In 2009 KOVs Focus on 3 Government Institutions

News Release: The translation from Raksmei Kampuchea Newspaper

Date: December 02, 2008

Volume: 16, number: 4757

Mr. Kim Byuntg-gwan, Representative, KOICA Cambodia Office, offers his opening remark at Intercontinental Hotel on Thursday, November 20, 2008

In 2009 KOVs Focus on 3 Government Institutions

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) declared that in 2009, KOVs will come to help and work in 3 governmental institutions for the purpose of country development.

Mr. Son Sung Il, deputy representative of KOICA office in Cambodia said like this in the consultation meeting on KOVs activities experience in Cambodia. He added that nowadays, there are 57 KOVs working in Cambodia including 22 KOVs dispatched in 2008 with the budget of 2 million USD. For the 2009 plan, KOV program focuses mainly on 3 sectors: (1) Rural development, (2) Basic Physical Education, Arts, Music and kindergarten Education, and (3) Health services in community level.

He also added that KOV program will extend to other province such as Koh Kong, Stung Treng, Mondul Kiri, Rattakiri and to certain rural districts along national road number 5, 6 and 7.

Regarding the above meeting, the deputy representative said that for 5 five years after the agreement between the government of the Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Cambodia, KOICA office in Cambodian has officially dispatched over 150 Korea Overseas Volunteers to Cambodia to work in several government institutions at both national and local level. Since the start in 2003, those KOV host organizations and KOICA have never had opportunity to reflect and discuss for cooperation improvement.

This meeting is very important for all stakeholders to understand about each other deeper and to raise suggestion as well as recommendation to better up future cooperation, especially for KOV program.