About RILGP

The Rural Investment and Local Governance Project (RILGP) was originally financed by IDA Credit to the Kingdom of Cambodia, which is effective on 16 September 2003. The project was originally planned for four years, 2003-2006, with a closing date of 30 June 2007. From inception up to the end of 2006, RILGP was implemented under the Seila Program.

In January 2007 responsibilities for its residual activities including for the management of the C/S Fund and RILGP were transferred to the NCDD. Building upon the successes of the original RILGP, in July 2007 the project was extended through an IDA Additional Financing Grant to the Kingdom of Cambodia, which will be extended from the 14 provinces covered in 2007 to 23 provinces in 2008. The closing date of both the Credit and the Grant, was extended for three years to 31 December 2010.

The principal activity of the RILGP Component 1 supports the RGC’s C/S Fund by financing eligible sub-projects implemented in 1,473 communes/sangkat, 23 provinces. Component 2 supports related capital expenditures for provincial office buildings, office furnishing, equipment, vehicles and motorcycles, and finances workshops and consultant services for studies related to C/S Fund implementation and to the broader field of decentralization and deconcentration reforms.