Policy Dialogue Session on Sustainable Sanitation in Asia

21-22 September 2018

Tokyo, Japan
Country Presentation

“CAMBODIA”
By
“CHAO SOPHEAK PHIBAL”
“DIRECTOR, SEWERAGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT,
SMCD/MPWT”

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sanitation strategies for policymakers
Country Presentation: 1) Data at a glance and Sanitation Works Overview
<< Ongoing/ Planned Initiatives / Achievements >>

803km 541km
Northeast
West/Northwest

q Cambodia known as the country with low level of access to basic sanitation 440km
and hygiene in rural areas compared to urban areas. Gulf of 1,228km
q The country’s economic loss attributed to the lack of sanitation reaches Thailand
$450mil.US$. Southwest
East
q High economic growth of around 7% per annum has enabled Cambodia to
graduate into a low-middle income country status.
q Vision of the Royal Government of Cambodia, RGC
v By 2030 becomes an Upper-Middle Income Country 2
v By 2050 becomes a High-Income Country
 The Royal Government 2018-2023
of Cambodia, (RGC)
has adopted the
Rectangular Strategy-
Phase IV of the Sixth
Legislature of the
National Assembly for
“Growth,
Employment, Equity
and Efficiency”: q The RGC will place a high
Building the Foundation priority on formulating on
infrastructure master plan
Toward Realizing the for main cities and urban
Cambodia Vision 2050. areas to support the
it sets out clearly: development of roads,
railways, and waterways as
Ø Strategic Goals well as electricity
Ø Sectoral networks, especially
sewage and wastewater
Development treatment system.
Policies
q Further enhancing the
Ø Specific Measures to aesthetic and public
be implemented from service delivery in cities
and major urban areas
2019 onwards… through better waste and
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improved sanitation strategies for policymakers etc
Country Presentation: 1) Data at a glance and Sanitation Works Overview
<< Ongoing/ Planned Initiatives / Achievements >>

1 Potential STP Built in the Priority

14
Potential STP Towns
3
Built in these 1) Poipet Town 3,000m3/day
Priority Towns 2) Serei Sophorn Town 3,000m3/day
3) Battambang Town 3,000m3/day 13
2 4) Sihanoukville Town 15,000m3/day
1) Poipet Town
5) Kampot Town 6,000m3/day
2) Serei Sophorn
6) Kep Town 3,000m3/day
Town 7) Phnom Penh 3,000m3/day
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3) Battambang Town 8) Takmao Town 12,000m3/day

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4) Sihanoukville
Town 9) Bavet Town 3,000m3/day
5) Kampot Town 10) Kampong Chhnang 3,000m3/day 11

6) Kep Town 11) Stung Sen Town 3,000m3/day

12) Kratie Town 6,000m3/day
7) Phnom Penh 4 13) Pursat Town 3,000m3/day
8) Takmao Town 14) Siem Reap Town 8,000m3/day
9) Bavet Town 10

10) Kampong
Chhnang
11) Stung Sen Town
5 6 7 8 9
12) Kratie Town
13) Pursat Town
14) Siem Reap Town
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 Relevant Policy, Law and Regulation Documents
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• Rectangular Strategy-Phase IV for 2018-2023 (6th Mandate of Gvt)
• National Strategic Development Plan for 2019-2023 (6th Mandate)
• National Strategic Development Plan for 2014-2018 (5th Mandate)
• National Strategy for Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
2011-2025
• National strategic Plan on Green Growth 2013-2030
• National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan 2016-2023
• National REDD + Strategy
• Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014-2023
• Sub-decree No.235 on Management of Drainage System and
Wastewater Treatment Plant System adopted on 25 Dec 2017
• National Policy on Water Supply and Sanitation adopted on 7 Feb
2003
• Water Resource Management Law in the Kingdom of Cambodia
adopted on 29 Jun 2007
• Sub-decree No.27 on Water Pollution Control in 1999
• Sub-decree No.72 on Environment Impact Assessment in 1999
• Sub-decree on Solid Waste Management in 1999

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improved sanitation strategies for policymakers
2) Institutional Arrangements at the National/ Subnational Level
and Cambodian Development Partners in SANITATION Works

Management Level

Technical Level
q National level
§ Develop policies,
law, regulation,
strategies and
master plan etc
§ Investment projects
§ PPP
q Sub-national level
§ Operation and
maintenance

SMCD/MPWT
Established &
Functioning fully in
12 July 2017 6
*Sub-decree No.235 ANKR.BK
Dated 25 Dec 2017
 2) Institutional Arrangements at the National/ Subnational Level and Cambodian Development Partners
in SANITATION Works

Key Key CROSS-COOPERATION

Ministries Schemes
AND
ROLE AND Ministry of Economic - Allocating budgets PARTNERSHIP Ministry of Land
Management, Urban
FINANCIAL and Finance, MEF Planning and Construction
RESPONSIBI
LITIES OF Ministry of - Environmental planning ; monitoring
Ministry of Industry and
PLANNING Environment, MOE of effluent discharged to waterways / water drains Handicraft, MIH
- Involve in Master plans
DEVELOPME Ministry of Rural
NT AND Ministry of - Developing scientific national policy concerning all Public Works
Development, MRD
MANAGEME Pubic Works and construction

NT OF Transport, MPWT - Master plan.

Ministry of Water Resources
and Meteology, MoRAM
MUNICIPAL
WASTEWATE Ministry of Ministry of Health
- Involve in Master plans.
R Interior and - Operation and maintenance wastewater treatment system
TREATMENT Municipalities, MOI Ministry of Education

Multilateral DPs
Involved in
Sanitation,
Wastewater AWaP
in Cambodia
&
WEPA
 2) Institutional Arrangements at the National/ Subnational Level and Cambodian Development Partners
in SANITATION Works

The Proposed to
Establish the “Sub-
TWG on Urban
Wastewater and
Sanitation” has
been strongly
supported and
approved by the
IRITWGs Meeting
members of
27 June 2018
IRITWG during the
meeting on 27 June
2018. Infrastructure and Regional Integration Technical Working Group,
5) Urban Water Supply
IRITWG: Its Sub-TWGs 6) Electricity and Energy
1) Land Transport and Railway 7) Telecom Infrastructure
2) Road Related Infrastructure
3) Marine / Waterway Transport Infrastructure (Ports) 8) Urban Wastewater and Sanitation (UWS)
4) Air Transport ØApproved During the IRITWG Meeting on 27 June 2018
 3) Challenges / Issues to Address for Scaling Sanitation to 80% by 2030,
to Achieve in SDG Target 6.2

Issues and Challenges Action Forward

§ Establishment of legislation laws, policies, standards,
specification, guidelines and drawings for sanitation,
wastewater and sewerage system management institutions
for the empowerment/ enforcement, capacity building and
resources mobilization.
§ Develop master plan for the sanitation management &
related basic infrastructure of each urban area and towns
throughout the country is urgently required, i.e Small scale
WWTP @ provincial & district level, like Johkasou,
DWATS. etc
§ Raising public awareness and educate people about
sanitation, wastewater and sewer system and develop
sanitation and wastewater management system.
§ Institutional Capacity Building and Strengthening
Collaboration.
§ Promote wastewater treatments to achieve the CMDGs by
2025 & SDGs by 2030.
§ Challenge for financial supports both National &
International Level.
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and Encouragement of Private Sector Participation.
improved sanitation strategies for policymakers
 3) Challenges / Issues to Address for Scaling Sanitation to 80% by 2030,
to Achieve in SDG Target 6.2/3

Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3

Raising Awareness on Monitoring of Sanitation Resolving Common
Sanitation Management Management Challenges

1.1 Cross partnership/collaboration 2.1 Develop PMF (Project 3.1 Weak planning, design,
(Government, NGO, Private Sector & Monitoring Framework) including
Media) needed to support one another in technologies and
Checklist/Check sheet for work
raising public awareness on WWM to progress with agreed indicators and implementation capacity
those beneficiaries and affected with
assumptions. building and seeking Plastic Bottles in the
simple economical smart means.
2.2 Prepare semester and annual Manhole
1.2 Promoting function and importance collaboration with DPs.
of sanitation/wastewater management of reporting of the work progress with
3.2 Seeking experiences
responsible officials/chiefs/managers in common format.
both soft and hard mechanisms such as 2.3 Discuss on challenges, issues, of similar challenges &
q Laws, regulations, sub-decree, opportunities and solutions. solutions from
decisions or instructions etc 2.4 Regular information development partners Before
q Drainage/Sewerage System, exchanging/sharing with partner
technologies, Pumping Station and concerning to funding’s
countries, supporting institution and
WWTP/STP. relevant bodies. constraints for investment
q Attitude/behavior change, sanitation,
hygiene education and
2.5 Record the good practice and and operation.
solutions. After
communication by disclosure the 3.3 Improving and
positive and negative impacts from strengthening institutional Source: Phnom Penh DPWT,
WWM. 12 July 2018
and legal framework.
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