USAID to provide skills training ahead of ASEAN integration

20 November 2014
VOA Khmer
Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Education and training / Social development / United States aid
ASEAN / Connecting the Mekong Through Education and Training project / Education Development Center Inc / USAID

USAID has announced a regional project to train hundreds of instructors and students to be more competitive for Asean integration at the end of next year. Many young Cambodians say they fear the impending competition from an EU-like economic integration that would free up goods and services between the 10 Asean nations. ... The Connecting the Mekong Through Education and Training project will be implemented by the Education Development Center, Inc. It focuses on training university students and graduates in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, accounting and tourism, “so that they can develop the skills needed to secure employment in the region,” USAID said in a statement. ...

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