Cambodia

In August 2022 CEDI Europe bv proudly signed a contract with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) for the impressive amount of 1.248.502,68 USD. This contract consists of the supply, installation and training of laboratory equipment intended for several departments of the Royal University of Phnom Penh and marks the beginning of successful business activities of CEDI Europe in Cambodia.

The Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) is the oldest and largest university in Cambodia, founded in 1960. It has undergone a series of transformations in order to become the leading national university in Cambodia. In the last five years, RUPP has made considerable progresses in many areas including organizational structure, institutional governance, capacity building, infrastructure development, research, teaching and learning, curriculum development, and quality assurance.

As a result of this progress, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) received financing from the Worldbank towards the cost of the Higher Education Improvement Project (HEIP) executed by the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS).

Part of these funds were used to finance CEDI Europe’s contract for the supply, delivery and installation of Laboratory Equipment under contract Ref. # MoEYS-HEIP-ICB-G-003 for the Royal University of Phnom Penh. This contract has allowed CEDI Europe to make a long-lasting contribution to the national higher education of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

CEDI Europe contracted X-Lab Co. Ltd. as their local representative on site for the installation, training and maintenance of the equipment. X-Lab is a leading and well known company in Cambodia established in 2011. Their core business is high technology equipment in many different fields such as research, laboratories, and universities making them the ideal partner for CEDI Europe’s top collaborate with for this project.

The project is part of the Higher Education Improvement Project (HEIP) and was financed by the World bank. The World Bank is the world’s largest development cooperation institution. It provides loans to developing and middle-income countries, with the main aim of combating poverty. The international bank is technically a specialized organization of the United Nations. These loans are used for a variety of things, from structural reforms of a country’s health and education sectors, to environmental and infrastructure projects such as dams, roads and national parks.

It sets strict demands on its clients, including anti-corruption measures and far-reaching privatization of government services.

In this particular case the loan was used to supply high-end equipment under the Higher Education Improvement Project (HEIP). The objective of the Higher Education Improvement Project for Cambodia is to improve the quality and relevance of higher education and research. Aiming to enhance quality of teaching and learning capacity in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and agriculture.

CEDI Europe’s contract matches perfectly with these aims by providing laboratory equipment intended for several departments of the Royal University of Phnom Penh.

CEDI Europe’s contract is divided into three subcontracts containing the following categories of equipment:

Lot I: Advanced Analytical Equipment
Lot IV: Equipment for Cosmetic Laboratory
Lot V: Equipment for Food Technology

For this project CEDI Europe collaborated with only high-end and globally well-known manufacturers in order to safeguard the esteemed education level of the Royal University of Phnom Penh. For the advanced analytical goods in lot I and IV CEDI Europe worked closely together with Horiba, an A-brand company from France.

CEDI Europe’s local representative is also the authorized dealer for Horiba in Cambodia making this cooperation an ideal combination.

For the goods in lot IV CEDI Europe collaborated with IKA from Germany and Milestone from Italy, both high-end manufacturers of Cosmetic Laboratory Equipment and for the Food Technology goods in Lot V CEDI Europe worked together with Armfield from the UK.

CEDI Europe selected only high quality manufacturers in order to provide the University and their students with the best equipment and teaching tools possible.

All goods were successfully delivered to the Royal University of Phnom Penh in June 2023 and after careful inspection on site they were installed by our highly qualified technical team. After installation the staff of the University was trained by CEDI Europe’s local representative in close collaboration with the manufacturers.

CEDI Europe arranged Armfield technicians to fly over from the UK to Cambodia in order to assist in the installation and training of their equipment. The training was divided into two parts, being an in depth user training for the end users at the University as well as a comprehensive technical training for the technicians of the University in order to educate them about first-line maintenance and trouble shooting.

During the four years after installation and training CEDI Europe will perform corrective and preventive maintenance on a bi-yearly base ensuring the continuous support to the University and the teaching level in Cambodia.

CEDI Europe feels honored to have been part of this contribution to the higher education of Cambodia, safeguarding the knowledge and wisdom of the future generation.