The TA team had been supported the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) for democratic development. The main outputs of this TA were:
- Output 1 – Progressing Functional Assignment Reforms: The broad objective of this output was to support the RGC to make progress in developing and implementing reforms of the assignment of functions in line with the 10-year program and the Three-year implementation Program (IP3). The main work undertaken by the TA was: Policy note and providing support to development of sub decree on process for functional assignments reform; Draft mapping guidelines; Draft review guidelines; Draft functional mapping reports; Draft reform options reports; Training/policy development workshops; Ad hoc functional mapping groups.
- Output 2 – Getting a Fiscal Regulatory Regime in Place: The broad objective of this output was to support the RGC to make progress in getting a fiscal regulatory regime in place in line with the 10-year program and the IP3. The main work undertaken by the TA was: Advisory support in getting the SNFL in place; Drafting selected implementing regulations under the SNFL.
- Output 3 – Getting Intergovernmental Financing Arrangements in Place: The broad objective of this output was to support the RGC to make progress in getting Sub-national (SN) financing arrangements in place in line with the 10-year program and the IP3. The main work undertaken by the TA was: Providing support to MEF in designing of the District/Municipal (D/M) fund; Studying the design of the Sub-National Investment Facility (SNIF); Additional advisory studies (own source revenues, provincial financial reform, conditional grants mechanism).
- Output 4 – Strengthening Institutional Coordination Arrangements and Capacity: The broad objective of this output was to support the RGC to make progress in strengthening institutional arrangements and capacity in line with the 10-year program and the IP3. The main work undertaken by the TA was: Assessment of capacity building for improved fiscal decentralization; Preparing materials and undertake training in Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) (Especially Local Finance Department); Preparation of annual review of fiscal decentralization; Study of feasibility of establishing a national training college to support capacity building for SN administration.
