Database of the Powers and Functions of the Royal Government of Cambodia

By: Khlok Dara

Consultant

German Technical Cooperation “Administrative Reform and Decentralization Program” implemented by GTZ

Royal School of Administration, 26 August 2008

Outline

BackgroundDatabase of Powers and Functions Current Stage of DevelopmentSupporting information and criteria Classification of power and functionInformation from the databaseContact

Background

Set up by the request of RGC Previously, no single library or database of laws

and regulations and powers and functions of all level of government

All relevant powers and functions of government need to be reviewed and reallocated

Database work started in 2002 The overall objective is all powers and functions

of government agencies at all levels in a single database, with sorting by various criteria

Powers and functions Database?

A collection of information on the operation of government as set out in the existing legal framework of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Support and assist interested stakeholders, including government, development partners, and NGOs in the analysis of government powers and functions

Information in the database is stored in both Khmer and English.

means of classifying and retrieving this information by various criteria of sector, sub-sector, classification, target group, front/back office, legal document, and level of government

Current stage of development

Still under development More than 400 existing laws and regulations has

been analyzed, with data extracted and classified according to a range of criteria for more than 10,000 specific tasks

Four consultative meetings held on powers and functions of commune/sangkat, education, health, and NREM

Open more stakeholder participation

Supporting information and criteria

Reference to legal documentInformation on government agencyLevel of government Generic classification (common to all sector)Sector, sub-sector,…Internal/external relationshipTarget group

Classification of powers and functions

• Sector: powers and functions are sorted according to whether they are for health, education, land management, etc.

• Sub-Sector: these are various categories of tasks that come under each sector, and enable related powers and functions to be grouped closer together in data outputs.

• Generic classification: this is not tied to any particular sector, but allow powers and functions to be sorted according to the classifications of administration, human resources, policy and strategy, service delivery, monitoring and control, and so on.

• Front Office: the powers and functions most relevant to discussions on decentralization are those in which the government deals directly with the public or provides services used directly by the public.

Information from the database

Information on powers and functions by specific sector, sub-sector, generic classification, target group, government agency, level of government

Information on public services (front office) Information on powers and functions for internal

government management Information on powers and functions for

decentralized government

Information from the database (cont.)

Information on overlappingInformation on cross cutting issues (natural

resource, poverty alleviation, government human resource…)

Data linked to laws and regulations

Contact us

Office of the Council of Ministers#41, Russian Federation Blvd., Phnom Penh, CambodiaP.O. Box 1262, Phnom Penh, CambodiaPhone: (+855) (0)23 99 02 06Fax: (+855) (0)23 21 27 83Email: database@ardp.org.khWebsite: http://www.ardp.org.kh

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuerTechnische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbHGerman Technical Cooperation Programme“Administrative Reform and Decentralization“ Cambodia

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