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Cambodia's National Information-Accessibility Training — Equipping 139 Provincial Officials to Serve Citizens with Disabilities

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UNESCO, Cambodia's Ministry of Information and CDPO trained 139 provincial officers from 24 provinces on disability-inclusive information access, building on Cambodia's first national information-needs assessment for persons with disabilities.

139 officials
Provincial officials trained (2023-2024)
24 provinces
Provinces represented (2023-2024)
3 sessions (Kampot, Siem Reap, Kampong Cham)
Regional training sessions held (2023-2024)
Cambodia's National Information-Accessibility Training — Equipping 139 Provincial Officials to Serve Citizens with Disabilities

Details

Promoter
Ministry of Information of Cambodia; UNESCO Cambodia; Cambodian Disabled People's Organisation (CDPO); UNPRPD Joint Programme
Period
2023-2024
Keywords
public information, disability rights, government capacity-building, media literacy

Context

Persons with disabilities in Cambodia have historically had little say in how public information is produced or delivered. Under the UN Joint Programme 'Accelerating Disability Rights in Cambodia', the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) carried out the country's first national information-needs assessment for persons with disabilities.

Objectives

Building on that baseline, UNESCO and the Ministry of Information aimed to build provincial officials' capacity in disability-inclusive information policy and accessible content practices.

Activities

139 provincial information officials from 24 provinces were trained across three regional sessions (Kampot, Siem Reap, Kampong Cham), co-implemented with UNDP, OHCHR and ILO and funded by the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD), alongside the Cambodian Disabled People's Organisation (CDPO) and local Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs).

Results

Reported results to date are mostly process outputs: officials trained and specific follow-up commitments made, such as producing accessible videos and sharing disability-rights content through television and social media.

Conclusions

Independent measurement of whether information access for Cambodians with disabilities has actually improved has not yet been published.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Cost not itemised in source; funded by the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) Joint Programme.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — Baseline assessment followed by training delivered across three regional sessions during 2023-2024.
Staffing & skills
Ministry of Information of Cambodia, UNESCO Cambodia (delivery partner), Cambodian Disabled People's Organisation (CDPO) and local Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), Co-implementing UN agencies: UNDP, OHCHR, ILO, Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) -- conducted the baseline needs assessment

Conditions for success

  • Baseline evidence first: a national information-needs assessment for persons with disabilities (CDRI) preceded the training design
  • Multi-agency UN Joint Programme (UNPRPD-funded) co-implementation across UNESCO, UNDP, OHCHR and ILO
  • Direct involvement of disabled people's organisations (CDPO, local OPDs) in delivery, not just government officials
  • Regional delivery across three sessions to reach officials from 24 provinces

Common failure modes

  • Reported results to date are process outputs (officials trained, stated follow-up commitments) rather than measured improvements in information access for persons with disabilities

Where it fits

Governance type
national government with UN Joint Programme support
Scale
national (24 of Cambodia's provinces)
Income level
lower-middle-income

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