Angelika Stauder, first secretary and deputy head of cooperation at the German embassy in Phnom Penh, spoke favourably of the Cambodian government’s efforts at reforming its bureaucracy, at the closing ceremony of the “Decentralisation and Administrative Reform Programme” (DAR) on June 16.
The Cambodian government has formally launched a national programme aimed at enhancing the quality and the effectiveness of services provided to the people to ensure that they benefit from inclusive and equitable economic development.
Officials and lawyers are in ongoing discussions about amending the forest, fisheries and protected areas laws to transfer natural resource protection and conservation functions from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to sub-national level administrations.