2. KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA NATIONAL - RELATION - KING COUNTRY REPORT OF CAMBODIA THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINNING COURSE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATERGY JULY 17,2005 TO JULY 30,2005 SEOUL KOREA Prepared by Mr: HOR SORIN and Mr: IM PHOANSOPHAL FROM: MINTSTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

3. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Rural infrastructure Development planning

4. Regional Development Strategy Introduction Human resource Development Rural Development Programmed and Strategy Conclusion

5. INTRODUCTION Population about 15million 85% are Farmers 1.3Million living cities The kingdom of Cambodia Religion : Buddhism Agriculture’s share of GDP about 42% Cambodia Consist of 20 provinces and 4 cities Capital city : Phnom-Penh Currency : Riel ( #4000Riel=1USD) Border : Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand Total area 181,035 square kilometers

6. Map of Cambodia

7. ORGANIZATION CHART OF MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

8. A-Capacity building and Human resources development The strategy aims to enhance capacity of human re- sources with high technical and scientific skills that effectively respond to labor market needs in terms of entrepreneurship,high creativity, responsibility,discipline morality,virtue,professional ethics,and honesty in an effort to promote development. Ministry of Rural Development (MRD)

9. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) B- Mandate Coordinating, cooperating, implementing. monitoring and evaluating rural development projects and programmes to rehabilitate and develop rural areas by assisting the rural population. Coordinating the operational efforts of the various line ministries and assistance programmes. Undertaking research to develop the rural areas of Cambodia.

10. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) C- Mission Statement The MRD must ensure that suffering in rural areas is answered promptly, effectively and quickly alleviated. Will allow rural communities to make an increasing contribution to the national economy. The basic building blocks that can provide and guarantee the essential quality of life for all rural people.

11. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) D- Main Objectives To improve the quality of life for rural people by encouraging and facilitating economic self-sufficiency and active social awareness.

12. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) To encourage and assist the rural community to participate more directly in improving farm production, rural industry and the marketing of their products. To improve the rural economy and help reverse the present trend of rural/urban migration.

13. Rural Development Programmes  The integration of the rural economy into the national economy  Develop the internal market  Enterprises and small businesses require loans to help generate income.

14. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Further rehabilitation and Construction of rural infrastructure Rural infrastructure network is a line blood for all connection in Kingdom of Cambodia, and there by transforms the country economy’s into an economy which ensures the integration of not only its own internal economy, but its regional economy as well. Moreover, for economic conditions, rural infrastructure plays a key role in “a head of economic growth” and is a most efficient way of alleviating poverty and suffering of the rural poor. On the basic of the opinion, MRD has been offered a high priority over the rehabilitation and the construction of rural infrastructure such as: Road, Bridges, Culverts, wells, ponds, And small irrigation so forth, which connect all remote areas with state roads nation wide to facilitate the circulation of farm products and others with a view to be easy for rural development and the integration of provincial, distinct and communal economy, and therefore to progress more security defense.

15. Ministry of rural Development RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (RIIF) ADB / LOAN N 0 13.85-CAM(SF)

16. Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) THE EMERGENCY FLOOD REHABILITATION PROJECT ADB / LOAN N 18.24 -CAM(SF )

17. Ministry of Rural Development COMMUNITY BASED OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT(CBRDP) AND COMMUNE FUND (CF) INTERNATIONAL FOUND OF AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) LOAN N 0 551KH

18. Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) PROECT CBRDP / CF IFAD LOAN N 551KH

19. Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) PROJECT CBRDP / CF IFAD LOAN N0 551KH

20. The ministry of Rural development (MRD) E-Strategy The key thrust of the (MRD)Strategy to fight corruption Is to take concrete actions that attack the roots of corruption. The implementation of the anti-corruption strategy will be support with t enough tools and resources to prevent and to substantially crack down on corrupt entities. Implementation is crucial because laws, regulations and codes of conduct are not sufficient to successfully fight corruption. Indeed.there must be efforts and mechanisms to strengthen the effectiveness of law enforcement.

21. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) E- Policy Two key policies have been outlined by the MRD to guide and accelerate rural development: Firstly: To ensure that national and international agencies and organization involved in rural development work more closely together. Secondly: To promote a more people oriented and integrated approach to rural development.

22. FUTURE ASPECT OF (MRD) MRD consider as a top priority the strengthening of partnership with all development partners including to donor community, the private sector and Civil society. MRD considers the private sector as an engine of economic growth, MRD will continues to the strengthen cooperation between the MRD and civil society, MRD welcomes the participation of the NGO in the process of socio-economic rehabilitation and development.

23. Conclusion The rural development approach is based on partnerships and cooperation in development. This encompass cooperation between the government (line ministries and local authorities), international organization, non- governmental organizations, the private sector, community organizations and the rural people.