1. REPORT OF EVALUATION FUNCTION & ORGANIZATION OF CORE TEAM TO THE 2 nd HIGH VALUE SILK STEERING COMMITTEE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE Mr. SUON Prasith, EIF Program Manager, Date: 19 th June 2013

2. CONTENTS 1.Establishment of core team and its challenges; 2.NIU’s capacity to disseminate progress & results under Trade SWAp; 3.Conclusion.

3. 1.ESTABLISH CORE TEAM  Core Team or similar Priority Operation Cost (P.O.C) scheme has been drafted and ready to submit it for Ministry of Economy and Finance endorsement;  Core Team JOB description has been completed at the same time.

4. 1…ITS CHALLENGES (Cont.)  EU Delegation to the Kingdom of Cambodia has have officially requested for clarification on payment of P.O.C. under the EU funded program in Cambodia to END it, dated 19 th April 2013.  They have referred to their official letter addressed to Deputy Prime Minister HE. SOK Ann, dated 11 April 2012.  Late April 2013, EIF FP and NIU team have already discussed with EIF ES and TFM during our south-south exchange program at Lusaka, Zambia.  So far, we do not hear any news on this aspects.

5. 2. NIU’S CAPACITY TO DISSEMINATE PROGRESS & RESULTS UNDER TRADE SWAP  Program results framework (PRF) has been developed by EIF NIU/DICO early April 2013;  It has been discussed with all MIEs (IFC and ITC);  Strategic outcome of each component will be contributed to SWAp and project outcomes and outputs is subject to modify during DTIS 2013 Update and the course of MIEs implementation process; and  M&E Consultant is under the process of recruiting.

6. 3. CONCLUSION (1) On the M&E Component:  The contribution of silk and rice components to the SWAp goals are captured in a result framework (log frame) for tracking contribution of the projects to the road map Key Performance Indicator (KPI);  The SWAp road maps are being updated right now, so the KPI and outcomes will probably change; and  We are planning in August, once we have enough information from all projects, to conduct the first "advocacy workshop" in the provinces to promote the activities and results of CEDEP I, with the support of LCT Kamrang and TPD.

7. 3. CONCLUSION (2) On DTIS 2013:  DTIS update is progressing, will include an executive summary - approved on May 30 - a full report and an action matrix (in the form of road map update).  DICO encourages the ITC Silk team to liaise with the consultants in charge of the silk chapter and the team leader to support the drafting of the chapter.

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