China provides training program for 195 students from Cambodia

📋 Staff Comments

The program may possibly be a follow-up to the signing of the 'Memorandum of Understanding for Strengthened Cooperation between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and UNDP', witnessed by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and PRC Prime Minister Wen Jiabao; based on the UNDP article found in the resource section below)The training program will include topics such as management, industrial building systems, commercial data collected, crop inspection and quarantine, economic management, agricultural development, regional cooperation, government loans, geology and mineral resources, information and communication, meteorology and environmental protection, railway construction, services, trade, customs administration, disease prevention and control, logistics management, water resources development, FTA, police cooperation, food security , women's empowerment and the news media. The students are from various government core sectors and social groups such as students from the Prime Minister's Department, the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, Mining, Land Planning and Construction, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Health, Public Works Department of Transportation, the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Women's Affairs, Development Board, Customs, the Red Cross and the media sector. In addition, the Cambodian government has also sent a young Cambodian official to pursue a Master's degree program in China. This is one out of other examples where the Chinese government has provided training programs to Cambodians in the government sectors (This information is based on the speech made by PM Hun Sen, found in the resource section below).

📚 Sources & References

• Training in foreign aid to Cambodia in 2012 China
• Cambodian officials complete training in cassava cultivation techniques in China
• Speech at the Opening of the Conference of Confucius Institute
• Asia 2013 (PM) Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.