THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

Prepared by: Sreyneang SRUN

CONTENT

Phnom Penh Capital profile

What can citynet contribute through these problems?

Cambodia profile

International Cooperation

Urban Challenges

1.

3.

4.

5.

2.2

Propose Potential cities6.

Cambodia profile1.

Phnom Penh & Its Surroundings

Costal Area

Eco-Tourism

Area

Siem Reap

Cultural and

historical

Cambodia Tourism Map

CAMBODIA DATA

Population 2013 ( million) = 14.7

Land Area (sq.km) = 181035

- land: 176,515 sq km

- water: 4,520 sq km

Administration Division

• 1 municipality

• 25 provinces (25cities)

Density (person/sq.km) = 85

Urban Population = 21.5%

Rural Population = 78.5

GDP ($ million US) = 16943

GDP per capita ($US) = 1139

Inflation = 3.5 %

Currency = Riel ( 4000 riels = 1$)

Poverty Headcount 2014 = 16.9 %

Labor force (15-64 years old) = 65.9 %

Life expectancy = 63

Language = Khmer

Ethnic group = Khmer, Vietnamese

and Chinese

Religion = Buddhism

Climate: tropical monsoon

- Dry season: Nov - Apr

- Rainy season: May- Oct

NATIONAL RECTANGULAR STRATEGIES PHASE 3

National Symbol

Traditional Dress

Seven beautiful Cambodian

Traditional Dresses in vibrant

color Pamoung for seven days of

the week:

- Sunday - Red,

- Monday - Yellow-Orange,

- Tuesday - Purple,

- Wednesday - Mustard-Green,

- Thursday - Green,

- Friday - Blue,

- Saturday - Burgundy

Cambodians believe that

choosing the right color of

clothes in accordance with its

color chart will bring good luck

and happiness.

KHMER CUISINES

• TRANSPORTATION

Wat Phnom

Welcome to Phnom Penh Capital City

Located in the junction of 3 main rivers: Mekong,

Basac and Tonlesap river.

678.46 km2

1.85 million

Administration Division:

- 12 districts

- 96 communes

- 909 villages

Annual Growth: 3.2%

= 100,000 household

per year

Density (person/km2)

: 2213

Phnom Penh Capital profile2

Government Homepage: www.Cambodia.gov.kh

Ministry of Post and Telecommunication: www.mptc.gov.kh

Phnom Penh Capital website : www.phnompenh.gov.kh

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ppcityhall

Private vehicles:

- 300.000 cars

- 1 million motorbikes

National Museum

Tourist Site attraction

Choeung Ek and Toul Sleng Geocide Museum

Choeung Ek museum, is the genocidal museum

opened in 1985 after hundreds of mass graves

excavated in 1980.

Total visitors are about 46,329 . foreigners are

45,112 and 1, 217 is local.

SHOPPING

AEON MALL

Central MarketRussian Market

Council

Governing Committee(1 Governor with 6 vice governors as

assistants)

General Admin Director

Admin Deputy Director Admin Deputy Director

Admin Deputy Director

Administration Division

Planning& Investment Division

Finance DivisionUrbanization

DivisionHRM Division Inter-sectoral

Division

Legal Affairs & Human Rights

Division

Waste Management Affair Dept.

Admin Deputy DirectorAdmin Deputy

Director

Technical Coordination

commission

Procurement

Commission

Women and Children

Commission

Public Relation and

International Cooperation

Office

Phnom Penh City Hall Organization Structure

9 divisions and 23

offices

Specialized

Department

Ministries

Phnom Penh Future Vision 2035

Phnom Penh – Smart, Mid-Mekong Capital City – is the Economic

Hub and Center of Population in Cambodia, People and Environment

Friendly.

Organize public order

Environment cleanliness and

waste management

Build Physical infrastructure

Broad and deep renovation, Changing government Official ’s

attitude

Mainstream awareness among the public through education activities

Strengthening Public-Private and

International cooperation

Improving poor community

City Development Strategy for 2014-2019

Urbanization Development

- Phnom Penh was originally agriculture and wetland. Urban evolution during 1890 -

1920 was the period when French administration started to modernize the urban

structure of the city.

- After independent in 1953 Phnom Penh city continue to modernize and develop

base by filling some natural water body: lack, river, pond etc.

1890 1937

1958 19681943

19221910

1994

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

Phnom Penh International Airport

New Autonomous Port

TRANSPOTATION IN PHNOM PENH

WATER SUPPLY

90% clean water supply , network covering 2156 sq.km of Phnom Penh territory,

Capacity: 430,000 m3 /Day /24 hours

ElectricityElectricité du Cambodge (EDC),

with the donors’ support has

rehabilitated in urgency its

production units and all the

distribution network. The

rebuilding electricity

infrastructures cost nearly

156.4million US dollars.

-From 1999 to 2002, Japan has

funded the extension power

system for peripheral area with

about 34.67 million dollars

FLOOD CONTROL, SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT

1. Reinforcing the

existing Dikes

2. Upgrading

Pumping Stations

and Sluiceways

3. Excavation and

Dredging of

Regulation

Ponds/Open

Drainage

4. Improvements of

Underground

Drainage Mains

5. Excavation,

Fabrication and

Furnishing of PC

Pipes for Sewers

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

• NUMBER OF WASTE AT LANDFILLThe number of Generation /disposal

waste were increased accordingly.

from 343000ton in 2007 to 617000 ton

in 2014

The 3Rs policy has been introduced

Composting works and Biogas work

has been applied for Organic wastes.

Plastic bag reduction measure has

been made and implemented.

Public awareness and penalty

Public park In Phnom Penh

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Public Park In Phnom Penh

8 NEW TOWNS DEVELOPMENT ( SUB-CENTER)

Camko City,

119 ha.

Grand City

233 ha

Boeung Kak

133 ha.

Green City

2,634 ha

Koh Pich

80 ha

Sokha Development,

14 ha

Chroy Changvar,

387 ha

Boeung Chhouk

238 ha

Transformation from mono-central development to poly-central development

REWARDS FROM 2004 - 2014

1. Award for “Clean Water Supply, Water for All” , from ADB in

Manila, Philippine, in 2004

2. Received a world award for “ Leadership” in London, UK , in

2005

3. A ward for “ Asia – Pacific City Environment” in Melbourne,

Australia , in 2006

4. Received a world award as a leader in “Mechanism for on-

site Environmental Improvement” in London, UK, in 2007

5. Received an award for the “ First ASEAN Environmental

Sustainable City” in Hanoi, Vietnam , in 2008

6. Received an award for the “Sambo-Japan Prize (IYSH)” in

Tokyo, Japan, in 2009

7. Received an award for the “Industry Clean Water Stocklom”,

UK, in 2010

8. Received an award for the “Second ASEAN Environmentally

Sustainable City” in Bali, Indonesia, in 2011

9. Received an award for the “Phnom Penh Clean Water for

Big Cities” In 2014

• CHALLENGES:

TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

FLOOD

WASTE MANAGEMENT

POLLUTIONS

LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

POOR COMMUNITY/SLUM

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

THE DIFFICULTIES FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING :

Phnom Penh was ruined by civil war for many years, the

legal frame work, Urban planning documents and other

physical infrastructure were destroyed.

Some part of city is developed by market oriented development.

Human resource shortage

Financial shortage

Phnom PenhBalarus

-Minsk

Korea

-Incheon

-Busan

China-Shanghai, -Kunming, -Changsha, -Chongqung

JapanKitakyushu

(Plan to sign MOU)

Thailand

-Bangkok

USA

-Cleveland

-Lowell

Seychelles

-Victoria

Others

International Cooperation3.

Sister city cooperation (19 sister Cities)

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PARTNERS

- CITYNET

- Busan Foundation For International Activity (BFIA)

- AIMF (Association Internationale des Maires Francophones)

- AFD (France’s national institution working for development )

- Singapore Cooperation Program

- UN-Habitat

- People for Care and Learing

- Side by Side International organization

- Etc…,

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Capacity building: training program, workshops and conference

High senior official exchange visit

Technical and financial support ( urban transport, housing for poor,

infrastructure)

Phnom Penh Capital Hall Is working on some projects with technical and

financial support from JAPAN GOVERNMENT and JAPAN International

Cooperation agencies (JICA). Those projects are :

1. Project on flood protection and sewage - drainage improvement in

Phnom Penh (phase 3)

2. project for comprehensive urban transportation plan 2035

3. Project for development of traffic management system in Phnom Penh

4. Project for Expansion of Lower Secondary Schools in Phnom Penh

What can citynet contribute through these problems?5.

Seem like Phnom Penh lost the track on what CITYNET is working

Improve our communication

Human resource development: Capacity building on the demand urban

issues

Share workshop schedule and official invitation letter for the workshops

in advance

Make a request to Phnom Penh to update its information especially

urgent urban challenge facing

Help Phnom Penh to actively engaged to capacity building, CITYNET

services, clusters and projects

Strengthening relation with Seoul Metropolitan government and help to

make sister city establishment (City-to-City cooperation)

Proposed Potential cities in Cambodia 6.

1. SIHANUK VILLE – COSTAL AREA

Sihanoukville is a province in southwest Cambodia known for its beaches,

tropical islands and the mangrove jungles of Ream National Park.

International Port

for Export

Eco-tourism City

Area: 868 km²

199,902 (2008)

2. SIEMREAP PROVINCE

896,309 (2008)

Area: 10,299 km²

Siem Reap is the 10th largest province in

Cambodia. A large portion of Siem Reap's

southern border is demarcated by the Tonle

Sap and as such, it is one of the nine

provinces that making up the Tonle Sap

Biosphere Reserve.

In modern times the province is best known

as the site of Angkor and the Angkor Wat

temple ruins.

សមូអរគុណ ! SOM ORKUN

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