils, Provincial Rural Development Committee, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, United Nations' Capital Development Fund, United Nations' Development Programme, United Nations' Children's Fund, |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
No mentioned regarding 'environment' in evaluation report |
| Gender |
Sida put greate importance on gender issue in SEILA programme. Gender concern are well reflected in VDC (Village Development Committee), CDC, and sector development plans. The local plannig process is designmed to encourage women to speak about their needs, and they participate extensively. VDCs now include at least two women among the five memebers. |
| Impact Analysis |
A range of evaluation, all suggest that SEILA has demonstrated impressive achievements and has largely succeeded in reaching its immediate objectives. The evaluation report states that given the context of SEILA, given its historic roots and given the difficult and ambitious task it has set for itself, there is no doubt that SEILA has succeeded beyond expectations. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The Sida evaluation report states that at the commune and village levels, people have increasingly come to accept SEILA as the programme proves its ability to deliver infrastructure and services. Through their participation and contributions in cash and kind, villagers develop a growing sense of ownership in the programme and the facilitates delivered. At the provincial and district levels, acceptance and ownership appear to be well established. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
No mention regarding Policy Coherence and Harmonization |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
Sida evaluation report pointed out that monitoring and evaluation of the SEILA is perhaps the weakest and least sustainable element of the SEILA concept. A new and better monitoring and reporting system has been put into operation, but it still has flaws. Massive amounts of data and reports are generated, but much of it is of limited use for management purposes, and there is hardly any monitoring of processes and impact, or analysis of the data. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
The evaluation report states that SEILA has hardly reached the point of sustainability, and continues to rely on support from CARERE. This is because the national level is characterized by weak ownership, inadequate understanding of SEILA, feeble leadership and limited management capacity. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Other Remarks |
This project is part of SIDA's program called SEILA. SEILA is khmer language of 'foundation stone', and it is joint mission of UNDP and SIDA. The SEILA concept is founded on principles that relate to empowerment and participation, transparency and accountability. It consists of a set of objectives, definition of roles and relationships between actors, methods, techniques, tools, administrative routines and modes of management. |
