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 Background Database of Powers and Functions Current Stage of Development Supporting information and criteria Classification of power and function Information from the database Contact

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 document Information on government agency Level of government Generic classification (common to all sector) Sector, sub-sector,… Internal/external relationship Target 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 overlapping Information 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, Cambodia P.O. Box 1262, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Phone: (+855) (0) Fax: (+855) (0) Website: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH German Technical Cooperation Programme “Administrative Reform and Decentralization“ Cambodia

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