KOICA Cambodia Office held a pre-departure orientation for 35 Cambodian government officials from Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Ministry of Environment-MoE (Technical Working Group for Sustainable Cities).

According to a press release of KOICA Cambodia Office issued on July 11, this orientation programme is organised under KOICA Fellowship Programme (CIAT) which supports MoJ on ‘Capacity Building on Anti-money Laundering Applying Digital Forensic’, and MoE on ‘Capacity Development for Sustainable City Planning and Development’.

The Pre-Departure Orientation is aimed to ensure that government officials are well-prepared to face the cultural and societal differences they may encounter during their training in South Korea. By providing them with knowledge and culture, intercultural communication skills, and an understanding of academic expectations, this orientation programme becomes a stepping stone towards a successful and enriching experience for each officer.

With a mission to support Human Resources Deve
lopment (HRD) in partner countries, KOICA invites talented people from Cambodia and helps them gain professional and systematic knowledge that will play a key role in Cambodia.

KOICA’s fellowship programme (CIAT) is Korea’s leading human resources development (HRD) training programme, through which, KOICA invites public officials, engineers, researchers, and policymakers from developing countries to provide capacity-strengthening and training in various areas, with a focus on sharing Korea’s development experience and technology.

To accomplish this mission, KOICA has been operating a fellowship programme. For 2024, there are more than 140 government officials who are selected to participate in the programmes. Upon completing the training programme, the 15 officers from MoJ are expected to get the advancement of investigative and prosecutorial capabilities by applying cutting-edge technology. Additionally, the 20 officers from the Ministry of Environment who are members of the Technical Working Group for Sus
tainable Cities will enhance their expertise in sustainable urban planning and development.

During the Pre-Departure Orientation session, Ms. THAN Khengvicerany, an alumni of the KOICA Scholarship Programme from Cambodia, now serving as an Aid Coordination Officer at the Cambodia Development Council (CDC), shared what she has experienced and gained from her scholarship experience in Korea, and how she is applying the knowledge in her current role as Aid Coordinator.

The nominated officers showed their gratitude and commitment to bring forth what they will learn from Korea to help the development of Cambodia, as well as assured they will become the bridge between their ministries and KOICA, and beyond, the people of Cambodia and Korea.

Remarkably, since 1994, KOICA fellowship programme has supported Cambodian government officers with a total of 3,647 participants in various schemes of support such as Country Training, Global Training, and Scholarship programmes. KOICA will continue to support and implement
programmes in Cambodia that target the development of human resources.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse