Role and Responsibilities of the Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board «CRDB» (Extracts from Sub Decree No. 149 ANK BK, Article 13, and dated 3^rd October 2008):
 

1. To serve as the “focal point” and the “One-Stop Service” in the contact between the Royal Government and the countries, international organizations and NGOs which are donors to Cambodia, and to serve as the focal point and “One-Stop Service” in the contact among ministries and other governmental institutions in the coordination of the receiving and/or distributing of development assistance;

2. To formulate and implement strategies on the management of development cooperation to strengthen the ownership and the leadership of the Royal Government in the development activities, and to strengthen partnership with the development partners community;

3. To mobilize and allocate development assistance for the implementation of the priorities set out in the National Strategic Development Plan and the Sectoral Development Programs;

4. To lead the harmonization of the implementation of development projects and programs by development partners to enhance the effectiveness of development assistance;

5. To provide technical support to the Government-Donor coordinating committee which is a mechanism for discussing and formulating policies, and to provide various support to enhance the mechanism of joint-technical working groups;

6. To cooperate with relevant ministries and institutions in preparing strategic concepts for rehabilitation and development of Cambodia, and in setting the priority needs of the country for the immediate term, the short-term, the medium-term and the long-term in order to prepare rolling plans of action. These plans of action shall be inter-related and coherent;

7. To participate in preparing socio-economics and sectoral planning to develop Cambodia;

8. To manage public investments in cooperation with the relevant ministries and institutions. This process shall mainly be related to the coordination and direction of the allocation and utilization of the national and external resources with the aim of rehabilitating and developing Cambodia;

9. To sign agreements on behalf of the Royal Government with bilateral and/or multilateral donors and international organizations for the reception and/or allocation of development assistance, pursuant to the delegation of authority by the Prime Minister;

10. To lead preparatory works, in cooperation with relevant ministries and institutions, for international meetings for rehabilitating Cambodia such as the “Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum”; and

11. To produce and submit semi-annual and annual reports to the Royal Government for its review and its corrective measures of the rehabilitation and development works.