Important Linkage between
Planning and Budgeting
Special Topic Course on Results-Based Planning,
Budgeting and Evaluation
18-21 June 2012, Kunming, People’s Republic of China
by Mr. Lim Sothea , Director of Department of Planning, Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport,
Kingdom of Cambodia
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Contents
• Country general information
• Education adminstration
• Planning and Budgeting
• Issues and Challenges
• Lesson learned and further plan
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Country general information
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Land area: 181,035 Km2
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24 Capital/Province, 194 Districts, 1,633 Communes
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Population (NIS, 2011): 14,521,275; growth rate (2008): 1.54%
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Occupation classification (2008):
– Primary sector: Agriculture 72.3%
– Secondary sector: Industry 8.5%
– Third sector: Service 19.2%
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GDP per capital (2008): 739 US$
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Literacy rate (2008): 77.6% (15 year old and over), 87.5% (15-24 years old)
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No.of Schools (2011/12): 6,849 (primary), 1,196 (college), 426 (Lycee)
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No. of Students (2011/12): 2,142,464 (prim.); 541,147 (LSS); 318,165 (USS)
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Vocational Edu. (2010/11, publics and private): 257 (schools), 72,739 (students)
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Tertiary Institutions: 87,679 public students; 119,990 private students
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Post Institutions 49, students 14,350
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Education Administrative Structure
Level
Council of Minister/Ministry of
Interior
Education Governance
National
Council of Administration Reform
Ministry of Education, Youth
and Sport
FEA committee
Provincial
N/A
Provincial Office of Education
FEA committee
District
N/A
District Office of Education
FEA committee
Cluster School
Commune
Commune Council
EFA committee
Village
Village
School
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Education Strategic Plan (ESP)
• ESP is a core medium-term plan of the MoEYS. It defined the main policy and strategy
priorities for education reform in consistent with the government reforms and other
national development plans such as National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP),
National Plan for Education for All (EFA) and Cambodia Millennium Development Goals
(CMDG).
• In ESP, there is Core Breakthrough Indicators to make budget allocation focused on
• linkage between policies, strategies/program, and sub-program/ activities
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Budget Strategic Plan (BSP)/Public
Investment Program (PIP)
• BSP is a rolling budget plan- current
and capital expenditures, government
and DPs, includes income
• PIP is a rolling investment plancapital expenditure, mostly from
DPs in case of education
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Annual Operational Plan (AoP)
• The objective of AOP formulation is to inform the management team
of MoEYS as well as DPs working in the education sector of the main
activities
• AOP can facilitate monitoring activities and evaluating outcomes
achieved by technical departments and units against the proposed plan.
• AOP contributes in promoting responsibility of all relevant partners
working in the education sector to harmonize , alignment and outcome
management.
• AOP is a mechanism for mobilizing resources of activities, showing
transparent.
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Linkage between National and Educational Plans
Rectangular Strategies of
Gvt.
CMDGs
National Strategic
Development Plan
EFA goals
ESP
BSP
PB
AoP
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Coordination Mechanism
Coordination
Overall
Organizations, Individuals
Government/Donor/NGO Consultative MeetingCambodia Development Coordination Forum (CDCF)
Within MoEYS
Regular function of MoEYS; Joint Technical Working
Group of Education Sector (JTWG-Ed)
At National and Sub-national levels
Among donors
Education Sector Working Group: ESWG (under Social
Sector WG)
Among NGOs
NGO Education Partnership (NEP)
Core team and
secretariat
Planning Department (DoP) of MOEYS
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Issues and Challenges
• Departmental planning
• Participatory centralized planning vs decentralized planning
• Inappropriate linkage between planning and budgeting or
strategic and operational planning
• Fragmented supports from DPs
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Lesson learned and further plan
• Improved Strategic and Sub-sector focused and evidence based planning and
Decentralized Planning approach through broader consultations with all
stakeholders
• Continue to have: From Joint Monitoring Indicator (JMI) for enhancing
accountability for national development effectiveness, to Sector Core Breakthrough
indicators, and resource mobilization and allocation.
• Improved Result focused planning
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Lesson learned and further plan (conti.)
• Continue to strengthen government/ministry system and encourage DPs
to use it through improved capacity
• Promote policy dialogues and participations
• Result based review and evaluation
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Thank you
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