CCC/Coordination Sud/CKN31/10/14Alain FRENAIS

CKN in a nutshell

Kram Ngoy Center : more than 20 years of integrated vocational and professional training to raise development in Cambodia

The CKN Project

Objective : To be a contributor for developing national skills of Cambodia on a technological, economical, intellectual and cultural basis

Mission : Running a vocational and professional training Center of Excellence

CKN is a long-term humanitarian work of development aid based on these pillars

Moral strengthening character building

Technical spirit and entrepreneurship enhancement

The essential awareness of solidarity

Philosophy

« To despise the dreams is the only mistake that the fate does not forgive to peoples » Maurice Shumann

1992 : CKN birth. Cambodian charities in France decided to join their forces to help developing Cambodia with a focus on vocational training

1996-1998 : CKN France supports 4 Cambodian trainees

1998 : Creation of the first CKN training center in Ponleu Pich , Phnom Penh

The first students

The first basic training program

1999-2000 : the first students could attend the basic training course.

The first French trainers were coming to CKN Cambodia. This is the beginning of a technical skills transfer between France and Cambodia

The St. 318 Center in Phnom Penh

2002-2003 : The center is reorganized. CKN sticks to its concept and creates its new center with its partner PTM near the Olympic market

The intermediate training programs are beginning

2002-2003 : First international scale partnerships International Organization of La FrancophoniePolytech MontpellierBricoramaElectricians without borders/EDF

And national with the Cambodian Education Ministry

Our first partners

3 levels of training programs

Wandering training to show technical matters in local secondary schools

Trainers training, which is the CKN’s core objective

2001-2004 : CKN diversified its training programs

EXCELLENCE is always emphasized

Siem Reap Kantuot 30km from Phnom Penh This center have training and internship premises

2002-2013 : CKN extends on different training sites

1 2 3 4 5

Phnom Penh today it is CKN Headquarter

Phnom Penh Thmey

Damber :Rural electricity power plant

Banteay Dèk Rural electricity power plant

CKN trainings are based on technical theories, applied technical skills and hard work value

The students learn skillfulness studying multiple sciences : Electricity, Electronics, Cold chain, Rural electricity, Automatism, Industrial maintenance, Renewable energy, Sun energy

The different levels of training programs enable the motivated students to strengthen their skills.

Training programs are:

Sedentary (short, long, on a WE…) Wandering (province, remoted areas)

Training methods

CKN training is a jack of all trades because of the economic and technical development of Cambodia. As a matter of fact, the country needs a pragmatic and operational workforce with a wide spectrum of knowhows

Skillfulness

To develop quality courses, CKN needs qualified trainers.Therefore CKN focuses its efforts on its core point : trainers training to teach them :

Technical skills Pedagogy Ability to handle responsability Mobility Solidarity Hard work value

Furthermore CKN promotes in association with AAFK the women work as a technician or a trainer.

Trainers training

The learning is theorical but practicing is a key element of a good training.

The student practice at school but also participating in the Siem Reap Kantuot school construction.

Guided by trainers they perform provision of services in companies.

Theory put into practice

Production : Students knowhow to build pedagogical material, lamps…

Trainers can perform training sessions on various domains such as rural electricity, battery charging efficiency…

They also repair motors

They can set up renewable energy sources or massive electrical installations

They are in charge of industrial maintenance (rice mill, cigarette and incense factory..)

CKN runs two electrical power plants in Dambêr and Banteay Dêk

CKN works as a partner in technical exposition management, battery charging trainings or gasogene maintenance

Train and produce

Exemple of CKN provison of services

Cigarettes factory maintenance in Kompong Cham

Hak Se Rice Mill maintenance in Skoun

Electrical installation of Holiday hotel in Battambang

Gasogene installation and maintenance in Sambaur

Through the years, CKN has grown up

On a national scale : cooperation with the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vocational Training Ministry, Ministry of Industry, Education Ministry

CKN activities are often relayed on radios or TVs

As a result more and more students want to follow the CKN trainings.

CKN won 3 years on a row the My Skills Cambodia competition in electrical installation.

CKN represents Cambodia 3 years on a row in the Worldskills ASEAN competition, with good results in electricity, industrial electronics et automatism. Two of our trainers won twice the “BEST OF NATION” medal.

On the international scale

Now known and recognized, CKN is supported by prestigious entities such as:

Rotary Club finance funds a trainee’s formation in France as well as two trainers ones in Cambodia

Schneider Electric (enterprise & fondation) support CKN in solar & photovoltaic energies and automatism. They also train CKN trainers and support the newer students.

FORIM went in Cambodia to see CKN improvements and supports Kram Ngoy Center projects via PRA/OSIM programs

Bricorama enables CKN to ship on containers to Cambodia every year

On the international scale

ETC Fondation : Technical supports on transfering gasogene skills, battery charging skills and pedagogical skills for trainers

International Organization of La Francophonie : Several cooperations on different projects. They invited CKN in a conference in Tunis. A video team from Quebec went to Cambodia to film the center activities.

FONDEM : partnerships in rural electricity

TOTAL : rural electricity technical support

FACT Fondation (Netherlands) : nominated CKN to the renewable energy award 2012

EDF : partnership on sun energy

On the international scale

World Bank & CEA (Cambodia Electrical Authority): CKN is in charge of training all the rural electricians of the country

UNESCO : CKN organized several technical expositions and seminars

UNIDO : CKN created for UNIDO solar dryers to produce dried fish around the Tonle Sap

CKN grows up

To increase the national training capacity

To contribute to raise the skills of the cambodian people

To answer specific requests

HOPE & OPTIMISM UTILITY & NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Conclusion

CKN continues its efforts to raise Cambodian technical capacities

Long and hard efforts are remaining

We would like to thank you for your attention!