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Since
December 2007 MJP has been working with the German Development Service (DED) and
the Battambang Provincial Department of Land Management, Urban Planning,
Construction & Cadastre (PDLMUPCC) on effective rural planning in MJP project
areas located in Samlaut District. The project aims to improve development
planning procedures at commune and district levels and to align and integrate
MJP’s project activities into the governmental local planning process.
The emphasis of MJP’s Rural Planning Department is on various aspects of spatial
planning and its subsequent implementation of planned interventions. Mapping is
used as a main tool in displaying geographical, administrative, infrastructural,
social and land-related features of the project area and serves as a basis for
selection of priority activities with appropriate spatial coherence.
Rural planning helps local authorities to think about long-term visions and
strategies instead of the common random and short-term ones. Additionally, the
alignment of MJP’s project activities with the local development plans will
ensure sustained improvements of MJP’s project activities on the future
development of Samlaut and its communities.
Activities in 2008 focused on capacity building (rural planning
procedures) and good governance at the local level, as well as on
supporting implementation of planned project interventions related
to land and infrastructure. Below are the main activities completed
in 2008:
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Support to local development
planning procedures
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Community
Forestry support to the Battambang Forest Administration
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Preparation of
Boeung Run Health Center site
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Water well
survey
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Toilet survey
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Support to the
‘Bamboo Project’
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Mapping for MJP,
PDLMUPCC, Forest Administration, Samlaut Commune Council,
Prosperity Initiative
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