Article & Photo: KOICA Cambodia Office
Under the
support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and
Samsung Electronics, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in
cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations
Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) launched event for “the
Creating Employment Opportunities and Ensuring Effective E-waste
Management in Cambodia. The ceremony was held on August 9, 2012 at Phnom
Penh Hotel under the presidency of H.E. Pich Sophoan, Secretary of
State of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.
H.E. Pich
Sophoan addressed at the launch event that Cambodian’s economy has grown
remarkably in recent years and increase in urbanization has led to
change in life style’s preference of the people in rising demand in
utilization of electronic products and most of people involve in
repairing electronic products have low technological capacity and
perform the service with inappropriate facilities in a way that these
operations were considered to be a threat to the environment and
public’s health.
Response
to the above issues, H.E. Pich Sophoan deeply hoped that with adequate
technology, training and regulatory framework and support, e-waste
recycling could positively contribute to the conservation of natural
resources, energy savings, a reduction of emissions including greenhouse
gases and the development green technologies. In addition, e-waste
recycling offers the potential for job creation. He also hoped that this
project would also bring the new achievements such as strengthening the
capacities of youth sector to support the increase in employment and
business opportunities in the electronic industry and e-waste management
skills, knowledge and practices were improved.
This
training program not only provided youth of the knowledge and skill for
labour market in Cambodia but it also provided the knowledge and skill
for youth to work in foreign countries.
According
to the statistics of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
showed that the flow of work forces from Cambodia to the Republic of
Korea was increased dramatically. “At the same time, Cambodia government
is being attracted more investors to invest in Cambodia. Many
investors, particularly from the electronic industry are interested in
investing in Cambodia, but are faced with a labour shortage due to the
lack trained workers, yet this program will focus on poor youths and
give them the skills necessary to rehabilitate the equipment”, H.E. Pich
Sophoan said.
Please be
reminded that of the US$1.35-million total expense until 2015, KOICA
will pay $1 million while the remainder is shared by Samsung ($300,000)
and UNIDO ($50,000). In addition, Samsung will take charge of training
programs to nurture repair technicians and environment professionals.
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