Cambodian ICT Masterplan 2020
7.3 Selective and Gradual Industrialization of ICT Ecosystem
From former analysis on Cambodian ICT ecosystem it is easily noted that priority for
industrialization might be put on Contents and Device. It is because that Cambodia has lots
of advantages in contents with enormous intrinsic potentials in terms of historical mysterious
heritages and its nature which has been kept untouched nor undeveloped. And also many global
companies producing ICT related devices are looking for competitive foreign manufacturing sites.
7.3.1 Establish Private & Public Collaboration Opportunities
All kinds of idea including not only contents like of tourism but also other all kinds whatever
could be commercialized. Public (Cambodia government) supports those ideas in terms of
financial, operational and technological. Considering scalability of contents business such as
collaboration should be towards being globalized.
7.3.2 Set Institutional Embodiment of Collaboration
It concretizes the public and private collaboration process. It needs to set virtuous circle among
public, private and academic experts.
7.3.3 Fix Financial Arrangement
It needs to establish specific funds like ‘Yozma Fund’ of Israel.
7.3.4 Set Institutional and Other Necessary Arrangements like Tax Redemption
Arrange diverse merit system for foreign global firms to move into Cambodia in terms of tax,
administrative procedures and so forth. Impose certain obligation to cooperate with Cambodian
local firms for example, electronic parts procurement from local and so on (Buy Cambodian First
Obligation). Impose another obligation to hire and educate Cambodian youth (and technology and
knowhow transfer).
7.3.5 Meet the Conditions for Global Cooperation
It needs to construct and provide industrial complex specialized for electronics. It securely
provides logistics and residence for workers and so on which are inevitably necessary for running
business.
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