SINGAPORE, 22 September 2021 – Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, supported by the Republic Polytechnic of Singapore and the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), concluded its training on Project Proposal Writing for Cambodian officials.
After the successful conduct of the first cycle of the Project Proposal Writing for officials’ trainings in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam in December 2020 – March 2021, the second cycle kicked off for Cambodia.
Hosted by the Cambodia-Singapore Cooperation Centre in Phnom Penh, the training took place both offline and online from 9 to 22 September, with 23 Cambodian officials from nine Ministries in attendance.
The Republic Polytechnic of Singapore facilitated the first half of the training from 9 to 15 September. Meanwhile ASEC, through its Programme Cooperation and Project Management Division, facilitated the second half from 16 to 22 September, particularly to train Cambodia’s future project proponents on the development and management of ASEAN cooperation projects (ACPs) as well as the mechanism to tap into the available resources.
ASEC invited the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund Management Team to share their experience in project proposal development and monitoring and evaluation from an ASEAN partner’s perspective. ASEC’s Finance and Budget Division also shared project budget formulation and project fund disbursements, as well as reporting.
At the training, facilitators shared knowledge and best practices on how to develop a regional project proposal, how ASEC appraises a project proposal, and how to implement, monitor, evaluate and close a project.
Through various exercises and group works, participants enhanced their knowledge and understanding of ACPs, the processes throughout the ASEAN project cycle and how to apply a results-based management approach in developing regional cooperation projects.
Following the five-day training with ASEC, participants developed four drafts of regional project proposals in the areas of gender equality in workforce; electronic commerce; TVET and labour market harmonisation; and women’s economic empowerment on ICT. Upon completion, participants received a joint certificate issued by Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ASEC.
The second training for Viet Nam’s officials is scheduled for 4-15 October 2021.
