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FUTURE PROSPECTS OF LOCAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IN CAMBODIA: Moving Beyond aid and the Relevance of Social Entrepreneurship Cambodia Research CJCC, Phnom Penh 24 March 2011 Chhith Sam Ath, Executive Director, The NGO Forum on Cambodia [email protected]

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FUTURE PROSPECTS OF LOCAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IN CAMBODIA:

Moving Beyond aid and the Relevance of Social Entrepreneurship

Cambodia ResearchCJCC, Phnom Penh

24 March 2011

Chhith Sam Ath, Executive Director, The NGO Forum on Cambodia

[email protected]

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Outline of PresentationWhat is Civil Society in Cambodia? Five categoriesWhat are the roles of Civil Society?In what sectors are NGOs active?Trends of local and international NGOsFunding and ContributionChallenges face by CSOs/NGOsFuture prospects and trends of local NGOsNGOs and Associations LawFunding sources and its challengesFuture prospective on funding and effectivenessIntroduction to the NGO ForumConclusions

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What is Civil Society?

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Five categories of civil society Organizations

Traditional Associations/religion groups frequently linked to pagodas (1,111 association registered).

Community based organisations, village development committees, women, youth, farmer groups etc.

Non-Governmental Organisations, 1,564 registered local NGOs (450 active) and 316 International NGOs

Trade Unions, 370 trade unions by August 2005

Other, think tanks, business associations, etc

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Functions of Civil Society

Check, monitoring and restraining the government’s exercise of power- Advocating for changes- demanding accountability

Training and empowering community and broad sectors in human rights

Serving as channels by which ideas, concerns, demands of affected people can reach decision makers

Serving as school of democracy and human rights- fostering democratic culture and social capital

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What are the roles of Civil Society?

Channel for service delivery where governments are unable or unwilling to provide basic social services

Facilitator of dialogue and negotiation Social conscience – holding authorities

accountable for their actions, Corrective – campaigning against abuses

of power and for the protection and promotion of Human Rights

Source of policy advice - e.g. for peace building or poverty reduction

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In what sectors are NGOs active ?

CSOs/NGOs significantly contribute to social and economic development in Cambodia.

Important sectors are: Health & Education Governance & Administration Community, social development Rural Development & Land Management Environment & Conservation Agriculture Gender etc.

NGO disbursements exceeded USD 203 million in 2009

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Trends of LNGOs and INGOs Registered at the MOI and MFA

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NGO core funding sectors and delegated cooperation 2009 (USD million)

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Core Fund Development Partner contribution

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Key Challenges faced by CSO/NGOs Limited technical capacity, notably in relation to

management and governance Lack of recognition for represented in dialogue

with Gov’t and DPs Difficulties in accessing relevant information Lack of long term, sustainable funding Uncoordinated demands from donors Lack of coordination, overlapping catchments

and project Limited democracy space for dialogue with

Gov’t and DP Concern over the draft law on NGOs and

Associations

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Issues of development aid and its effectiveness: Future prospects and trends of local NGOs

CSOs/NGOs depend on donor findings Donor driven toward ownership of NGOs and

community people Good governance among the sector need to be

improved (16 of 3,000 NGOs registers as NGO good practices)

Localization process International to local NGOs NGO project/s to community based

organization (empowerment)

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Rehabilitation, reconstruction, development (service delivery) and advocacy

Emerging trend of social entrepreneurship toward self-reliance is still limited.

Community mobilization to protect their rights and interest.

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Update on the NGOs and Associations Law Since late 2008, NGO Forum has worked very hard on

this issue by strongly coordinating with CCC, MEDiCAM and CHRAC.

A joint statement was issued in mid 2010 asking RGC to: 1) release the draft law, 2) allow resource persons from ministries to attend NGO hosted consultations, 3) seek meaningful and series consultations.

Our collective efforts have resulted in: the draft was shared by MoI on 15 Dec. 2010 National Consultation was postponed from December 28th

to 10th Jan 2011. Most of the NGO/CSO concerns and comments were

heard by the MoI and MFA and the public with the hope that these be reflected/incorporated in the second draft.

NGO and MOI representatives will meet on 29th March to discuss on the second draft.

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Funding mobilization and Soruces for NGOs/CSOs

Funding mobilization and sources Provide training, evaluation, assessment etc. Provide catering services Generate income from the credit and savings

project Member contribution and support Renting meeting and workshop room etc. From core fund (churches, and other NGOs) Development partners Other from individual

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Challenges for fund mobilization

Key Challenges

Lack of clear plan and implementation for the sustainable of the organizations

No clear resources diversification strategy Lack of initiative toward social

entrepreneurship Less donors who have a long-term supports Confusion of profits and non-profits

organization. Idea of commercialization of the NGOs is

limited.

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Future prospective on funding and effectiveness CSO/NGOs need to coordinate planning, funding,

implementation and evaluation Improved internal governance system Continue to have strong coordinating among

NGOs to have a strong voice (advocacy) Improve quality of the programme -- research

and evident based advocacy. Improve technical capacity to be effective

engage with the gov’t and DP.

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Introduction of the NGO Forum on Cambodia

The NGO Forum on Cambodia is a membership organisation for 87 local and international NGOs

It exists for information sharing, debate and advocacy on priority issues affecting Cambodia’s development.

The NGO Forums seeks for pro-poor policies, fair and just benefits from the development and good governance.

NGO Forum facilitates and maintains the activities of 11 NGO networks/Fora.

NGO Forum wishes to engage constructively with all development stakeholders

NGO Forum has four programs: Core; Development Issues; Land & Livelihoods; Environment

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NGO Forum’s networks/forum

1) River Coalition in Cambodia (RCC)2) Environment Core team (ECT)3) Pesticide Reduction Network (PRN)4) Economic Development Network (EDN)5) Development Policy Forum

1) Aid Effectiveness2) Budget Monitoring

6) Land Action Network for Development (LAND)

7) Forestry and Plantations Network (FPN)8) Indigenous Minority Rights network9) Resettlement Action Network (RAN)

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Community Community Community Community Community Community Community

NGO NGO NGO NGO NGO NGO

NGO Network NGO Network

Project Officer Project Officer

Program Manag. Program Manag.

Admin/Finance

Exec Director

Dep. Exec. Dir.

Management Committee

NGO Forum membership

NGO Forum office

NGO Forum

Government

Donors, Embassies,

Aid Agencies

Regional/Internat-ional Advocacy

Campaigns

Through the NGO Forum, NGOs are coordinated and able to speak with one voice to:

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Development Issue’s Framework

Development Issues Forum

Aid Effectiveness Working Group

Budget Monitoring WG

Economic Development

Network

Budget transparency, credibility, PFM monitoring

Aid alignment, transparency, accountability, development

effectiveness

Development Issues Forum

Aid Effectiveness Working Group

Budget Monitoring WG

Economic Development

Network

•All NGO Sector/Group•Monitor NSDP, JMIs, Priority Development

Agenda

PFM, EI revenue Management

Aid alignment, transparency, accountability, development

effectiveness

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Conclusion

CSOs/NGOs have significantly contribute to economic and social development in Cambodia.

For sustainability of their funding, CSOs/NGOs need to have a long term planning.

Coordination among the CSOs/NGOs is important to ensure effectiveness.

Building capacity of the community is an importance for NGOs that need to be considered.

Democracy space is an important for CSOs/NGOs to ensure effective development.

Social entrepreneurship is a movement toward self-reliance.

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