| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Joint Programme for Children, Food Security and Nutrition in Cambodia |
| Duration |
January 2010 to December 2012 with a six month extension till the end of June 2013 |
| Donor |
United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Implementiong Organization |
UN teams |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Food |
| Region |
N.A. |
| Financing |
€528 million |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
AECID.........................Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
CARD .........................Council for Agriculture and Rural Development
CCWC.........................Commune Committee for Women and Children
DOE ...........................Department of Education
EDI.............................Enterprise Development Institute
FAO............................Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
FFS.............................Farmer Field School
ILO.............................International Labour Organisation
JPTT ...........................Joint Programme Technical Team
MAFF .........................Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
MDG-F .......................Millennium Development Goal Achievement Fund
MoEYS .......................Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
MOH..........................Ministry of Health
MoLVT .......................Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
MSc............................Master of Science
MSG...........................Mother Support Group
NGO...........................Non-Governmental Organization
NIS.............................National Institute of Statistics
NSC............................National Steering Committee
NSFSN........................National Strategy on Food Security and Nutrition
OECD DAC..................Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – Development Assistance Committee
PCC............................Provincial Coordination Committee
PHD ...........................Provincial Health Department
PMC...........................Programme Management Committee
PSI .............................Population Services International
RGC............................Royal Government of Cambodia
UN .............................United Nations
UNCT .........................United Nations Country Team
UNDAF.......................United Nations Development Assistance Framework
UNDG ........................United Nations Development Group
UNDP.........................United Nations Development Programme
UNEG.........................United Nations Evaluation Group
UNESCO.....................United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNICEF ......................Children’s Fund of the United Nations
VHSG .........................Village Health Support Group
WCCC.........................Women and Children Consultative Committee (at provincial level)
WHO..........................World Health Organization |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
According to the report, there were no related issues or problems regarding environment during the project duration. |
| Gender |
According to the report, there were no related issues or problems regarding gender during the project duration. |
| Impact Analysis |
According to the report, "The Joint Programme proved well aligned with the objectives and strategies of the RGC and well in line with the National priorities, including the National Nutrition Programme and the National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition. Also alignment with the UNDAF was strong, including alignment with selected outcome areas as well as cross cutting issues." |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
Referring from the final report, "The programme governance and management arrangements made use of existing governance mechanisms and added means for joint management and implementations across the RGC and UN agencies concerned. While programme steering and management arrangements received high level participation and were truly joint, the more practical implementation arrangements through the Joint Programme Technical Team (JPTT) could have benefitted from more regular RGC participation beyond CARD. The programme was a joint initiative, however the responsibility for the delivery of outputs remained with the individual UN and RGC implementing agencies. Though this was possible at the output level, this was not feasible at the outcome level, where objectives were shared across RGC and UN agencies. The lack of sufficient outcome level monitoring meant that the realisation of these shared objectives was not adequately assessed in order to inform the management of the programme and its components at the sub-national level. Ownership of the FSN agenda has been further enhanced over the programme period. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The project had high policy coherence and harmonization. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
According to the report, "For the assessment of the effectiveness of the Joint Programme, the evaluation focused on aspects of contribution as many of the UN agencies were involved in other FSN initiatives in the selected provinces and beyond and so were RGC and other development partners. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
Referring from the report, "In terms of sustainability the FSN agenda is increasingly owned by RGC, which has been reflected in the National Seminar on food security and nutrition of mid-2012 and the development of the new National Food Security and Nutrition Strategy (NFSNS). " |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
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