| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Legal and Judicial Cooperation Project (Phase II) |
| Duration |
April 9, 2004 - April 8, 2007 (3 years) |
| Donor |
JICA |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Council of legal and Judicial Reform |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Legal and Judicial Reform |
| Region |
Cambodia |
| Financing |
140,376,000 yen |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Council of legal and Judicial Reform, Supreme Court, Japan Federation of Bar Associations |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
The objectives of the project have been generally achieved. Conditions were established for promoting the legislation of the Civil Code and the Code of Civil Procedure. The members of the Committee have comprehended and acquired knowledge on the Codes and extended their capacity through such activities as i)studying the Codes through training in Japan and seminars in Cambodia; ii)acquiring knowledge on the related laws and iii) ensuring consistency between the draft Codes and related laws being drafted by other ministries. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The project saw a great sense of ownership. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ), an implementing agency of the Government of Cambodia, took the lead in distributing human resources to support the project implementation structure. Also, the MOJ strengthened the Project Management Structure by appointing high level MOJ officials and the most important judges to the members of the Committee and placing MOJ officials to secretaries to the Committee, leading Cambodia itself to have high ownership. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The project was highly relevant to both of the development policy of Cambodia and the assistance policy of Japan. A series of development policy documents of the Government of Cambodia placed a high priority on both judicial reform and the establishment of Civil Code and the Code of Civil Procedure among national agendas. For example, “The Rectangular Strategy,” announced in June 2004, has identified judicial reform as a priority issue for the establishment of good governance. Also JICA Country Program for Cambodia noted that developing law program would be promoted on the basis of “Strengthening the Rule of Law.” |
| Rating |
5/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The evaluation team consisted of 5 experts in Social Development and Legal Judicial Development. The period of the evaluation was from 18 to 28 October, 2006. Results are subdivided into 6 outputs and the followings are the main ones. 1) knowledge and capacity of the personnel involved in the various stages of legislation are enhanced enough to manage and advance the legislation process appropriately, 2) level of understanding of legal and judicial experts in Cambodia with respect to technical details of the Codes is improved, 3) draft provisions of transitional measures regarding application of the Code of Civil Procedure are prepared, 4) draft laws related to the Code of Civil Procedure are prepared. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
From the perspective of policy, this project is expected to be sustainable in that the Government of Cambodia regarded the establishment of the Civil Code and the Code of Civil Procedure as a national priority. However, when it comes to the financial aspect, despite the efforts by the MOJ to secure a sufficient budget, budget allocations for projects for legal and judicial development were inadequate, indicating that the sustainability of the project would be low. Also, given that the members of the Committee could not participate in the project activities because of their workload, further measured should be taken to maintain the project activities in short-term and to develop human resources who could continue to work for legal and judicial development in long-term. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Other Remarks |
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