Ngo Hongly
Secretary-General, Council for Administrative Reform, Cambodia
Focus: Decentralization, Balancing the Central and Local
Keywords: training, reform sequencing, ranks and grades, performance management, pay reform, one-stop shops, merit pay, job descriptions, de-politicization, decentralization, computerization, Civil Service Commission, capacity building
Interviewer(s): Rohan Mukherjee
Country of Reform: Cambodia
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Date: Wed Oct 28 2009
Abstract
Full Profile
At the time of this interview, Ngo Hongly was secretary general of the Council for Administrative Reform in Cambodia. After 20 years in the French private sector, he returned to Cambodia and worked from 1994-2003 as a consultant for the Cambodian government on administrative reform. In January 2004, he was appointed secretary-general of the Council for Administrative Reform (CAR), working directly under His Excellency Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the CAR under the direction of the Prime Minister Hun Sen. The council, active since 1999, engaged in various policy-making activities in the area of administrative reform.
