Outline of the Project

Project Name

Project for Implementation of Smart City Approach to Solve Urban Issues in Siem Reap

Subject

Urban/Regional Development

Country

Cambodia

Date R/D Signed

December 8, 2021

Term of Cooperation

May 10, 2022 to May 9, 2025

Implementing Organization

Siem Reap Provincial Administration

Background

Siem Reap City, the capital of Siem Reap Province, is a city centered on the tourism industry of Cambodia and is home to the World Heritage Site of Angkor. While the population of Siem Reap City is approximately 190,000 (in 2021), the number of tourists is approximately 2.86 million as of 2010 and 4.26 million in 2019, with 70% of all foreign tourists in Cambodia visiting Siem Reap City. On the other hand, the infrastructure of Siem Reap and social services have not been able to cope with the increase in the number of tourists, and the city has been experiencing worsening traffic congestion due to the rapid increase in the number of automobiles, environmental degradation due to increased waste and sewage emissions, and increased crime, making the city life and urban environment worse for citizens and tourists.

The smart city in Siem Reap was initiated at the ASEAN Summit in 2018 with the nomination of Siem Reap as demonstration city for smart city.

Under these circumstances, the Siem Reap Provincial Administration requested the Japanese government to provide technical cooperation to solve urban issues by using smart city.

The Overall Goal

A better urban environment in Siem Reap is realized through Smart City Approach

Project Purpose

Smart City Approach will be implemented to solve urban issues in Siem Reap

Output

Output 1: Smart City Approach is formulated and cooperation among relevant organizations is established
Output 2: Implementation process of Smart City Approach is established through trial measures to solve urban issues
Output 3: Establishment of monitoring and evaluation system of Smart City Approach

Project Activities

1-1:	Review of smart city related organizations and analysis of their issues.
1-2:	Formulation and finalization of roadmap
1-3:	Consideration of coordination and cooperation mechanisms necessary to implement the roadmap
1-4:	Establishment and operation of coordination and cooperation mechanisms
1-5:	Suggestion of legal and institutional improvements for promoting smart cities
2-1:	Identification of the pilot projects to be implemented
2-2:	Reviewing of lessons learned from the pilot project implemented in the data collection survey.
2-3:	Analysis on issues-solutions-actors-relationships
2-4:	Implementation of pilot projects based on roadmap
3-1:	Implementation of capacity assessment (organizations, individuals, infrastructure) and consideration of capacity development program
3-2:	Support to draft the ToR, roles and responsibility for the Smart city office which will be opened in Siem Reap
3-3:	Establishment of a one-stop contact point for strengthening private-sector collaboration, etc.
3-4:	Knowledge sharing with various stakeholders
3-5:	Implementation of capacity development program
3-6:	Systematization of operation of one-stop contact point

Inputs
[Japanese side]

1. Dispatch of Experts
2. Training (Training programs in Japan related to smart city)

Inputs
[Cambodia side]

1. Assignment of Counterpart personnel and relevant travel costs
2. Provision of adequate office space and facilities (electricity, water supply, air conditioning) for the project team
3. Provision of available data information
4. Issuance of official documents for project implementation
5. Information and support for access to medical services