Ministry of Environment Transfers Water Management Technology to Cambodia

The Sesan II Hydroelectric Power Plant in Cambodia. Its generation capacity is comparable to that of the Chungju Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant, the largest hydroelectric power plant in South Korea. In recent years, Cambodia has been constructing large-scale hydroelectric power plants primarily by attracting Chinese capital. The Sesan II Hydroelectric Power Plant, a 40-year BOT project, received a total investment of 780 million USD from China Huaneng Group Corporation (51%), Cambodia Royal Group (39%), and Vietnam Electricity (10%).
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[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Dongwoo Lee] The Ministry of Environment announced on the 14th that it will conduct online training to strengthen Cambodia's water management capabilities.

Cambodia is a country that continuously experiences water-related disasters, such as frequent flood damage caused by the Mekong River overflowing due to the effects of climate change.

This training, conducted in collaboration with the UNESCO International Research and Training Center on Water Security and the Korea Water Resources Survey and Technology Institute, will take place from today until the 18th as part of Cambodia's Official Development Assistance (ODA) project. The training targets 20 officials from Cambodia's Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology and experts in the hydrology field. A total project budget of 280 million KRW has been invested over three years since last year.

Two projects will be carried out simultaneously: capacity-building training for Cambodian officials and experts, and support for establishing guidelines for Cambodia's water resource information survey and analysis.

The online training course, under the theme "Understanding and Utilization of Water Resource Survey and Analysis in Response to Climate Change," will introduce Korea's current water management status and policies, provide basic theory education on water resource survey and analysis, and be conducted in real-time lectures and seminars including online field learning.

Son Okju, Director of Water Resources Policy at the Ministry of Environment, stated, "By transferring Korea's world-class integrated and smart water management technology, Cambodia's water management capabilities will advance to the next level, and furthermore, it is expected to contribute to the overseas expansion of Korean water companies."

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