UNICEF Social samhällsstyrning 2018-2021 UNICEF Social Inclusion and Governance 2018-2021 Syftet med den föreslagna insatsen är att ta itu med begränsat tillhandahållande av tjänster i Kambodja, vilket är en effekt av flera utmaningar som bland annat låga utgifter för sociala tjänster på subnationell nivå, begränsad kapacitet för att tillhandahålla sociala tjänster och svaga mekanismer för socialt ansvarstagande med begränsat medborgardeltagande i lokala planerings-, budget- och övervakningsprocesser. Ett viktigt inslag i programmet är att stödja regeringarnas huvudstads- och provins- och kommunförvaltningar, i syfte att förbättra det sociala stödet och inrätta ett system för kontantöverföringar. The purpose of the proposed intervention is to address the limited service delivery as an effect of several challenges in the Cambodian context including low spending on social services at sub-national level, limited capacity for delivering social services and weak social accountability mechanism with limited citizen participation in local planning, budgeting and monitoring processes. A key feature of the programme is to support the governments capital and provincial administrations, communes and sangkats to be able to improve the social assistance, and, to roll out the plan to establish a cash transfer system. The Government of Cambodia has committed to a new policy of granting cash transfer adressing the most vulnerable children and families. The intervention's overall objective as presented in the more detailed Proposal is to strengthen capacity of Sub National Administrations (SNA) to plan, budget and implement social services and this and related social protection programmes. The two Outcome areas are described as follows:

Outcome 1: Sub-national administration (capital and provincial administrations, and communes and sangkats) prioritize children and women in public investment programmes and allocate their resources for social services that aim to improve well-being of children and women.

Outcome 2: Social protection programmes delivered by subnational administrations benefiting the most vulnerable children and women.

The central mission is thus to assist in building the systems and human capacities needed for the roll-out the new RGC programme for cash transfer to women and children living in poverty. Experience has shown that if public administrations have healthy internal management systems and routines and capabilites to include the participation of the key target groups in the implementation of such a programme, the effect will be better. Improving the capabilities  of administrations will contribute to enhancing a human rights-based approach to programming and to achieve the no one left behind global 2030 SDG agenda.

More specifically, UNICEF focuses on the RGC policy to implement a cash transfer system, and aims:
-To strengthen SNA to plan and budget for social services for women and children.
-To enhance inter-ministerial coordinated support from Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Economy and Finance and Ministry of Planning to SNAs for planning and budgeting for social services
-To establish a mechanism of public recognition and provision of rewards to high-performing SNAs to incentivize them to prioritize social investment
-To enhance social accountability mechanisms through participatory planning, budgeting and monitoring processes with a focus on vulnerable groups including women, youth, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities
-To enhance capacity of SNAs to effectively and efficiently deliver social protection programmes
-To support implementation of the national cash transfer programme for pregnant women and children and to build evidence around the impact of cash transfers on the poorest and most vulnerable women and children, through a qualitative forward-looking study
-To improve social protection targeting mechanisms and to design a single registry system to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
-To increase the coverage of social workers at local level to identify and follow up the most vulnerable children, women and families and to link them with available social services, child protection and social protection programmes.
Towards the end of the project UNICEF will have achieved the following:
- Capital and provincial administrations and communes and sangkats will prioritize children and women in public investment programmes and allocate their resources for social services that aim to improve wellbeing of children and women.
- Social protection programmes delivered by SNAs, is benefitting the most vulnerable children and women.