Institut de Technologie du Cambodge (ITC) : participation in the Scientific Days and renewal of the Framework Agreement.

13/07/2023
For many years, ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â has collaborated with the Institut de Technologie du Cambodge (ITC). ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â researchers, including PhD candidates, are housed in the ITC. In addition to reducing disease and pest outbreaks and reducing pesticide use, the collaboration's focus on agro-ecological crop protection is now contributing more broadly to the integrated or "One Health" approach. One of the subjects that ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â and the ITC will be developing in the near future is aquaculture.

HE Dr. Po Kim Tho, Director General of ITC and Dr. François Roger, ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â Regional Director for Continental South-East Asia have extended the MoU for a period of five years.

Similar to the previous year, ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â supported the ITC's scientific days, with the theme of "Engineering Technology and Innovation Toward the Development of Digital Economy and Society" in June 2023. HE Dr. Oum Romney, Secretary of State for Education, Youth, and Sport, presided over the gathering. ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â's many programs in Cambodia were mentioned in the opening remarks by the cooperation Counselor from the French Embassy, who also noted the assistance given by French collaboration in terms of research and training.

With a stand at its disposal, ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â was able to discuss its work in Cambodia with the several students who attended the event, hand out brochures and flyers, and answer their questions.

On the afternoon of June 8, 2023, Dr. François Roger, the ÁùºÏ²Êͼ¿â Regional Director for Southeast Asia, was received by HE Dr. Po Kim Tho, Director General of the ITC. The Memorandum of Understanding was renewed by the two parties for an additional five years.

The potential of the ITC joining the ASEA platform and the MALICA platform was considered at the ceremony.

Cirad stand in the Scientific Days of ITC

Cirad stand in the Scientific Days of ITC