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UNESCO Phnom Penh

National Office
-Cambodia

About UNESCO Phnom Penh

In 1951, Cambodia joined UNESCO as a Member State, and UNESCO reopened its office in Cambodia in 1991. As a laboratory of ideas, the partnership between UNESCO and Cambodia has seen significant advancement in ensuring inclusive and quality education; promoting the conservation of World Heritage Sites and intangible cultural heritage; fostering environment conservation and livelihoods development, and policy support in science, technology and innovation; and strengthening freedom of expression and media development for democracy and development.

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Snapshot of UNESCO’s major work in Cambodia.
UNESCO and Cambodia, Building Future Together
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Highlights

???Safeguarding of the Bayon Temple

The Bayon Temple is one of the most significant monuments within the Angkor World Heritage complex

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Strengthening Teacher Education Programme in Cambodia
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Promoting Environmental Conservation at Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve
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Promoting Archives Preservation and Digitization at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
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Basic Education Equivalency Programme (BEEP)
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Strengthen Media Development and Freedom of Expression in Cambodia
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Key Figures

600
$USD million

investment in cultural conservation and development

130,000
teachers

to benefit from the developed and institutionalized NCPD system once rolled out nationwide

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fully renovated Provincial Teacher Training Colleges
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Basic Education Equivalency Programme

Learning Centres in 15 provinces

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factories

providing female garment workers with literacy and numeracy training

500,000
pages

of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives preserved, digitized and accessible to all

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of the nine honeybee species globally are present in TSBR

for the first of its kind sustainable beekeeping and apitourism initiative

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Stakeholders actively engaged in the strategy development

to promote media, information and digital literacy

News & Press Releases

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Publications

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UNESCO Phnom Penh

# 38, Samdech Sothearos Blvd.
Sangkat Chey Chumneas, Khan Daun Penh
Phnom Penh 12206
Cambodia

+855-23 72 30 54phnompenh@unesco.org
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