Head of ACU Om Yintieng talking to the media.PHNOM PENH, Oct 18, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Cambodia's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said it needs 0.02 percent of the national budget annually to cover staff and other expenses at this Unit.
"ACU has proposed the government for the annual budget of 0.02 percent of the national budget for the unit's operations, but it's not realized yet -- just in the process of proposal," the Permanent Member of the ACU, Sar Sambath said at the Government Palace during the 17th Meeting of the Government-Development Partner Coordination Committee on Monday.
He said that now the ACU has 60 staff and will be increased to 200 staff in the first phase and will increase to 500 staff when it has functioned full capacity.
He said the unit has finalized the strategic plan already and would submit to the government for approval in November. "The implementation in (the strategic plan) will be started from 2011," he said.
In a speech on behalf of the development partners, Theodore Allegra, Charge d' Affaires at the Embassy of the United States of America to Cambodia, said the development partners would like to work with the government in combating corruption and strengthening the new ACU.
"Development partners congratulate Cambodia on the passage of the law on anti-corruption and the establishment of the national council for anti-corruption and anti-corruption unit," he said in the meeting.
"And we now look forward to the robust implementation of this important piece of fundamental legislation," he said.
The Government of Cambodia last week approved the budget law for 2011 in the total amount of 2.4 billion U.S. dollars. For the proposed 0.02 percent of the national budget by the ACU, it's calculated at 480,000 U.S. dollars per annum.
Qimiao Fan, World Bank's country manager, who heads the development partners in the meeting, said that the meeting was to discuss how development partners can most effectively support the government's next steps in four priority areas.
Those are integrating strategic planning, budgeting and aid management; implementing the anti-corruption law and strengthening the anti-corruption institution; preparing and implementing other legislation on access to information and other remaining legal and judicial laws; and implementation of the forthcoming national social protection strategy.
"ACU has proposed the government for the annual budget of 0.02 percent of the national budget for the unit's operations, but it's not realized yet -- just in the process of proposal," the Permanent Member of the ACU, Sar Sambath said at the Government Palace during the 17th Meeting of the Government-Development Partner Coordination Committee on Monday.
He said that now the ACU has 60 staff and will be increased to 200 staff in the first phase and will increase to 500 staff when it has functioned full capacity.
He said the unit has finalized the strategic plan already and would submit to the government for approval in November. "The implementation in (the strategic plan) will be started from 2011," he said.
In a speech on behalf of the development partners, Theodore Allegra, Charge d' Affaires at the Embassy of the United States of America to Cambodia, said the development partners would like to work with the government in combating corruption and strengthening the new ACU.
"Development partners congratulate Cambodia on the passage of the law on anti-corruption and the establishment of the national council for anti-corruption and anti-corruption unit," he said in the meeting.
"And we now look forward to the robust implementation of this important piece of fundamental legislation," he said.
The Government of Cambodia last week approved the budget law for 2011 in the total amount of 2.4 billion U.S. dollars. For the proposed 0.02 percent of the national budget by the ACU, it's calculated at 480,000 U.S. dollars per annum.
Qimiao Fan, World Bank's country manager, who heads the development partners in the meeting, said that the meeting was to discuss how development partners can most effectively support the government's next steps in four priority areas.
Those are integrating strategic planning, budgeting and aid management; implementing the anti-corruption law and strengthening the anti-corruption institution; preparing and implementing other legislation on access to information and other remaining legal and judicial laws; and implementation of the forthcoming national social protection strategy.
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