CDC & KOICA Hold 2022 Annual Policy Dialogue on Development Cooperation

The Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) jointly organised here yesterday a 2022 policy dialogue on development cooperation.

The discussion took place physically at CRDB/CDC. The CRDB/CDC side was headed by H.E. Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and the Secretary General of CRDB/CDC while the KOICA side was led by Mr. Rho Hyunjun, Country Director of KOICA Cambodia Office.

According to a press release of KOICA, the main purpose of the dialogue was to discuss KOICA’s activities in Cambodia such as ongoing projects, new projects for 2023 and 2024, country training programmes for 2022 and 2023, and discussion on how to develop new projects for 2025.

On the occasion, H.E. Chhieng Yanara highly valued all the achievements made by KOICA for Cambodia. He also expressed his gratitude to KOICA, and the Government and the people of the Republic of Korea, for continuously supporting Cambodia’s socio-economic development through the implementation of many projects and programmes in Cambodia.

For his part, the KOICA Country Director, Mr. Rho Hyunjun highly praised the Royal Government of Cambodia for its efforts and achievements in the fruitful outcomes from the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits held last week in Phnom Penh.

Mr. Rho also laid stress on next step of working with CDC and the Cambodian relevant ministries to develop the most feasible new projects for 2025.

KOICA has been supporting Cambodia to assist the socio-economic development on four core-priority sectors, Water Management and Public Health, Education, Agriculture and Rural Development, and Transportation through various ODA projects and programmes of a value of about US$336.7 million from 1991-2022.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press