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International Relations and Parliamentary Cooperation of Cambodia

Part 3: Development Cooperation

Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia

April 28 – May 9, 2008

Training Workshop for secretariat staff of the National Assembly, the Senate and selected Ministries, with the support from Konrad Adenauer Foundation and CIM

1.Monday, April 28, 2008 (8.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.)

07.30 a.m.Registration

08.00 a.m.Opening

Wolfgang Meyer, Country Representative, Konrad Adenauer Foundation

H. E. Oum Sarith, Secretary General of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia

08.15 a.m.International Frameworks for Development and Governance Cooperation (The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the international environmental regime (Kyoto etc.), the Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness and others) – Part 1 -

Presenter: Dr. Jörg Menzel, CIM, Legal Advisor at the Senate

10.00 a.m.Coffee break

10.30 a.m.International Frameworks for Development and Governance Cooperation (The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the international environmental regime (Kyoto etc.), the Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness and others) – Part 2 -

Presenter: Dr. Jörg Menzel, CIM, Legal Advisor at the Senate

2.Tuesday, 29 April, 2008 (08.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.)

08.00 a.m.The first Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum (CDCF) 2007 and previous Consultative Group Meetings (CG Meetings) – objectives, controversies and results

Presenter: NN, CDC

09.30 a.m.Coffee break

10.00 a.m.State sovereignty, conditionality of aid and the challenge of government-donor coordination

Presenter and discussion moderator: NN, CDC

3.Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 (08.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.)

08.00 a.m.Parliament, Good Governance and Development: the contribution of parliament to Cambodia’s poverty reduction strategy, oversight of development policies etc.

Presenter: H. E. Cheam Yeap, Chairman of the 2nd Commission of the National Assembly (tbc)

09.30 a.m.Coffee break

10.00 a.m.The effect of development cooperation on the Cambodian economy

Presenter: Dr. Sok Hach, Executive Director, Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC)

4.Monday, 5 May, 2008 (08.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.)

08.00 a.m.The World Bank – history, mandate, organization, financing and programs world wide and in Cambodia

Presenter: NN, World Bank (IBRD)

09.30 a.m.Coffee break

10.00 a.m.The Asian Development Bank as a regional development bank - history, mandate, organization financing and programs Asia-wide and in Cambodia

Presenter: NN, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

5.Tuesday, 6 May, 2008 (08.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.)

08.00 a.m.The UN System in Cambodia: The work of UNDP and other UN organizations – Part 1 –

Presenter: NN, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

09.30 a.m.Coffee break

10.00 a.m.The UN System in Cambodia: The work of UNDP and other UN organizations

Presenter: NN, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

11.00 a.m.The new Legislative Assistance Project of the UNDP

Presenter: Mr. Nikolai Hutchinson, Operations and Management Advisor, Legislative Assistance Project, UNDP Cambodia (tbc)

6.Wednesday, 7 May, 2008 (08.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.)

08.00 a.m.Bilateral development cooperation – objectives, organizations, programs: The German example

Presenters: Mr. Arnold Dunai and Mr. Oliver Wagener, CIM, Advisors to the National Assembly

09.00 a.m.Cooperation between the Cambodian Parliament and German Institutions

Presenters: Mr. Arnold Dunai and Mr. Oliver Wagener, CIM, Advisors to the National Assembly

09.30 a.m.Coffee break

10.00 a.m.Bilateral development Cooperation – objectives, organizations, programs: The Canadian example

Presenter: H. E. Mr. Ernest Loignon, Acting Ambassador, Embassy of Canada

7.Thursday, 8 May, 2008 (08.00 a.m. -11.30 a.m.)

08.00 a.m.Types of international civil society organizations (NGOs) and their contribution to the development of Cambodia

Presenter: Mme. Sharon Wilkinson, Country Director, Care Cambodia (tbc)

09.30 a.m.Coffee break

10.00 a.m.National Civil Society Organizations (NGOs) and their contribution to the development of Cambodia

Presenter: Mr. Chhith Sam Ath, Executive Director, NGO Forum on Cambodia

8.Friday, 9 May, 2008 (08.00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.)

08.00 a.m. Labor Conditions and Development

Presenter: Mr. John Richotte, International Labor Organization (ILO) (tbc)

09.30 a.m.Coffee break

10.00 a.m.Evaluation, test and recommendations

Moderator: NN

11.00 a.m.Closing

H. E. Leng Peng Long, Secretary General of the National Assembly