Hun Manet met with ILO assistant director-general and regional director for Asia and the Pacific Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa on May 10, at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh. STPM
Prime Minister Hun Manet has requested that the International Labour Organization (ILO) continue to build human capital in Cambodia to meet the demands of the job market. He explained that this will support the Kingdom’s goal of becoming a high-income country by 2050.
He met with ILO assistant director-general and regional director for Asia and the Pacific Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa on May 10, at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh.
During the meeting, Manet praised Miyakawa’s commitment to continuing to support the Kingdom’s socio-economic development of Cambodia, and expressed his gratitude for the existing ILO programmes in the country.
“Manet encouraged the ILO to continue to support the labour sector in Cambodia, especially in building human capital to meet the needs of the market by building high-capacity and flexible skills that will contribute to achieving Cambodia’s goal of becoming a high-income country by 2050,” said a May 10 press release from Manet’s cabinet.
The prime minister praised the long-term cooperation between the ILO and Cambodia and announced his commitment to further strengthen cooperation between the two sides.
He told Miyakawa that his government has placed a priority on building harmonisation in factories and enterprises, to ensure a good working environment for employees and improve working conditions.
Manet added that the government has always taken great care to put timely and effective measures to resolve labour disputes in place, through the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.
Miyakawa reaffirmed the ILO’s continued support for the government of Cambodia within the government’s policy and strategic framework.
“The government introduced social protection policies for poor families and other vulnerable groups, as well as factory workers and other employees during the difficult period of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said the prime minister’s social media.
It explained that the seventh-mandate government has launched a political programme that aims to introduce widespread vocational training, and aims to promote harmonious vocational relations in large factories and enterprises.
It added that it has also committed to improving the lives of the people by setting out six priority policies to improve the health and education system, introduce reforms and expand social protection.
Cambodia is preparing to graduate from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) rankings by 2029.
