The main areas of interventions by UNESCO:
- EFA coordination and regional activities;
- Policy support to and capacity development of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in a range of areas, including projection modeling and education planning;
- Early Childhood Care and Education;
- Literacy and Non-Formal Education;
- Higher Education and TVET;
- Teacher education;
- Inclusive Education;
- Gender;
- HIV/AIDS Preventive Education;
- Education for Sustainable Development (UNESCO 2010).
Proposed UNESCO interventions:
- Coordinating and assisting EFA partners in Cambodia;
- Enhancing quality basic education through the improvement of ICT in education, curriculum development, and teacher education;
- Promoting ESD, TVET, life-long learning and higher education;
- Improving the quality of lives in local communities through the development of functional literacy, ESD, and vocational education in post-conflict areas;
- Strengthening non-formal education management, HIV/AIDS awareness, and gender equality in the education sector;
- Linking academic research institutions with relevant government departments for capacity development and technical assistance in education policy formulation and planning; and
- Implementing inclusive education in Cambodia (UNESCO 2010).
Major development partners active in education and broad areas of intervention:
Asian Development Bank
- Sustainable pro-poor growth, inclusive social development, and effective governance and service delivery;
- Agricultural and rural development;
- Education reform and health and communicable disease control.
The World Bank
- Implementation of the ESP/ESSP goal of expanding access to educational services by addressing supply, demand, quality and efficiency issues with a special focus on the poor and underserved communities.
The European Commission
- Child Friendly School development;
- Literacy;
- Access to quality primary education for street and out-of-school children;
- Non-formal and general education development.
Capacity Development Partnership Fund
- A multi-donor fund supported by the Delegation of the European Union to Cambodia Government of Sweden and UNICEF in support of the implementation of the MoEYS’ sectorwide Capacity Development Plan 2011/2013 (UNESCO 2010).
