Good Governance Project Case Study

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Good Governance Project Case Study

• Presenter Sreng Kimsrun
• Royal Govt. Program Seila Program, Department of
  Local Administration, Ministry of Interior
• Project Information and Communication Strategy
  to Support Decentralisation in Cambodia

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Methodologies

• Commune Information Board
• - Posters from MaryKnoll CAMFREL
• Tape recorder, cassettes, microphone and loud
  speaker
• Village meetings
• Local contribution for local development projects

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Reason for Methodologies

• Accessible information
• Public interest

• Free or unbiased information
• (not political)

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Improved Governance Elements

• Understanding local issues
• Increased local ownership
• Better coordination of commune government
• Improved trust in the commune government
• Link between people, their commune and the
  national government
• Partnership between communes and government

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Success

• People have more interest in the commune council
• Empowerment of people to change their situation
  at a local level
• People know where to get information
• Sustainable development
• Create ownership by villagers because of partial
  payments (local contribution)

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Critical Success Factors

• Awareness
• Participation
• Ownership

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Measurements of Success

• Easier for communes to get local contribution for
  projects that benefit them (esp.,using Loud
  speaker)
• Expanding to all communes in the near future
  (dependent on funding)
• Increasing ownership of local project.

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