General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
Project Name |
Building Capacity and Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management Project |
Duration |
2008-2011 |
Donor |
UNDP, GEF |
Implementiong Organization |
UNDP |
Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Environment |
Region |
Kampong Speu, Takeo, Preah Vihear |
Financing |
$ 1.18 M with $0.575 M from Global Environment Facility(GEF)and $0.20 M fromTarget for Resources Assignment from the Core (UNDP) funding |
Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Centre d'Etude et de Développement Agricole Cambodgien, Department of Nature Conservation and Protection, Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Provincial Rural Development Committee, Royal Government of Cambodia |
Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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Gender |
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Impact Analysis |
The project completed many orientation and training sessions that have contributed toward heightened awareness of the key issues and risks of land degradation in the country. These have included various awareness-raising, planning and focused training sessions (although no follow-up surveys of results were available). The main beneficiaries were Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) staff and personnel involved in decentralized commune-level development planning. The sessions mostly provided a general orientation to Sustainable Land Management(SLM) concepts for project staff, provincial, district and commune staff and officials. |
Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
The project has had a very high degree of country ownership in that implementation was managed directly by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) and the National Action Program under UNCDD (NAP) preparation has been guided by a well defined set of national Sustainable Land Management(SLM) issues and priorities. While Sustainable Land Management Project(SLMP) has had significant implementation delays, the current products strongly reflect the particular SLM risks and opportunities in Cambodia and will provide specific and useful guidance for future programming. |
Rating |
4/5 |
Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The project began the process of Sustainable Land Management(SLM) messages by participating in key dialogue to formulate the Cardamom land use Framework, the National Forestry Program and the amendments for the National Land Policy. |
Rating |
3/5 |
Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The approach to the evaluation was based on (a) review of documents and reports that describe progress on project outputs, outcomes and objectives as per indicators in the project designs, (b) interviews with project participants and stakeholders to verify achievements and to identify issues related to project design and implementation, (c) guided stakeholder group workshop discussions that reviewed project results and lessons learned, and (d) selective site visits to compile evidence of local achievements and to consult with beneficiaries and participants. |
Rating |
5/5 |
Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
he cost of the project – well over $ 1M if the GM funded activities are included, appears to be excessive given that many of the planned outputs were dropped and the measurable results of activities, although significant in launching SLM and producing a NAP, were still relatively limited. The need for extensive orientation and awareness raising for SLM, the project delays, the effort required to re-do early low quality outputs, and the relatively high cost of project management may explain some of the cost-ineffectiveness questions for a project that was reduced in scope. |
Rating |
4/5 |
Other Remarks |
It is apparent that land degradation is a serious concern in Cambodia that affects food security and livelihoods, future agricultural development and watershed integrity. The project has direct implications for the Agriculture Strategic Development Plan 2009-2013 and the Strategy for Agriculture and Water 2010-2013. |