Component 4: Institutional development
29. CBRDP provided considerable capacity development to improve coordination and
cooperation between various administrative levels, and to foster participatory
decision making and demand-driven service delivery. Assistance included
supporting sub-national government agencies through coaching and advice, study
trips, and formal training on understanding decentralization and its implication for
development, steering and coordination of development activities, monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) and financial management. Support was also provided for
provincial administrative units through provision of capacity building measures to
the commune councils.
30. Based on project documentation, these activities resulted in 173 communes and
their commune councillors being able to steer the yearly process to implement
development measures properly, and to respond to people‟s problems and needs.
Provincial and district government agencies considerably improved their
understanding of the commune planning process, project implementation, civil
registration and procurement during the project‟s implementation. In addition, four
Commune Council District Forums were established in Kampong Thom province in
2005, serving as spaces where councillors can share common issues and concerns.