Conference focus on social enterprises
Cambodia’s second conference on social enterprise is set to take place tomorrow with the aim of tackling poverty, social exclusion and health and environmental problems, organisers say. The all-day conference, at the Cambodia-Japan Conference Centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, will facilitate discussions among participants about social enterprises such as challenges and opportunities, business models, marketing strategies and financing. Cambodia has at least 300 social enterprises, but there are likely many more, according to Isaac Lyne, the social enterprise program co-ordinator in Cambodia for Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DELPHE). … The most visible social enterprises are often those that provide jobs in the handicraft and hospitality sectors, although Cambodia has a range of business sectors they can be found operating in, including IT, water, sanitation, health and family planning, rural development, agriculture and solar energy. …
