| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Project on Improvement of Local Government Administration (PILAC) |
| Duration |
January 2007 to January 2010 |
| Donor |
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| Implementiong Organization |
General Department of Local Administration (GDLA) of Ministry of Interior (MOI) |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Others |
| Region |
Phnom Penh, Kampong Cham, Siem Reap, Battambang, Sihanoukville |
| Financing |
383 million yen |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Japan International Cooperation Agengy (JICA), General Department of Local Administration (GDLA) of Ministry of Interior (MOI), Local Administration Bureau and Local Authonomy College of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, City of Higasho Hiroshima, Hiroshima University |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
No environment related materials are mentioned in completion report. |
| Gender |
No gender related materials are mentioned in completion report. |
| Impact Analysis |
This project has been highly relevant with Cambodia's development policy "Promoting decentralization for improving public services and human resource development for local administration" as set in Rectangular Strategy (2003-2008), Strategic Framework for Decentralization and Deconcentration Reforms (2005), and National Program for Sub-National Democratic Development (NP-SNDD). The project is also consistent to the development need of Cambodia which is "capacity development of provincial and district officials for implementing local administration reform and of GDLA officials for training management". |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
No information regarding ownership and partnership |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
No information regarding policy coherence and harmonization |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The ex-post evaluation report was conducted by JICA Cambodia officce, making it internal evaluation, on March 2014. |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
While the inputs were mostly appropriate for producing the outputs of the project, and the project period was within the plan (ratio against the plan: 100%), the project cost was higher than the plan (ratio against the plan 128%) because the number of experts increased, and the cost fot training and workshop/seminars, which was not planned at the time of ex-ante evaluation, also increased.
Regarding the issue of sustainability, the ex-post evaluation rerpot states that since there are uncertainties in institutional, technical and financial aspects, sustainability of the project effect is fair. Institutionally, General Department of Local Administration (GDLA) has no clear organizational mandate for training on Decentralization and Deconcentration (D&D) policy and local administration focused in the project. Financially, the training for local administration is currently carried out by budget of IP3 and by national budget of MOI. Implementation Plan 3 (IP3)* will be completed in 2014, and no information about the successor funding sources is provided. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Other Remarks |
Related projects inlcude 1) "Local Government Administration for Cambodia" (Country-focused Training Course, 1999-2003); 2) Capacity Development of Provincial Rural Development in Northeastern Provinces (Technical Cooperation, 2007-2011); 3) "Urban Planning Management Advisor for the Municipality of Siem Reap" (Individual Expert, 2008-2010); 4) "The Project for Capacity Development for Implementing the Organic Law at Capital & Provincial Level" (Technical Cooperation, 2010-2015).
* IP3 is a 3-year further elaborated implementation plan (2011-2013) in order to achieve the 10-year NP-SNDD. |
