Memorandum of Understanding signed with Cambodia

It is 30 September, ten o'clock in the morning in Schaan, Liechtenstein, and already three o'clock in the afternoon in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia: the Zoom meeting over 11,000 km as the crow flies goes smoothly. In the presence of the Office of Foreign Affairs (AAA), the LED (Liechtenstein Development Service) and the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting out the framework conditions and legal basis for the establishment of an official LED office.

Foreign Minister Dominique Hasler visited Phnom Penh to sign back in February the state framework agreement between the two countries together with the Cambodian Foreign Minister. Cambodia wants to gear its economy towards sustainability and green skills as quickly as possible and urgently needs a well-trained workforce in the fields of digitalisation and new energies.  The LED will actively support Cambodia together with other donor organisations under the responsibility of Country Coordinator Pius Frick.

Link to Khmer Times article of October 1, 2024

Caption: Khoun Phon Rattanak, State Secretary at the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and LED Country Coordinator Pius Frick at the Zoom meeting with LED Managing Director Andreas Sicks, LED Foundation Board President Peter Beck (centre) and Esther Schindler, Deputy Director at the Office of Foreign Affairs. (Image: LED)