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Mapping Accountability Processes in Cambodia

Mapping Accountability Processes in Cambodia. Adam McBeth Monash University – Oxfam Partnership. Project case studies. Communities where Oxfam Australia is working: Kratie , Stung Treng Urban land development: Boeung Kak “Lake” (Phnom Penh) Threatened by hydro dams: Lower Sesan.

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Mapping Accountability Processes in Cambodia

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  1. Mapping Accountability Processes in Cambodia Adam McBeth Monash University – Oxfam Partnership

  2. Project case studies • Communities where Oxfam Australia is working: Kratie, Stung Treng • Urban land development: BoeungKak “Lake” (Phnom Penh) • Threatened by hydro dams: Lower Sesan

  3. Perceptions of accountability • Community perceptions • External assumptions

  4. Oxfam’s Integrated Community Development model • Tripartite structure – • community groups • local government officers • Oxfam staff • Community-based committees, e.g. rice banks; buffalo banks; savings groups; community fisheries; village health support groups; women’s self-help groups; livestock associations

  5. Identified concerns (external) • Planned hydroelectric dam and forced relocation • Land concessions encroaching on farm land • Road construction (+ and -)

  6. Local accountability processes • Village chief the ‘correct’ process • Committee system impact • Committee members more willing to speak up, participate (especially women) • Info sharing between members & non-members seems limited • Government engagement • Little penetration beyond village / commune level (practical and conceptual)

  7. NGO impact • Oxfam – ICD model • Urban communities – exposure to international NGOs; use formal/legal accountability processes • Sesan – working with various local NGOs with different philosophies towards resettlement

  8. Objectives • Better understanding of community perceptions of accountability • Better engagement of those involved in project design and intermediaries (eg NGOs) with communities • Work with communities to bridge accountability gaps • Find effective mechanisms to achieve community goals

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