Following the formation of the new Government in July 2004, the RGC presented the Rectangular Strategy (RS) which was subsequently elaborated and operationalised in the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) 2006-2010. The NSDP serves as the single overarching medium-term development plan for the Government and as such functions as the key reference point for the harmonisation and alignment of official development assistance under Government leadership, as outlined in the Action Plan on Harmonisation and Alignment. The NSDP was developed by the MOP in consultation with other stakeholders including Government Ministries and institutions, external development partners, and civil society. After approval by the Council of Ministers, National Assembly, Senate, and the King, the NSDP was officially launched on 15th of August 2006 by the Prime Minister.
The goals and targets for 2010 that are laid out in the NSDP are derived in large part from the Cambodian Millennium Development Goals (CMDGs). It is estimated that US$ 3,500 million will be needed for the public sector during 2006-2010 to achieve the goals and targets set out in the NSDP.
The NSDP is conceived explicitly as a living document, subject to revision in the light of new information, changing opportunities (e.g. resource availability), and priorities.
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The NSDP has been formulated by the MoP using the RGC's comprehensive Rectangular Strategy as the framework and synthesising and prioritising various earlier policy or target documents. These include SEDP II, the CMDG Report, the NPRS, the NPP, the Governance Action Plan (which includes the Public Administration Reform or PAR), the Public Financial Management Reforms Programme (PFMRP) and other sector policies and strategies, notably in the Ministries of Health (MOH) and Education, Youth and Sports (MOEYS).
It is the single, overarching document elaborating RGC's priority goals and strategies to reduce poverty rapidly and to achieve other CMDGs and socio-economic development goals for the benefit of all Cambodians. It aims to align sector strategies and planning cycles, and to guide external development partners to align and harmonise their efforts, and so achieve better aid-effectiveness and higher net resources transfer.