The Legal and Judicial Sector is one of 19 sectors which the Royal Government of Cambodia has identified for further development. The “Legal and Judicial Reform Strategy Paper” (LJRS) was issued in 2003, followed by the “Plan of Action for Implementing Legal and Judicial Reform Strategy” (PAILJRS) in 2005. The PAILJRS produced 97 priority actions for implementing the legal and judicial reform program of the government to achieve the goal of establishing a credible and stable legal and judicial sector. The Technical Working Group for Legal and Judicial Reform (TWG-LJR) has been the venue for both Cambodian government agencies/ministries and DPs to analyze the underlying issues, share information, and to foster further development in the sector.

The Legal and judicial sector is one of the most important sectors where various DPs carry out projects and extend cooperation toward government agencies. The Council for Legal and Judicial Reform (CLJR) is the only government body in charge of developing, coordinating and implementing the legal and judicial reform program of the government. From its development of a strategy paper in 2003 and the plan of action in 2005, many priority actions of the PAILJRS have been implemented by government agencies with the strong and active support from many DPs. however, so far information on the progress of the reform program, including the number of activities supported by the DPs and implemented only by government agencies, has been difficult to come by.

An overview of the entire situation as to who is doing what in the sector is required to avoid overlapping, to see any gaps between the plan and its implementation, and to maximize the resources and inputs from DPs. Hence the database of development partners involving in the legal and judicial reform has been initiated to establish in the website of CLJR.

The DPs Database will be single information point for all stakeholders, in particular DPs, to map out their activities and plan sector reform programs. The database will also provide information on each activity supported by each DP in the sector reform so that the plan of action may be implemented without incidents of duplication. The objective of the DPs Database is to map out the current situation of the legal and judicial sector in Cambodia including objectives and goals of the government’s strategies and plans and to grasp the current activities/projects implemented or supported by DPs in the sector in order to find out who has been doing what and what is the gap between the current progress and the plan of the LJR.