Non-state actors and anti-corruption work in Cambodia: Gaps, opportunities, and synergies

Non-state actors and anti-corruption work in Cambodia: Gaps, opportunities, and synergies 9 Roadmap for Government and CSO Engagement and Relations has been drafted by CSO leaders close to the government, calling for the establishment of ‘regular platforms between Government and CSOs’ on the provincial, ministerial, and prime ministerial level.11 The government’s strategic emphasis on co-optative. [...] The new government has launched the Pentagonal Strategy-Phase 1 to promote reform of governance, with a focus on strengthening public administration.19 The Pentagonal Strategy-Phase 1 is described as the socio-economic policy agenda of the Political Platform of the Royal Government of the Seventh Legislature of the National Assembly. [...] The core of the strategy focuses on governance and the modernisation of state institutions, making them ‘modern, competent, strong, smart and clean …’.21 Side 3 of the pentagon includes the ‘enhancement and strengthening of accountability and integrity in public administration’ through five strategies: ▪ Developing and implementing a code of ethics and professional conduct in civil service and fos. [...] ▪ Enhancing cooperation between the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) and public institutions, especially through a ‘focal person’ mechanism, both in the provisions of anti-corruption education and in the prevention of corruption, to put in place the monitoring, evaluation, and implementation of strategic plans, and plans for promoting integrity in public institutions.22 Presenting the five government st. [...] Second is capacity building and training of government officials and media professionals on international standards and principles around access to information and freedom of expression, and the promotion of media and information literacy, to equip them with the tools to conduct accurate and investigative reporting on issues related to good governance and anti-corruption measures.