Introduction

The Cambodia NGO Database has been developed to support a single data entry point for providing a complete record of all NGO’s assistance to Cambodia. The overall objective of the NGO Database is to provide a practical tool to promote and monitor the alignment of NGO with the priorities of the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) and the aid management principles included in the RGC Action Plan on Harmonisation, Alignment and Results (H-A-R Action Plan). These objectives are further articulated in the Cambodia Declaration (October 2006) and the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (March 2005).

The NGO Database provides access to information on project financing. At a sector or working group level, the NGO Database can therefore support routine reporting, information sharing and coordination functions that are intended to promote dialogue and the development of more effective aid management practices. At a strategic level, the NGO Database will become a fully integrated part of the national aid management architecture. This will ensure that a more evidence-based approach can be taken to promoting aid effectiveness and to monitoring the contribution of aid to achieving the development results that are envisaged in the NSDP. The major analytical outputs of the NGO Database and the broader aid partnership dialogue will be presented annually in an Aid Effectiveness Report.

Project details that can be extracted from the NGO Database include the following:

• NGO’s Core Detail Information
• Name of Project, duration, start/completion dates, status
• Financial details including total committed funding, disbursement profiles and number of project staff
• Sector details
• Location details of where the project is being implemented

• Use of technical cooperation (TC) and Type of Assistance
• More detailed information on TWGs and Project Counterpart (s)

In the NGO Database, the user is able to aggregate and format this project data to provide a range of reports that include:

• Total commitments and/or disbursements by NGO / sector
• Projected disbursements by NGO / sector
• Project activity by sector/sub-sector, location or Technical Working Group (TWG)

With these specifications the NGO Database is intended to facilitate and monitor the national aid effectiveness programme. The purpose of this manual is to guide the user so that s/he is able to access the NGO Database, view data and generate reports. Part One of the manual provides details regarding the basic user functions, while Part Two provides guidance on data entry, which is a function restricted to individuals who have been granted editing rights on specific development partner project records.