Enhancing Participation of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Digital Economy to Accelerate Sustainable Development in Cambodia
Tue 08 Jul 2025, 9.00 am — Wed 09 Jul 2025, 5.00 pm
Background
Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), especially those owned and run by women and youth, provide significant contributions to accelerating sustainable development in Cambodia. Nonetheless, they are particularly vulnerable to economic shocks, market uncertainties, inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions. In recent years, the confluence of challenges has drastically changed business landscape for MSMEs. Moreover, the challenges have necessitated the need for digital transformation among MSMEs to enhance resilience, improve market access, and boost operational efficiency. Over the past years, MSME digitization in Cambodia has gained increased attention as one of the solutions that mitigate challenges by improving efficiency and reducing costs. The Government of Cambodia has recognized the importance of MSME digitization and has implemented several initiatives in this regard such as the "Cambodia Digital Economy and Society Policy Framework 2021–2035" which outlines strategies to enhance digital infrastructure, promote e-commerce, and foster digital literacy among businesses, including MSMEs.
The workshop takes place in this context. It aims to improve technical capacities of policymakers and MSME supporting officers from both national and sub-national levels in general. Additionally, it endeavors to elevate capacities of MSME entrepreneurs by helping them become better competitors in both online and offline markets. The workshop will focus on capitalizing the skills trainees gained from the previous workshop on “Enhancing business digitization and e-commerce skills among women and youth-owned MSMEs in Cambodia” which was jointly organized by the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) and the Division for Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DSDG/DESA), in November 2022. Moreover, the workshop, as a part of DSDG/DESA’s capacity building efforts in Cambodia, will be synergized with peer MSME supporting projects led by the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Cambodia.
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