Access to clean water reduces poverty, supports economic growth and environmental sustainability. It also has the power to change lives. For Narun, a visually impaired father in Cambodia, access to clean water has improved the quality of his family’s life.

Today we reflect on the UN theme, Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress. Australia supports investing in women, women’s rights organisations and feminist change-makers to end inequalities.

Australia’s flagship economic development program, the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED), organised a study trip for engineers-in-training to a water treatment plant in Kampong Cham province.

The Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED) has worked with government agencies, the private sector and development partners to develop a comprehensive 5-year strategy that aligns with the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Pentagonal Strategy and Australia’s new International Development Policy.

Through its flagship economic development program, the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED), Australia is collaborating with CDRI on a landmark study to help Cambodia identify reforms needed to address challenges and seize opportunities to achieve its 2030 development agenda and beyond.

Australia is a founding partner of Clean Energy Week – the biggest showcase of clean energy in Cambodia. We are supporting Cambodia’s clean energy transition and improved energy efficiency through our flagship economic development program, the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED).

Australia is a founding partner of the Clean Energy Week, and this year, through our flagship economic development program, the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED), we are happy to be supporting EnergyLabCambodia to organise CEW 2023.

The Australian Government is an official partner of Cambodia Climate Change Summit 2023, which is happening today and tomorrow in Siem Reap.

Australia’s flagship economic devleopment program, the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED) was launched in Siem Reap in September 2022 by Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, Australian Assistant Minister of Trade. H.E. VONGSEY Vissoth, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Permanent Secretary of State of the Ministry of Economy and Finance was also in attendance.

In April this year, the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED) program organised a visit for Cambodia’s AIP Steering Committee members to Melbourne and Perth to see different Australian Agri-food Industrial Parks and learn about AIP ecosystems including food innovation, enabling business environment and government policies in Australia.

Australia champions climate action in Cambodia. Australia has taken strong action to decarbonise our economy and partner with countries in the region to address climate change impacts. We are supporting Cambodia’s clean energy transition through our flagship economic development program, the Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED). Australia was proud to be the official partner of the Cambodia Climate Change Summit 2023 (CCCS23). The summit examined the country’s climate change challenges and highlighted government and private sector commitments to climate action. Watch the CCCS23 recap video to learn more.