FINANCIAL POLICIES & PROCEDURES MANUAL - Ministry of Health

HSSP Financial Policies & Procedures Manual
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Based on the sector’s strategic plan for Health in Cambodia the Ministry of Health has received a
US$ 120 million from various partners to improve Health service delivery through the Second
Health Sector Support Program. An estimated US$110 million of the pledged resources will be
managed through a pooled fund. This pooled fund resources comprise US $30 million credit
from World Bank/IDA financing, US $50 million grant from DFID, and an initial allocation of
US $30 million grant from AusAID (for the first two years of Program implementation). In
addition, UNICEF and UNFPA have pledged some sizeable amount of resources part of which
will go into the pooled fund.
The Program will be implemented under deepened sector wide approach; an evolution from the
Sector Wide Management (SWiM) approach under which the current Health Sector Support
Program (HSSP) is being implemented (2003-2008).
The Program is defined as the wider development partner support provided to the Government
for its implementation of the HSP2. The Program is supported by multiple DPs (both pooling
and non-pooling) who have adopted common management agreements, set out in a Joint
Partnership Agreement.
The Program’s objective is to support the implementation of Cambodia’s Health Strategic Plan
2008-2015 that aims to ensure improved and equitable access to and utilization of essential
quality health care and preventive services with particular emphasis on women, children and
poor.
The Program’s development objective is to support the implementation of the Government’s
Health Strategic Plan 2008-2015 to improve health outcomes through strengthening institutional
capacity and mechanisms by which the Government and development partners can achieve more
effective and efficient sector performance.
The Royal Government of Cambodia commits counterpart funds to HSSP2 through the
National Budget. RGC Funds are managed according to the instructions of the Ministry of
Economics and Finance (MEF).
1.3 PROGRAM CYCLE
1. Program Identification;
2. Program Preparation;
3. Program Appraisal;
4. Credit or Grant Negotiation;
5. Agreement;
6. Program Implementation;
7. Program Completion;
8. Post Evaluation
Before a program can be declared effective the following key financial management arrangements
must be in place:
Financial responsibilities defined
Financial organisational structure decided
Key financial staff recruited and trained
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