Phnom Penh: During a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha, Minister of the Ministry of Interior, on September 28, 2026, Dr. Maha Damaj, UNICEF Country Director in Cambodia, expressed great interest and commitment to continue supporting the Ministry of Interior in strengthening accountability, transparency, integrity, and efficiency in the use of commune and sangkat funds across the country.
Dr. Maha Damaj linked the strengthening of the quality of commune and sangkat funds to the promotion and safety of women and children, where commune and sangkat administrations are currently playing an important role in local development work related to women and children, including the promotion of health center services, early childhood education services, and administrative services related to children’s documents or records, such as civil registration services, etc. which is an important foundation for children to receive other public services from the state.
In response, the Deputy Prime Minister thanked and highly encouraged UNICEF for continuing to support the Royal Government of Cambodia, in general and specifically the Ministry of Interior, to strengthen the quality of sub-national administrative services provided to citizens through capacity-building and implementation of projects aimed at ensuring that sub-national administrations have sufficient capacity to provide administrative services to citizens.
The Deputy Prime Minister also welcomed UNICEF’s constructive approach to the Ministry of Interior to support related work, including quality training, strengthening human resources of sub-national administrations, strengthening the capacity of ministry officials, prison management, including providing support for women and children’s rights, as well as other work that UNICEF has always done at all levels of leadership, both in the ministry and in the country. and sub-national territorial administration.
The Deputy Prime Minister further emphasized the importance of continuing to translate commitments into concrete actions in managing commune and sangkat funds with accountability and transparency, as this budget increases every year and this budget is the citizens’ budget from tax payments, which the state has the obligation to ensure is used for its intended purpose and serves the real needs of local citizens.
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