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PIP No:
1385
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1. PROJECT NAME:
Women's Entrepreneurship Development Center Establishment Project
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ឈ្មោះគម្រោងៈ
គម្រោងបង្កើតមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហគ្រិនភាពស្រ្តី
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PROJECT START :
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ESTIMATED COMPLETION :
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4. RESPONSIBLE MINISTRY:
Ministry of Women's Affairs
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RESPONSIBLE UNIT:
Gender Equality Department and Economic Development Department
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អង្គភាពទទួលខុសត្រូវ:
នាយកដ្ឋានសមភាពយេនឌ័រ និងនាយកដ្ឋានអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច
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5. PROJECT STATUS
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DETAILED PROJECT INFORMATION
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6. TYPE OF PROJECT:
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7. SOURCE OF PROJECT FUNDING:
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| 8. THE POLICY AREA OF THE PENTAGON STRATEGY PHASE I THAT THIS PROJECT FALLS UNDER: |
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| 9. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROJECT TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE POLICY: |
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Training and development
Business incubator
Research and knowledge hub
Collective space and resources
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| 10. Support to Cambodia Industrial Development Policy |
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Does this Project support to the implementation of the Cambodia Industrial Development Policy?
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11. SECTOR:
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| 12. PROJECT LOCATION: (Describe the location of the project and its components.) |
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| 13. PROJECT OBJECTIVE: (Describe the major purpose of the project.) |
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1) Provide capacity building on entrepreneurship to WEs (e.g. business incubation, workshops on financial literacy skills)
2) Increasing the market for WEs by facilitating linkages and showcasing products
3) Develop a more nuanced understanding of WEs in Cambodia that will aid in defining relevant policy and initiative supporting WEs. |
| 14. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: (Provide a description of the project and all its components.) |
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Establish a women's Entrepreneurship Development Centre (WEDC) that will provide capacity building and market development services to women entrepreneurs and thought leadership on women's economic empowerment enterprise in Cambodia.
Component of WEDC:
1) Training and Development
2) Business incubator
3) Research and knowledge Hub
4) Leveraging Collective Space and Researches |
| 15. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: (Give reasons why this particular project is considered worthwhile.) |
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Direct Beneficiaries-21000 to 24000 WEs
Indirect Beneficiaries- to be estimated once the operational farmwork is defined. |
| 16. BENEFITS (Who will benefit, directly and indirectly, from the project?) |
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MoWA intends to target three categories of Cambodia women:
1) Young Entrepreneurial Women (YEW): Typically, between the age of 17 to 30 years. This segment includes women who are either in the start-up phase of a business or new college graduates/students seeking to become entrepreneurs.
2) Women-owned microenterprises (WMEs): This category of WEs are the largest in Cambodia. They are typically characterized by services and trade-oriented businesses.
3) Small and Medium WEs (SMWE): This segment includes a mix of WEs in services, trading and ITC. Most likely to be small, an existing business employing 5 or more workers, but lack the network and skills to grow. |
| 17. FEASIBILITY STUDY |
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Is a "Feasibility Study " for the Project requied?
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| 18. SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: (Briefly describe the effects of the project, if any, on the people and the surrounding environment. Will the project assist in alleviating poverty?) |
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WEs are a large segment of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Cambodia. Women own 61% of businesses in Cambodia as per the 2014 CIES data (International Finance Corporation, 2019). The SME Finance Forum (2018) estimates that women’s ownership of enterprises is highest in the microenterprise sector (53%) and their ownership of SMEs is substantial at 35%. The 2016 World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) reveals that women-owned enterprises constituted 43% of all small and medium enterprises, but ownership was higher in the small enterprise segment compared to medium enterprise (Totten et al., 2019). While these estimates may vary, they do reveal that WEs are a substantial part of Cambodia’s entrepreneurship landscape and are characterised mostly by micro, yet large numbers of enterprises. It is, therefore, necessary that any entrepreneurship policy or initiative incorporates a gender lens to ensure more effective and impactful development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Cambodia. |
| 19. CLIMATE CHANGE |
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a. Is any activity or output of the project related to Climate Change?
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b. How is the project relevant to Climate Change?
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Please select a Climate Change related sector of the project and fill up the contribution of the climate change related expenditure compared to the total project cost.
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Climate Change-Related Sector
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Percentage
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Climate Change Relevance
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| 20. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION |
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Is any activity or output of the project related to Disaster Risk Reduction?
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| 21. GENDER ANALYSIS: (How does the project affect the roles of the men and women in the project area? Will women be actively involved in the implementation of the project?) |
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| 22. CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT: (Does the Ministry have the skills and experience required to implement the project?) |
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MoWA understands this well and has established presence in the provinces, the Ministry is best placed to ensure effective outreach, design and implement of the various programs for SMWEs in Cambodia.
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| 23. STATUS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: (Provide a brief update on the progress of the project to date. Discuss any major problems causing delays in project implementation.) |
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24. PROJECT PRIORITY
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(Please indicates the priority ranking of the project decided by the ministry/agency.)
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1
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| 25. DONOR INVOLVEMENT: (Provide any information on current or potential donor involvement in the project.) |
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UNESCAP GIZ JICA ADB World Bank UNDP |
| 26. REFERENCE: (Please upload the project documents, MOU, or agreements with funding agencies including MEF.) |
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Part B: Project Costs and Funding Sources
( In US$’000 )
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