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Position: Investment Promotion Specialist
Reports to: Trade, Investment and Agri-food Innovation Lead
Location: Phnom Penh
Period of Assignment: March 2024 to February 2025
Duration: 12 months, with possible extension
Employment type: full – time consultant (average 21 working days per month)
Contractual arrangement: “eligible for Cambodian residents/citizens only”
Program Background
The CAPRED Facility is Australia’s flagship bilateral economic development program in Cambodia, focusing on economic recovery and resilience over the next four years, with a possible three-year extension.
The Facility supports Cambodia in implementing a range of necessary economic interventions and reforms to maintain the country’s economic transition. These interventions and reforms are primarily aimed at encouraging more productive and inclusive public and private investment, which promotes a resilient, inclusive and sustainable economy (RISE).
CAPRED interventions fall under three technical components including: Agriculture and Agro-processing; Trade, Investment and Enterprise Development and Infrastructure Development; and one Cross-Cutting component comprising: Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Climate Resilient initiatives, and policy support. and policy support. GEDSI is at the heart of all that CAPRED does.
Position Summary
The Investment Promotion Specialist will work with the CAPRED team to support the establishment of the Agri-food Industrial Park (AIP) in Cambodia. This role includes working closely with the stakeholders of AIP to encourage participation in the AIP initiative. Stakeholders include: Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) institutions, international and local investors, regional and global banks and financial institutions.
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