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Community Driven Accountability in Cambodia

Community Driven Accountability in Cambodia. An Oxfam- Monash Partnership Research Project. Central Goal.

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Community Driven Accountability in Cambodia

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  1. Community Driven Accountability in Cambodia An Oxfam-Monash Partnership Research Project

  2. Central Goal • To investigate the factors enabling some communities to develop relatively stronger community-centred accountability processes than others, in relation to development projects that affect them

  3. Key Investigation Areas Understanding of entitlement to influence Capacity to influence decision making Available forums for influence Role of NGOs and other external actors

  4. Political Context in Cambodia • One party domination of political scene • Lack of downward accountability and respect for human rights • An aid dependent country but increasing investments from new donors such as China • Context of rapid economic development and investment

  5. The Case Studies Case studies of 3 development projects affecting communities • Rural/urban • At different stages of development and impact • Range of involved actors (government, companies, IFIs, NGOs) Comparison of factors that strengthen or weaken community-centred accountability processes

  6. The Oxfam Australia Integrated Community Development Project

  7. The BoeungKak Lake Urban Development Project

  8. The Lower Sesan II Dam Project

  9. Emerging Findings • The strength of accountability processes depends critically on a given community’s capacity and sense of entitlement to influence decisions about development projects that affect them • Community capacity and strength of entitlement to influence depend in turn on several factors, both internal and external to the community

  10. Factors influencing capacity and entitlement • Quality of information, organization and resources at community level • Community norms and expectations, grounded in political culture • Roles, strategies and capacities of NGOs operating in the community • Relationships between communities, NGOs and government • Centralized versus decentralized structure of project decision-making

  11. Towards Learning and Action • Disseminate findings to Oxfam and extended NGO community • Planning as to how the research can feed into OAU strategizing around the water governance work in Cambodia • Feeding in research to other Oxfam initiatives such as the Active Citizenship and Accountability hub

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