Project Information:

• Project name: Enhancing Industry-Academic-Community Networks for Strengthening Capacity of Engineering Research and Development (INACON)
• Project duration: 2024 – 2029
• Budget for ITC: About 5M USD
• Funded sources: JICA
• Status: In progress
• Project manager: HE. Dr. Po Kimtho, Director General
• Project coordinator: Dr. Bun Long, Deputy Director

 

Project Summary:

• Overall goal: The industry-academic-community networks contribute to solving regional issues, and the highly skilled human resources in engineering that are sustainably developed promote Cambodian industries
• Project purpose: ITC performs as a hub of the industry-academic-community networks, alongside the education and research capacity of higher education in Cambodia will be enhanced

 

Project Output:

• Output 1: Enhancement of industry-academic-community collaborations
• Output 2: Capacity development of partner universities
• Output 3: Creating academic networks

 

Main Activities at ITC:

• ITC LBE Labs continuously communicate with private sectors.
• LBE Committee selects LBE teams that include gender balance in its perspective, and organizes events such as seminars or lectures to promote the women’s participation.
• UIL office upgrades their staff members through capacity development, continuously collects private sectors demands, and facilitates commercialization of research output.
• ITC accepts staff from target local universities in graduate degree programs, and increases LBE teams in collaborate with other local universities.
• ITC launches and facilitates activities discipline-based academic networks in Cambodia with target universities.
• ITC facilitates academic exchange in Cambodia