PHNOM PENH, May 8 — The Royal Government of Cambodia signed the agreement with a group of donors Thursday for three grants totaling $11 million, which will go to help Cambodia strengthen its response to any outbreak of the avian and human influenza in the future. Out of the $11 million total, $6 million is provided by the International Development Association (IDA), the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries through grants and interest-free loans.
The Government of Japan contributed $3 million from its Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) Fund, while the Avian and Human Influenza (AHI) Facility, a grant-making mechanism supported by the European Commission and eight other donors, contributed $2 million. Both the PHRD Fund and the AHI Facility are administered by the World Bank. The project consists of three components: (i) to strengthen animal health systems; (ii) to improve human health systems; and (iii) to strengthen the inter-ministerial cooperation for pandemic preparedness. It will be implemented by units within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Health,
and the National Committee for Disaster Management.
The signing ceremony was presided over by H.E. Ouk Rabun, the Acting Minister of Economy and Finance.
World Bank Country Director for Cambodia, Ian Porter, Second Secretary of the Japanese Embassy,
Kenchi Kobayashi, and Daniel Costa Llobet, First Secretary of the European Commission Delegation to Cambodia also attended the ceremony.
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Retrived from my personal e-mail dated on May 09, 2008.
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