1. Public Private Partnerships for Rural ICT Development
Mech Vannak, Anret Co Ltd
Seok Yong Yoon, ADB
Bory Seng, NiDA
Oum saokosal, npic
Ludovic Pommier, NIRAS/ADB

2. Why PPP? 2 main reasons: sustainability
overcome initial barriers (eg large investment, lack of capacity, insufficient human resources…)

3. PPP for ICT: Main areas of application
Infrastructure (fiber optics, mobile telephony…)
Services and content development
Capacity building

4. Some examples of PPP Non ICT Road construction with tolls
Electricité du Cambodge
ICT
Telecom infrastructure in rural areas (large investment with low short/medium term profits)
E-Gov services (vehicle registration,…)
Training, HR development

5. Barriers/obstacles to PPP
Legal environment:
Contractual laws
Capital access
Operational capacity
Coordination organization
Model need refinement and confrontation with practice

6. Key to PPP for Rural ICT in Cambodia 1/2
RCG to clarify regulatory framework and provide incentives to private operators
Flexibility
Innovation
Political will/support
Alignment with de-concentration and decentralization RCG process  communes

7. Key to PPP for Rural ICT in Cambodia 2/2
Need to create Good practices to be replicated
Rural market/customer to be explored
Khmer localization of services
Infrastructure development
Local human resource development