| General Information |
Project/Program |
Programme |
| Project Name |
THE UN-REDD CAMBODIA NATIONAL PROGRAMME |
| Duration |
August 2011－ June 2015 |
| Donor |
UNDP |
| Implementiong Organization |
FAO, UNDP and UNEP |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Forest management |
| Region |
National |
| Financing |
the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
AO, UNDP, UNEP, Forestry Administration, Fisheries Administration and General Department of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection (GDANCP), NGOs, and Programme resource partners |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
Outcome 1 has increased the level of engagement and awareness of the necessary institutional framework that will foster sustainable resources management and cross- sector policy formulation. Outcome 2 is instrumental in enabling the development of strategies and action plans that contribute to the vision of low emissions economy. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The Royal Government of Cambodia(RGC) shows its desire for not just participation but ownership of the implementation of the Cambodia UN-REDD National Programme(CNP) in several ways. Firstly the RGC engaged in REDD+ very early by approving the Roadmap in September 2010. The Cambodia REDD+ Roadmap is a national plan for how the RGC wants to move ahead with REDD+ Readiness. Secondly, following initial stakeholder consultations in late 2009 and early 2010, the government agencies created the inter-ministry REDD+ Taskforce in January 2010, with an interim mandate to develop the Cambodia REDD+ Roadmap. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The effectiveness of the CNP depends largely on the design architecture, level of national ownership and coordination, and its ability to integrate into pre-existing national programmes and other bilateral support mechanisms. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
Following the Review of Outcomes to Impacts (ROtI) methodology, the evaluation team sought to understand the UN-REDD National Programme intended impacts and mapping out the corresponding Theory of Change (TOC). The basis for the evaluation framework is a series of tailored questions, judgement criteria and indicators against the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Criteria (DAC). |
| Rating |
5/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
There is variable effort spent on different outputs. For instance, it appears that substantial effort and close to 40% of the CNP budget was spent on Outcome 1 (Figure B-2) and spread over more than a year. Noting the delays and two no-cost extensions, and the issue of slow decision-making, there are potential inefficiencies in the implementation of the CNP. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
There is strong feedback that the limited functional capacity resulted in delays in making critical decisions such as the definition of forest and other components. This aspect is also identified by the 2014 UN-REDD global evaluation in several countries. |
