Ministry of Rural Development

As Rural Development in its broadest sense encompasses all economic and social aspects of Rural life, several national institutions of the Royal Government of Cambodia are directly or indirectly concerned. Well-defined coordination structures are therefore essential in order to ensure that the financial and human resources of both the Royal Government and the international community are properly managed and directed towards Sustainable Rural Development programs that are participatory in nature and relevant to both Government policies and local needs.

With a mandate to effect the Coordination of all Rural Development activities, the Ministry of Rural Development has been instrumental in formulating Rural Development Management Structures from National to Village level which will accommodate the need both for coordination within Government and for Government dialogue with civil society. Moreover, the Rural Development Structures are aimed at developing the Capacity for Planning, Implementing, Monitoring and Evaluating coherent Integrated Rural Development programs.

The Rural Development Structures should:

Promote the decentralization of planning, financing and implementation of Rural Development;
Facilitate an Integrated Rural Development approach which is participatory, area-based and multi-sectoral;
Provide a forum at each administrative level for dialogue and joint action both between Government departments and between the Government and Cambodian civil society; and
Better define, utilize and mobilize the comparative advantages and appropriate capacities within Government, the civil society, the private sector, international and local agencies and Rural communities themselves for development purposes.

Based on guidelines prepared by the Ministry of Rural Development, a new Rural Development Management Structure has been established at successive levels of the following:

While the system of CARD and PRDCs are all appointed committees, the VDCs are Committees Elected through the Democratic Process by the Villagers themselves.

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