{"id":1740,"date":"2021-06-04T08:26:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T08:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khmersme.pegotec.pro\/?page_id=1740"},"modified":"2021-10-26T08:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T08:32:28","slug":"sme-inclusive-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.khmersme.gov.kh\/en\/sme-inclusive-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Business in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inclusive Businesses<\/strong> are commercially viable private sector core-business lines that create scaled-up, innovative and systemic solutions to the relevant problems of the poor and low- income people at the base of the socioeconomic pyramid (BoP, the bottom 40%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IB in Cambodia<\/strong>: In 2019 the government of Cambodia \u2013 through the Ministry of Industry Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI), and  in cooperation with UN-ESCAP and iBAN \u2013 prepared a landscape study on Inclusive Business (IB) in Cambodia<\/strong><\/a>. The study a) profiles companies with IB models, initiatives and activities, b) assesses the enabling environment for IB, and c) makes recommendations for promoting IB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IBeeC: <\/strong>In 2020 MISI then endorsed the strategic recommendations of the landscape study and prepared a strategy for a better enabling environment for Inclusive Business (the IBeeC strategy<\/strong><\/a>). IBeeC has 8 strategic recommendations, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Institutionalizing IB support through an IB board, IB focal points and champions, an accreditation commute, and an IBeeC secretariat,<\/li>
  2. IB advocacy and knowledge development (studies, events, seminars, IB film, social media, countrywide IB website),<\/li>
  3. Regular (2 times a year) IB accreditation and IB awards,<\/li>
  4. IB business coaching, mentorship and capacity building,<\/li>
  5. Developing IB policy support and incentives (e.g. prioritizing IB in public procurement, integrating IB in the regulations for new investment law),<\/li>
  6. Establishing an IB Risk Reduction and Social Innovation Incentive Fund,<\/li>
  7. Doing proper IB results monitoring and reporting \u2013 also in the context of the private sector contributions to the sustainable development goals, and<\/li>
  8. Promoting regional exchange on IB in the ASEAN context (Hosting the 2022 ASEAN IB summit and ASEAN IB award).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Cambodia is the first country that implements the 2020 approved ASEAN IB policy guide<\/strong><\/a> through a coherent strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    IBeeC is implemented<\/strong> through MISTI and various stakeholders from government, business associations, facilitators, investors, companies, and development partners (including GIZ). A rolling IBeeC implementation action plan (2021-2024) is currently being prepared for endorsement by August 2021. It summarizes commitments from various stakeholders (including GIZ as technical assistance agency of the German development cooperation) as well as from MISTI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    GIZ contributes to IBeeC implementation<\/strong> in various ways and through different projects. Below are some summary information on the IB relevance of the GIZ program. More details can be found on the respective IB webpages of those projects and the IBeeC action plan 2021-2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n