📋 Tender Overview
CAMBODIA
The overall goal of the 3Ei is for the private sector to actively contribute to the Cambodia's socio-economic development and attaining the goals of the SDGs. The achievement of this overall goal will be driven by two outcomes. Outcome 1: Enhanced coordination, and collaboration within the entrepreneurial ecosystem; and Outcome 2: Increased business performance and investments in the ecosystem.
The Enhancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Investments (3Ei) is a five-year initiative (2023 – 2027) implemented by Khmer Enterprise and Swisscontact and co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Ministry of Economy and Finance (Khmer Enterprise). The initiative works closely with the entrepreneurial ecosystem actors in Cambodia to strengthen Cambodia's socio-economic development. The overall goal of the 3Ei is for the private sector to actively contribute to the Cambodia's socio-economic development and attaining the goals of the SDGs.
Intervention Area 1 (IA1): Enhance Connections and Collaborations Among System’s Actors
Under this Intervention Area, the 3EI initiative aims to scale up the Give a Day, Ecosystem Builders Network (EBN) and CAMESCO and institutionalize the three collaboration platforms.
Give a Day aims to create a space for key stakeholders in the ecosystem to systematically dive deep into key issues of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The objective of Give a Day is to build connections and trust between ESOs.
The objective of a facilitated quarterly meetings of the Entrepreneurs Ecosystem Builders Network is to share progress of programs and exchange information to strengthen an entrepreneurial ecosystem. This creates a space through which development partners and ecosystem builders can learn more about each other’s program and identify market gaps and opportunities.
The objective of CAMESCO is to, a) recap year-round summary of the Give a Day, EBN meetings and other ecosystem strengthening meetings including actions undertaken; b) increased awareness of new programs that are being launched in the next year to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem; c) listen to regional/global initiatives and its implication in Cambodia; d) attract new investors; and e) network with national and regional organizations.
Study tours for ESO’s and start-ups was planned to provide the target group with an opportunity to learn about the best practices of Swiss start-ups supporting system and a broad range of innovative businesses. This would help to replicate and apply the same in supporting the Cambodia impact start-ups ecosystem.
Intervention Area 2 (IA2): Strengthen Mentorship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Under this Intervention Area, the 3EI initiative aims to collaborate with the Entrepreneurs In Residence (EIRs) from the Swiss EP program and bring the EIRs to Cambodia as per the demand of the ESOs. The Cambodian ecosystem lacks
