Welcome to Solution Exchange for the Extractive Industries Community  in Cambodia

The Cambodia Knowledge Sharing for Extractive Industries links professionals with timely international knowledge and experience. The focus areas are the social, environmental and economic benefits and costs of extractive industries (minerals, oil and gas). By bringing international experience to Cambodia in an innovative new way, the responsible development of Cambodia’s non-renewable resources for all Cambodians will be enhanced.

Community Facilitation Team

Advisor: Glenn Kendall
Young Professional Officer: Serey Vicheth Chunley

Contact Details:
EI Community in Cambodia
UNDP, #53, Pasteur Street, Boeung Keng Kang, Phnom Penh
Telephone number: 855-23-216-167 ext. 172/488
E-mail: se-ei-kh at solex-un.net

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How it works:

Each person in the Extractive Industries (EI) Community is subscribed to a mail group that is moderated by the Community Facilitator and Young Professional Officer (the Facilitation Team). When a member of the EI Community comes across a challenging issue, or would like to learn more about regional or international practices on extractive industries, he/she can post a question to the EI Facilitation Team. The Team then sends the question to the community network.

Other members of the community will then respond to the question with advice, experiences, data or knowledge within a fixed period. After 3 weeks, responses will be synthesized into a Consolidated Reply (CR) by the Facilitation Team. The CR also includes additional resources and recommended materials such as websites and further readings, etc.

Key Benefits:

The Knowledge Sharing for Extractive Industries will help Cambodia to:

• Build and increase its own capacity to best manage Cambodia’s extractive industries
• Link national with regional and international experts
• Connect people together with common interest
• Serve as a platform to identify international best practices
• Help to achieve the Cambodian Millennium Development Goals (CMDGs)

Issues covered:

Questions posted to the Extractive Industries Community  arise from individual member’s needs or challenges that they may encounter in their work or research on extractive industries development. It will cover topics like:

• Legal frameworks and governance of the sector
• Contracts and revenue-sharing instruments
• Economics of extractive industries, and value chain issues
• Extractive Industries and greenhouse gas mitigation opportunities
• Capacity building skills, human resource development, and gender
• Innovative technologies and production efficiencies
• Mitigating social and environmental impacts
• Global and regional best practices
  

Who should become a member:

• Government officials and authorities in Cambodia and elsewhere responsible for extractive industry matters, including exploration, development, fiscal, environmental and socio-economic dimensions
• Specialists knowledgeable about various aspects of extractive industries in other countries
• Professionals working in related NGOs and civil society organizations who are interested in responsible development of the extractive industries sector
• Researchers and developers of innovative technologies for extractive industries
• Professionals in the business community engaged in the extractive industries sector
• Other professionals working in fields related to extractive industries