Announcements

The Asia Foundation’s Ponlok Chomnes Program hosted a virtual meeting to brief about its Policy Pulse Initiative, introduce ministries’ focal points to the initiative and to one another and seek engagement and collaboration. The meeting included participation by Mr. Luke Arnold, Deputy Ambassador of the Australian Embassy, representatives from the Ponlok Chomnes’ Technical Advisory Council, and ministries’ focal points. About 19 participants joined the meeting.

Below was the agenda of the meeting:

• Self-introduction
• Remark by Ms. Meloney Lindberg, Country Representative, The Asia Foundation
• Remark by Mr. Luke Arnold, Deputy Ambassador, Australian Embassy in Cambodia
• Brief overview of Ponlok Chomnes Program and Policy Pulse Initiative by Ms. Heang Sophea, Program Manager of Ponlok Chomnes Program, The Asia Foundation
• Q&A
• Closing remark by H.E. Ngan Chamroeun, Secretary of State, Ministry of Interior, and member of Ponlok Chomnes’ Technical Advisory Council