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Name: David Moore Position: Australian Team Leader Biodata: David Moore has a broad mix of justice skills having retired from executive positions of Commissioner, Department of Justice (Correctional Services) and Deputy Commissioner with responsibility for Police, Fire and Emergency Services in Australia. As a seasoned development practitioner with experience in the Asia-Pacific region, David has worked actively throughout his career with individuals to promote best practice, professionalism and accountability in themselves and their Agencies. He brings skills and experiences to promote effective communication, relationships and genuine partnership with all Law and Justice Agencies with whom he works. In his previous role as the Team Leader of the Pacific Regional Policing Initiative (PRPI), a multilateral initiative co-funded by the Governments of Australia (through AusAID) and New Zealand (through NZAID), David lead his team to significantly contribute to a safer, more secure and stable environment amongst Pacific Forum Island Countries. His role included effectively managing the PRPI Project on a day to day basis, accounting for program resources, promoting collaborative work practices, enhancing prospects for sustainability of the program outcomes, providing the strategic oversight, leadership, logistical support and project management systems necessary for the effective delivery of PRPI activities. Prior to his appointment as Team Leader for CCJAP III in March 2009, David carried out short term advisory work within the Pacific environment generally in a leadership mentoring role.

Name: Ky Bunnal Position: Deputy Team Leader (Operation) Biodata: Bunnal has been employed on the CCJAP project which is a partnership approach between the Government of Australian and the Royal Government of Cambodia to implement reform in the criminal justice sector for more than 13 years, mainly working with the Police, Court, Prison and Crime Prevention and Community Safety. He graduated as a registered Nurse in accordance with the UN standard curriculum in 1992 and Diploma in Training Assessment at workplace, Australian College of Education and he has successfully completed a Masters of Public Administration at University of CUP, Phnom Penh, and now he has been appointed as a Deputy Team Leader, (Operation). Through his studies and continued commitment to further education, his willingness to take on change and learn new ways and his professional and respectful behavior. Bunnal developed into a leader within his community where he has been successful in bringing meaningful changes to the members of his community. Bunnal will assist in supporting six partner Provinces, community, and agencies to support the Integration of CPCS plan in accordance with National Committee for the Management of Decentralization and De-concentration Reform Guidelines. He has a strong commitment to work closely at the sub-national to improve security and gender, with a key focus on women and child, and vulnerable groups.

Name: Duong Vanna Position: Deputy Team Leader (Management for Development Results) Biodata: Vanna starts working for the project on January 1st 2011 as a Deputy Team Leader in charge mainly on the monitoring and evaluation section of the project. His experiences cover a wide range of fields as he has worked for different projects of different organizations. From 1995 to 1996 he was served for UNOPS project called Cambodia Area Resettlement and Reintegration Project as Community Development Assistant and later became Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation assistant for the same project of the same organization until 1998 in Siem Reap province. From 1998 to 1999 he worked for in a new UNOPS project named Cambodia Area Regeneration and Rehabilitation as Provincial Deputy Program Manager and was promoted as Provincial Program Manager in 2000 in Siem Reap province. In 2000, he was employed by UNDP as Senior Provincial Program Advisor for Partnership Local Governance Project (PLG) where the project involved mainly on supporting the decentralization and de-concentration reform. With this position, his main roles ranged from developing strategic plan, preparing annual work plan and budget, managing and coordinating project contracts preparation, managing and coordinating annual work plan implementation, managing project budget, and coordinating with all development agencies working in the targeted province. He has engaged in this PLG project for 5 years based in Prey Veng province. From 2006 to 2010 he was employed by UNDP for Democratic and Decentralized Local Governance project as National Project Officer in-charge of inter-commune cooperation component where he involved on project policy, management procedure, monitoring and evaluation system development and coordination; supporting and backstopping government on the project management, capacity building field staff and monitoring and evaluation at National level based in Ministry of Interior. From his experiences he has a wide range of skills on training, facilitation, presentation, community development, planning, monitoring and evaluation, project planning with result based approach, project management, etc. He is interested in seeking and learning new ways of sustaining institutional development through all kinds of reforms.

Name: Eam Yuth Position: Manager, Finance and Administration Biodata: Yuth commenced work with CCJAP in 1997 at the beginning of Phase I. He has now been the Manager for Finance and Administration for 10 Years. As the Manager - Finance and Administration Yuth has the responsibility for managing the Ministry of Interior Project Office and Project site offices. Yuth enjoys working with the project to improve project management and operations. He is committed for the next five years and will seek to maintain the strong team spirit. Yuth's hobbies are visiting ancient temples and tourist centres as well as beaches, natural waterfalls and travelling to overseas.

Name: Huot Veng Chan Position: Crime Prevention and Community Safety Advsior Biodata: Chan commenced working in the criminal justice sector in 1998 with the Cambodia Criminal Justice Project Phase I. Since this date Chan has performed a variety of roles on both CCJAP phase I & II working mainly on activities to assist reform the Cambodian National Police. Prior to this he worked for a variety of International and local non government agencies such as the International Rescue Committee, the World Bank Labour Law and Education of Women and Children Project, the Cambodia Trust Limb Project, as well as managing a School of English. Chan is a fluent English reader and speaker and also speaks and reads Thai. Other skills possessed by Chan include; Financial accounting, Small Business Management, and Project Planning and Design.

Name: Chor Siek Veng Position: Data Management Advisor Biodata: Veng has been working for CCJAP since 2003 under phase II. Before joining CCJAP, Veng worked in Kosovo with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and in East Timor with the Independent Electoral Commission of the United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET). In addition to this experience Veng spent five years with DFDL, a law firm in Cambodia. Veng graduated from the Royal University of Phnom Penh as an English-Khmer translator/interpreter in 1993 and recently he received a Master of Business Administration in Management from Preston University USA. Veng has established a good reputation in the sector for his work on management processes and is looking forward to assisting the government with furthering its reform efforts. Other interests: playing ping pong, watching TV, and reading.

Name: Nou Arun Position: Capital Works Advisor Biodata: Arun is the Project Officer for Capital Works (Planning & Design) who commenced work for CCJAP III in 2007. He is a professional Architect with over 10 years experience in several major international and local projects in Cambodia. Arun has previous experience working as a National Facilities Construction Consultant, with the World Bank Loan/Grant Projects - Both Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project (FERP) & Cambodia Education Sector Support Project (CESSP). His responsibilities included the technical verification and insuring of correct support documentation that accompanies all payment requests and included random field trips to visually inspect works and ensure they met project standards. As an Architect with Belgium Technical Cooperation (BTC), he was in charge of the Design of the BETT- School Model Standard, produced all Architectural Drawings and prepared bidding documentation. He was also involved in the private sector with several International Architecture Firms (Axiom, Cochin, and G117). Arun's hobbies are visiting ancient temples and Modern Architecture.

Name: Yan Sokha Position: National Adviser - Alternative Sentencing Biodata: Sokha has a Bachelor of Law Degree having graduated from the Law School of the Norton University in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2001. He is currently part way through his studies for a Masters of Law Degree. He worked in both the CCJAP I and II projects. Now CCJAP III, He is engaged as a Project Officer, Ministry of Justice and the Courts with the Project for the next five years. Sokha will assist the Ministry of Justice, Provincial-Municipal court and Appeal Courts to improve the practices and the procedures. He has experiences in providing legal written and verbal translations, monitoring and evaluation, project planning and designs and coordinated activities at provincial and ministerial levels. His work within CCJAP has involved assisting the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior to draft legislations, circulars and instructions relating to program initiatives. Sokha also worked closely with both overseas and locally engaged advisers to produce the Ministry of Justices new Criminal Court Procedure Handbook as well as preparing training curriculums, national and provincial workshops and administrative matters. He has excellent relationship with all the counterparts and high levels of the government agencies. He knows how to deal with the government agencies with the effective ways. Other interests: watching TV and travelling.

Name: Long Silux Position: Provincial Project Officer - Banteay Meanchey Biodata: Silux is a Provincial Project Officer for Crime prevention and Community Safety commenced working for CCJAP on 20 April 2009 based in Banteay Meanchey province. She had experienced on Midwife and involved with the health sector for the period of 10 years that was started since 1983 to 1992 with graduated the certificate of Advanced Midwife from UN standard in 1992. She had joined working with different International and Local Organization as the assistance project manager and adviser for CARE International, Danish Cambodia Consortium (DCC), SEADO, UNDP/ CARERE II, Partnership for Local Governance ( PLG) and Project to Support Democratic Development through Decentralization and Deconcentration (PSDD) for the period of 15 years that started since 1993 to 17 April 2009 with focused on Capacity Building , facilitation skill, Community Development, Planning/Budgeting preparation, Project management, Project implementation, DIP program , Monitoring and Evaluation that partnership with the Government counterparts. The key counterpart working direct are line department in the province and supported 4 Units of PRDC ExCom, especially, to Provincial Local Administration Unit (PLAU), District Development Committee (DDC) Commune councils (CCs) and PBC to engagement in democratic development in order to enhance Decentralization and Deconcentration policy and Good governance for sustainable way.

Name: Sum Sokha Position: Provincial Project Officer - Kampong Thom Biodata: Sokha started working in Crime Prevention and Community Safety in April 2009 with the Cambodia Criminal and Justice Assistance Project. From 1982 to 1992, He worked for CONCERN as Assistance Sanitation Manager. From 1992-1993, He worked for Christian Outreach (COR) as Assistance Project Manager. From 1993-1994, Sokha worked for United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) as Food Distribution Monitor and Researcher for Returnees, Vulnerable people, Widows, Orphanages, Elderly and data analysis. From 1994-2000, He worked for Action Nord Sud (ANS) as Assistance Project Director to be in charge of Local Development Work. From 2000-2009, Sokha worked for UNDP Program of CARERE II, PLG and PSDD as Local Administration Advisor focusing on Capacity building, Project planning/Budgeting, Advice, Technical cooperation, Monitoring and Evaluation to support D&D. Furthermore, He had also been responsible for District Initiative Program (DIP) and Inter-Commune Cooperation Project (ICCP) in past 3 years. Especially, He had experiences in Facilitation skills, Training skills, Micro finance management, Community development work, mapping (GIS & GPS) and computer software/hardware. His interests: Willing to learn languages and skills, meeting people and making friends.

Name: Heng Jolie Position: Senior Project Officer - Crime Prevention & Community Safety Biodata: Lee commenced working in the criminal justice sector in 2003 with CCJAP as a Training Project Officer. Prior to this Lee managed his own Khmer Training School providing non Khmer students with language skills and cultural understanding of Cambodia. Lee has also worked for a variety of organisations including the Mekong River Commission and Ministry of Women's Affairs, as well as being engaged by the German Development Service and Japanese International Co-operation where he provided language training and cultural awareness courses. Lee was awarded a Bachelor of Management from the Cambodian National Institute of Management and is also a qualified Workplace trainer and Assessor.

Name: Vuth Ratanak Position: Administration Officer Biodata: Vuth Ratanak commenced his work with CCJAP III on January 1, 2010. Holding this position, Ratanak is responsible for managing the CCJAP translation requirements including the translation of reports, contracts, articles, letters, and other documents as required from English to Khmer and vice versa. Other duties are interpreting during meetings, workshop, and provincial visits. He got his Bachelor Degree in Education (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) in 2009 from Institute of Foreign Languages. Ratanak has worked as a teacher of English for over two years. In addition, he used to have some work experience as the Deputy Head of English Department for Cambodian Youth’s Future Institute. He has strong commitment and teamwork spirit in doing his job and also establishes good working relationship with his co-workers. He used to volunteer to teach high school students in provinces for Community Legal Education Program. Ratanak received the award of excellence which was granted in recognition of his 5th most outstanding scholastic achievement in Year 3 and on February 28-29, 2008 he also won the first Cambodian client counseling completion in the second place. Currently, he is doing his final year at PUC to get his Bachelor of Law.

Name: You Veasna Position: Logistic and Support Officer Biodata: Veasna commenced working with CCJAP III in September 2007 as an assistant to Admin & Finance Manager. In this working capacity Veasna not only assist the finance manager but he also provides assistance to the project team as required. Veasna has a strong commitment to build good relationship with all team members. Veasna enjoys listening to International music.