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Developing and Managing International Cooperation and Partnerships for Educational Development in Cambodia: Transforming Aid Effectiveness into Development Effectiveness

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This chapter analyses and discusses the effective development and management of international cooperation and partnerships in the educational sector in Cambodia. Even if national education priorities largely coincide with global commitments to EFA and education MDGs, incompatibility exists between Cambodia’s development policies (based on international mainstream aid ideas) and its governance (rooted in Cambodian culture and traditions). To what degree international principles and consensus on aid effectiveness (as addressed in Paris in 2005 and Accra in 2008) in the Cambodian education sector can be actually fulfilled and education quality be improved thereafter is questionable. It is also questionable what and who play determinant roles in effectively aiding and developing education in Cambodia. The leverage among various actions and interests of key development players is found crucial to contextualising and constructing policies and politics that have guided aid effectiveness in educational development in Cambodia. Various interests and powers can be categorised and characterised as pertaining to the Royal Government of Cambodia (the first player and its primary interest), the dissonant interests of traditional donors and emerging donors, and the reaction of Cambodia’s civil organisations to urgent educational needs locally.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The Education for All (EFA) National Plan 2003–2015 was published by the MoEYS in 2002.

  2. 2.

    Cambodian Millennium Development Goals Report was published by the MoP in 2003, and included 9 goals, 25 overall targets, and 106 specific targets.

  3. 3.

    The National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) 2006–2010 (and its update versions of NSDP 2009–2013 and NSDP 2014–2018) is the single overarching document containing the RGCs’ prioritised goals and strategies and directs all public policies to the reduction of poverty and the achievement of CMDGs and other socioeconomic development goals for the benefit of all Cambodians. It is also intended to align sector strategies and planning cycles within an overall long-term vision, and to guide external development partners to align and harmonise their efforts to improve aid effectiveness. There are 43 targets within the NSDP. The NSDP was developed by the MoP based on consultations with all stakeholders, including line ministries and institutions, external development partners, and civil society. After approval by the National Assembly, the Senate, the RGC and the King, the NSDP was officially launched in 2006 by the Prime Minister.

  4. 4.

    The RGC’s aid management policy documents and guidelines on aid effectiveness can be found on the CDC official website at http://www.cdc-crdb.gov.kh/aid-management-documents.html

  5. 5.

    This declaration was made to respond to Rome Declaration on Harmonisation (2003).

  6. 6.

    This was signed by the RGC with development partners to apply the global principles agreed to in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005).

  7. 7.

    These are monitoring reports on aid effectiveness, following the Declaration on Enhancing Aid Effectiveness.

  8. 8.

    This is the fourth monitoring report on aid effectiveness (namely, development effectiveness), prepared for the 4th OECD/DAC High-Level Forum in Busan in 2011.

  9. 9.

    This is a response to the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (2011).

  10. 10.

    South Korea has joined DAC since 2010, but is regarded as one of emerging donors in this study.

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    I-Hsuan Cheng

  2. Graduate Institute of Education, National Chung Cheng University, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi, Taiwan

    Sheng-Ju Chan

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Cheng, IH. (2015). Developing and Managing International Cooperation and Partnerships for Educational Development in Cambodia: Transforming Aid Effectiveness into Development Effectiveness. In: Cheng, IH., Chan, SJ. (eds) International Education Aid in Developing Asia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-456-6_12

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