| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Innovations for Decentralization and Local Development (IDLD) |
| Duration |
01-July-2008 to 30-June-2010 |
| Donor |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Implementiong Organization |
National Committee for Democratic Development (Secretariat) |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Government Administration |
| Region |
Please refer to the Map of the United Nations Develop Programme Final Report |
| Financing |
The UNCDF financier the project US 169,260 dollars in 2008, US 454,821 dollars in 2009, US 497,461 dollars in 2010 and US 287,368 dollars in 2011, disbursing 1,408,910 US million dollars in total. |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Royal Government of Cambodia RGC, United Nations of Development Programme UNDP, Program Support for Democratic Development PSDD, United Nations Capital Development Fund UNCDF, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Asian Development Bank, Cambodia Climate Change Alliance, Cambodia Development Institute, Department for International Development, District officials, Municipals officials, Food and Agriculture Organization, Fiscal Decentralization Advisor, Local Government, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Economy and Finance, National Committee for Democratic Development (Secretariat), Programme Management Advisor, Subnational Administration, Seila Task Force Secretariat, Swedish International Development Agency, Regional Office, Technical Advisor, Affected People, Targeted People, Non-governmental Organizations, Civil Society |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
Government institutions have limited linkages among themselves, except for their relationships with the development partners. |
| Gender |
There were no gender related information in the final report. |
| Impact Analysis |
Project aligns with Article 126 of the Constitution (1993), the Organic Law (2008), and most importantly the Decentralization and Deconcentration Policy. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The UNCDF is evaluated as an active and valued partner by the Government and the development partners; the UNCDF was in good terms with the Royal Government of Cambodia. The final report acknowledges that the UNCDF was the primary financier and thus, no third party accountability was needed. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
All partners were noted as vital in the success of the project; however no further detail is to be found in the final report. The report however, mentions that the implementing organization had tight relationships with the government before project initiative, which led to a substantial advantage in the project. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
As one of the Annexes, the final report explains in detail of the evaluation framework. The framework is a chain of anticipated effects through the project implementation. The effects are traced from inputs to the outputs , through outcomes and impacts. This evaluation framework however, does not have indicators of assessment tools whether the project as achieved final outcomes or impacts. During the project, there were partners consultations briefings, inception report, fieldwork reports, national data debriefings, final reports and etc. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
Sustainability of the project was brought as creations of legislations; no other finance allocations or specific alignments were recorded in the final report. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Other Remarks |
This is a successor project after the Local Development Fund project. The final report is evaluated through a Special Programme Implementation Review (SPIRE) approach; this may be the reason why this final report has a different structure. |
