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Cambodia
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442-001
USAID MISSION: Cambodia
PROGRAM TITLE: Democracy and Human Rights (Pillar: Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Strengthened Democratic Processes and Respect for Human Rights, 442-001
STATUS: Ongoing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $13,000,000 ESF
UNOBLIGATED PRIOR YEAR FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $305,000 ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $17,000,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY1997 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2002Summary: The USAID Democracy and Human Rights program includes-
- voter education, domestic election monitoring, candidate training for women and men, and political party development;
- improving local governance through training of local officials;
- providing legal aid to Cambodia's poorest and most vulnerable people;
- grants to Cambodian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in protecting human rights and advocating against human trafficking and government corruption; and
- improving working conditions in the textile and apparel industry by developing trade unions.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will use FY 2002 resources to promote free and fair elections in Cambodia, effective governance, and human rights. USAID technical support to Cambodian NGOs for the 2002 local commune elections will enable voter and civic education, monitoring and advocacy for swift and appropriate investigation and resolution of election irregularities, training for women candidates, and civil society participation in the development of transparent government. As these are the first multiparty local elections in Cambodian history, USAID will also provide technical support for NGOs to help newly elected commune councils understand and exercise their new roles in a democratic manner and effectively represent their constituents. In the lead-up to the national elections in 2003, support to NGOs will be focused on voter education, domestic monitoring, and political party development. USAID will provide technical assistance to Cambodian human rights NGOs by supporting human rights monitoring and investigations, human rights training and community education, comprehensive assistance (legal, material, and psychological) to victims and witnesses of human rights abuses, national media campaigns on specific human rights issues, and production of human rights education materials.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to continue activities begun in FY 2002. If restrictions on support to the Cambodian government were lifted, USAID would expand this objective by providing technical assistance to the government in key areas of U.S. national interest, such as reform of the National Election Commission and strengthening of the judicial system.
USAID-supported U.S. and local NGOs convened a conference and effectively advocated the removal of National Election Committee (NEC) regulations that would have required censorship of all voter-education materials. Performance and Results: USAID enabled three domestic electoral monitoring organizations to set up fixed provincial monitoring networks that will cover all polling stations in the upcoming commune elections. NGOs supported by USAID to promote the participation of women in the election helped persuade many to register as candidates: 16% of the candidates are women. With funding from USAID, the only independent radio station in Cambodia extended its coverage to approximately 60% of the country by installing a new provincial radio transmitter. Voter education in the run-up to the local elections in early 2002 has reached at least 90% of voters. Support for Cambodian human rights NGOs funded advocacy campaigns on anticorruption and antitrafficking legislation, public defender programs in 23 of Cambodia's 24 provinces, and human rights investigation and monitoring services in 30 provincial offices.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: USAID programs are implemented by The Asia Foundation, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, PACT, the University of San Francisco (grantees), and Cambodian NGOs (sub-grantees).
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
442-001 Strengthened Democratic Processes and Respect for Human Rights DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 3,500 52,312 Expenditures 3,042 42,758 Unliquidated 458 9,554 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 8,209 Expenditures 160 8,621 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 3,500 60,521 Expenditures 3,202 51,379 Unliquidated 298 9,142 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 305 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 13,000 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 0 13,305 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 17,000 Future Obligations 0 0 Est. Total Cost 3,500 90,826
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Last Updated on: May 29, 2002 |
