In March, PN Cambodia was honoured to take part in two important events dedicated to national digital transformation, its development, its challenges, and its key solutions to strengthen and promote this industry in Cambodia.
Cambodia’s Digital Economy workshop and Digital Exhibition event
Digital Economy Workshop
As part of the IT network in Cambodia, PN Cambodia was invited to join the “National Consultation Workshop on Policy and Direction of Cambodia’s Digital Economy” held on 12-13 March 2019 at Phnom Penh Hotel. The event welcomed many guest speakers who are stakeholders in the digital field, both on a national and a worldwide level, such as the Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance, the World Bank, the Alibaba Group and King & Wood Mallesons, amongst others.
Opening ceremony of the Digital Economy workshop
This national workshop mainly focused on Cambodian information and communication technology‘s master plan and its development, a Law on telecommunications, and other relevant regulations on the digital economy of Cambodia. It also focused on the implementation of long-term sustainable information and communications technology’s (ICT) strategic framework for this growing sector.
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During the opening ceremony, Mr. Aun Pornmoniroth, Cambodian Minister of Economy and Finance presented the Cambodian digital economy situation, the industrial revolution 4.0 opportunities, key factors and policies which will enable the creation of a robust digital environment for the regional and global digital economy.
“Cambodia may have to spend the first five years setting all of the fundamental elements needed to prepare for digitization, then five or ten more years to develop the digital economy to aim for a technology-based economy,” the Minister said.
Ms. Ellen Goldstein, Director of the World Bank for Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos shared information on the benefits of the digital economy, on four priorities to facilitate digital development and the key challenges of digital development in Cambodia
“Only one out of four firms has a website, and the number of e-government services offered is limited. To move forward, the country will need targeted policies to strengthen the basis upon which a digital economy can thrive.” She said.
Digital Cambodia Exhibition
In March, PN Cambodia got another opportunity to be part of the first and largest “ICT Expo of Digital Cambodia 2019 – Towards Industry 4.0”, which was organized by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and was held on 15-17 March 2019 at the Koh Pich Exhibition Centre.
More than 100 companies, 100 start-ups, 40 speakers, and ICT Ministers from all ten ASEAN countries participated in this Cambodia’s largest-ever Tech event.
More than 100 companies, 100 start-ups, 40 speakers and ICT Ministers from all ten ASEAN countries participated in Cambodia’s largest-ever Tech event. During this three-day event, we had a booth and were given a day to promote our PN mission, operation, and curriculum for 1,000 visitors. Moreover, we also used this great opportunity to highlight our partners, sponsors and prospective networks who support us in the long term.
Guests visited the PN Cambodia booth
“These events provided us with a lot of useful information about the digital situation, the political strategies of development, which definitely tend to reinforce our development plan for the next step of our centre.”
Eléonore IriartIn conclusion, these events had positive impacts for the PN Cambodia team as we obtained valuable and up-to-date information on Cambodia’s digital situation, development strategies and key issues. We also reinforced and developed our network, as well as promoted our mission, our vision and our values. In accord with our mission, we are keen to see the fast growth of this booming sector, and all this input may play a very important role in the evolution of our curriculum and our position on digital development in Cambodia.