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TABLEOFCONTENTS
Introduction to KOICA
KOICA inCambodia
PrioritySectors
Performance ofAssistance
Appendix:
-KOICA’sODA: 2004-2008
-Procedure of KOICA’s Program
-Distribution ofCurrent KOVs
KOREA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY
The Korea International Cooperation Agency was founded in April 1991 under the
wing of Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Korea. Ever since, the Agency better
known by the acronym KOICA, has been at the forefront of Korea’s international
development effort.
Our aim is to facilitate socio-economic development of our partner countries and
promote friendly and cooperative relations between the Republic of Korea and
developing countries around the world.
During the course of socio-economic development since the KoreanWar, Korea has
learned a lot of painful but useful lessons. Now we are sharing these lessons with our
developing country partners because we believe that they could give practical tools
and knowledge to those struggling to escape harsh conditions and achieve social
stability and economic prosperity.
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TechnicalCooperation
GrantAid
Human Resource Development (HRD) has been the one and most important factor
for socio-economic development. As a way of technical cooperation, KOICA builds
partner countries' capacity in human resource by inviting government officials,
researchers, and promising young students to Korea and teaching them how to
facilitate and promote socio-economic development. KOICA also sends
development experts and volunteers to work in a variety of areas. These Koreans
with professional skills and work experience help a great number of individuals who
want to build a better life for themselves, their children, and their communities.
Too often, and too badly, many developing countries do not have necessary
resources and infrastructure even if they want to do something about their problem
of underdevelopment. That is why KOICA places a high priority on conducting
surveys and supporting construction of essential infrastructure such as roads,
hospitals, schools as grant aids. Also as a part of our development program, KOICA
provides equipment and facilities required at vocational training centers, schools,
public health centers, and research institutes.
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Technical Cooperation
-Dispatch of KOV
-Dispatch of Expert
-Training Program
Grant Aid
-Development Study
-Development Project
-Provision of Equipment
Socio-Economic
Development
KOICA IN CAMBODIA
Brief History
In 1991, KOICA started cooperation program with equipment provision in
Cambodia. Having seen a rapidly increased development cooperation promoted
between the two countries, KOICA set up an overseas office in Phnom Penh in 2003.
Since then, it has played a leading role in bridging the people of the two countries
withODA program.
To fulfill its role as a leading emerging donor in Cambodia, KOICA has the following
strategic objectives:
ctive engagement in global efforts to address poverty and other key
development challenges as identified in the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs)
- Support Cambodia to achieve sustainable development through balancing
economic growth with environmental stewardship
As the importance of partner countries' ownership and the cooperation with donor
countries is increasing, KOICA, with its own Country Assistance Strategy (CAS),
tries to align its work with Cambodian government's development plan and donor's
code of practice to achieve the MDGs and sustainable development by mainly
focusing on 4 priority sectors—rural development, health, education, and
infrastructure—in which Korea is the best suited with its experience of economic
development and poverty reduction.
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PolicyGoal
C ountryAssistanceStrategy
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PRIORITY SECTORs
Rural Development
With approximately 80% of Cambodia’s
population living in the devastated rural areas,
KOICA believes that rural development is
crucial to alleviate poverty and to enhance the
quality of life in Cambodia. Moreover,
agriculture can be a key to accelerate
economic development in rural areas if it
meets best suitable condition with water
supply, agricultural skills, and people’s
motivation to live a better life.
In this sector, KOICA focuses on the rehabilitation of irrigation systems, technical
cooperation in agriculture, and the transmission of new village movement (Korea's
rural development campaign) inCambodia.
Like some other countries in the region,
Cambodia’s healthcare development is very
important for economic improvement. With
limited healthcare facilities and qualified human
resources, Cambodian people, especially those
who are living in the rural areas, are facing the
threat to their health and lives. In particular,
infant mortality rate in 2008 is around 60 per
1,000 live births and the maternal mortality is 461
per 100,000 live births, which is a significantly
high rate compared to developed countries.
In health sector, KOICA has been helping strengthen Cambodia’s health
infrastructure by constructing hospitals and improving medical facilities. KOICA
has also helped Cambodia develop their health policies by training medical
professionals in Korea and dispatching Korean medical volunteers to work in
Cambodia.
Health4
Education
Infrastructure
The Cambodian Government is investing
a lot to develop qualified human
resources for the development of
Cambodia. The number of people, from
the age of 7 to 24, who completes
primary school and basic education, is
still limited, with only 30% and 15%
respectively. Most of the illiterates and
those who drop out of school are the
poor living in the rural areas where
education system and facilities are not
adequately designed and installed.
To help the Cambodian government to achieve its goal, KOICA is putting its efforts
on primary education by constructing schools and facilities, and providing
appropriate curriculums and school supplies to ensure that all children complete
primary schooling.
KOICA also helps to develop Cambodia’s vocational training in order for people to
get a job and generate incomes by establishing a skills-certification system and
dispatching skilled experts in the field.
After decades of conflict and civil war,
most of Cambodia's infrastructures
w e r e s e r i o u s l y d e s t r o y e d . F r o m
Korean’s development experience,
KOICA knows that adequate and
effective infrastructure will promote
i n v e s t m e n t a n d o t h e r e c o n o m i c
activities, and as a result economic
growth will be achieved more rapidly.
For this reason, KOICA has been
i m p l e m e n t i n g p r o g r a m s f o r t h e
improvement of transportation system,
roads, and power and energy.
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PERFORMANCE OF ASSISTANCE
To facilitate its priorities and to achieve
its goals, the Cambodia office utilizes
various types of assistance which include
project aid, feasibility study, dispatch of
volunteers, training program, dispatch of
experts, partnership with NGOs, and
disaster relief.
Since the first assistance in 1991, the total
volume of KOICA’s grant aid to Cambodia
between 1991 and 2008 was 46 million
USD. Back in the 1990s, Cambodia was
less noteworthy with relatively small size
of ODA volume. However, the trend
turned around to a rapid increase of
cooperation program since 1997, when
the two countries retied the diplomatic
relations. Between 2005 and 2008, the
volume of KOICA’s grant aid surged by
284%, which means that Cambodia has
enjoyed a great deal of development
programs with KOICA recently. In
particular, with an amount of 13.1 million
USD in 2008 for country assistance,
Cambodia is the first largest recipient of
KOICA’s annual disbursement .
Going forward, KOICA plans to expand
d e v e l o p m e n t c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h
Cambodia by scaling up its ODA to a level
commensurate with its economic
standing. In this context, KOICA’s
importance and its scale of operations
are expected to continue to grow in the
years to come.
KOICA’s ODA program in million USD
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KOICA’s Programs in Cambodia
The project aid program, which supports the construction of schools, hospitals,
roads, and other indispensable facilities, has become one of the leading programs
of KOICA.Alongside such physical aspects, KOICA also offers training and expertise
to comprehensively support capacity building of human resources. Since its
establishment, KOICA has provided 20 programs inCambodia.
Project aid and FeasibilityStudy
Siem Reap
KampongChhnang
Kampot
Kandal
KampongCham
Project in Siem Reap1. Construction of Siem Reap
Bypass Road (’05-’06/$ 1.6 million)
2. Project for Pavement of
Siem Reap Bypass Road
(’08-’09/$4.3 million)
Projects in
Kampong Cham
3. Project for Irrigation
Construction in Batheay
Region (’09-’10/$2.5 million)
4. KOICA-JICA Joint Project on the
Construction of Irrigation and Rural
Development in Kampong Cham
(’09/$0.2 million)
1. Project for Rural
Development in
Kampong Cham
(’06-’08/$1 million)
2. Project for Flood
Control in Batheay
Region (’07-’08/$2
million)
Project in Kandal1. Project for Rehabilitation of
Tamouk Reservoir in Kandal
(’02-’04/$1.4 million)
Project in Kampong
Chhnang
2. Establishment of Korea Cambodia
FriendshipHospital in Kampong
Chhnang(’07-’08/$1 million)
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1. Feasibility Study of Krang
Ponly River Development in
Kampong Chhnang
(’04-’05/$0.7 million)
Project in Kampot1. Feasibility Study for
Kampot Trapang Ropaou-
Road Reconstruction (’01-’02/$0.6 million)
Projects in Phnom Penh1. Capacity Building in the Trade in Goods and Services
(’04-’05/$0.9 million)
2. Establishment of the Modern Hospital
for Children (’05-’06/$2.4 million)
3. Capacity Building for Capital Market Development
in Cambodia (’07-’09/$1.8 million)
Projects Nationwide1-Research for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases in 6 ASEAN Countries (’02-’06/ $2.5 million )
2-Basic Study on the Installation of Geodetic Control Points Phase I (’03-’04/$1 million)
3-Basic Study on the Installation of Geodetic Control Points Phase II (’05-’06/$1.2 million)
4-Mater Plan on Nationwide Water Resource Development (’06-’08/$1.5 million)
5-Formulation of Rural Development Policy and Strategy (’07-’08/$1.8 million)
6-Creation of National Qualification Framework in Cambodia (’07-’09/$1.2 million)
7-Installation of National Geodetic Control Points in Cambodia (’07-’09/$2.5 million)
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Training program
Dispatch of KoreaOverseasVolunteers
KOICA's training program supports the
h u m a n r e s o u r c e d e v e l o p m e n t o f
Cambodia and plays a critical role in
narrowing the knowledge gap between
the two countries. This program aims to
share important technical skills and
knowledge as well as to build capacities
for sustainable development.
To meet this goal, KOICA invites
technicians, researchers, and policy
makers for training and education in
Korea, and shares Korea's development
experience and knowledge. The training
program strives to help design its own
effective development policies and use
suitable technologies. KOICA has
i n v i t e d a r o u n d 1 , 3 0 0 C a m b o d i a n
officials to Korea since 1994.
The Korea Overseas Volunteers (KOVs)
program promotes technical manpower
development and the transfer of
advanced technology through provision
of technical assistance by deploying
volunteers to live and work together with
local communities in Cambodia. KOVs
program covers up such variety of field
as technical and vocational training, rural
development, education, public health,
etc. Since 2003, there are up to 204 KOVs
d i s p a t c h e d i n P h n o m Pe n h a n d
nationwide.
Number ofTrainees8
Dispatch of Korean Expert
Partnership with NGOs
Disaster Relief
Korean experts, who work with government
officials, transfer Korean experience and
knowledge in local settings. By sharing
professional know-how through education,
seminars, and policy consultation, the effective
promotion of economic and human resource
development is realized. KOICA has dispatched 17
experts in 14 different fields since 1996, mostly
working in the central government ofCambodia.
NGOs are able to deliver assistance to local
community more directly and complement the
efforts made at the government level more
rapidly and effectively. That is why active
participation with NGOs is emphasized. KOICA
has co-funded Korean NGO’s development
program to Cambodia and completed 32 projects
since 1995. KOICA plans to start to cooperate with
local NGOs which have experience and expertise
on the development field.
Disaster Relief is a type of humanitarian
assistance that provides immediate relief to
victims of natural disasters through the supply
of emergency relief goods and the dispatch of
relief personnel. After heavy typhoon ‘Ketsana’
hit Cambodia in late 2009, KOICA supported
with emergency food and commodities worth
200,000 USD to those who had been left
injured, homeless, and short of food.
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PROSPECT IN 2010
As the Korean government pledges to increase itsODA toCambodia, theCambodia
office is eager to expand its volume of development program in 2010. In addition,
the Cambodia office, as a member of the donors’ group, will improve the quality of
aid and strengthen its partnership with other countries. The followings are annual
program planned in 2010:
1. Irrigation system construction in Batheay region: 2009-2010/2.5 USD
2. Irrigation-based rural development in Kampong Cham: 2010-2012/2.4 USD
3. Capacity building of Siem Reap Provincial Hospital: 2010-2011/3.3 USD
4. Human resource development center construction: 2010-2014/6.5 USD
5. National base map production: 2010-2011/2.5 USD
6. Siem Reap ring road construction: 2010-2012/9.2 USD
7. Solar-hybrid power energy system construction: 2010-2011/2.2 USD
1. Feasibility study of waste landfill construction in Siem Reap: 2010/0.3 USD
1. 166 government officials to be invited to participate in 40 courses
1. 85 KOVs to be working in Cambodia
1. 5 Korean experts to be dispatched
1. 6 projects with Korean NGOs to be implemented
-Climate Partnership Program
-Joint Program with other development partners
Projects (in million)
Feasibility Study (in million)
Training Program
Dispatch of Korea Overseas Volunteers Program
Dispatch of Korean Expert
NGOs
Others:
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APPENDIX
1. Korea’sODA from 2004 to 2008
2. KOICA’s Program Procedure
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total ODA
(KOICA’s ODA: A+B)
KOICA’s ODA Ratio (%)
423.32 752.32 455.25 699.06 802.34
175.34 208.75 193.11 270.09 274.29
41.40 27.70 42.40 38.6 0 34.20
Bilateral Assistance
-Grant Aid
(KOICA’s Grant Aid: A)-EDCF
330.76 463.30 376.06 493.47 539.22
212.09 318 258.95 361.28 368.67
174.58 201.86 193.11 270.09 272.40
118.68 145.30 117.11 132.19 170.55
Multilateral Assistance
(KOICA’s Multilateral Assistance: B)
92.56 289.01 79.19 205.59 263.12
0.75 6.87 - - 1.89
ODA/GNI Ratio (%) 0.06 0.10 0.05 0.07 0.09
*This table is base on the 2009 development cooperation report
* Based on the 2009 development cooperation report, KOICA’s Multilateral Assistance in 2008 is a
core contribution for the member countries of the UNPD Executive Board (2008-2010)
(Unit: USD in million)
CAS
Formation
Demand Survey and
Policy Dialogue
Program Request
Application
Feasibility Study and
Approval
Implementation and
Monitoring
Evaluation and Feedback
Proposal from Ministries
CDC/Ministry of Economy
and Finance
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and International Cooperation
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3. Distribution ofCurrent KOVs inCambodia (2009.12)
Prey Veng
Pursat
BanteayMeachey
Battambang
Kampong Thom
Siem Reap
Kratie
Stung Treng
KampongChhnang
Svay Rieng
TakeoKampotSiahouk Ville
Phnom Penh
Kampong Cham
Koh Kong
Pailin
Ratanakiri
52
5
4
14
6
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
5
Total Number: 67 (female: 49, male: 18) in 18 areas
Sectors of Current KOVsFields of Current KOVs
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