This sanction continues the scheme for programme on "Small Wind Energy and Hybrid Systems (SWES)" during the Twelfth Plan Period (2012-17).

The objective of the programme on “Small Wind Energy and Hybrid Systems” is to develop technology and promote applications of water pumping windmills and aerogenerators/wind-solar hybrid systems.

This policy was framed under the vision of realizing the importance of peaceful use of nuclear energy and the outcomes achieved from its study and research. It affirms that nuclera energy will be used for the economic and social prosperity.

This report on activities of the Department of Rural Electrification Fund of Electricité du Cambodge for the Year 2015 issued in 2016 is compiled from the data and information related to Strategy and Plan for Development of Rural Electrification, Policy on Renewable Energy of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), mission, activities, and the achievements of Rural Electrification Fund. This report is aimed for dissemination to the Royal Government of Cambodia, donors, investors and public desirous to know about the activities of the Department of Rural Electrification Fund in accelerating of rural electrification development in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

The RGC issued the Royal Decree No. NS/RKT/0812/734 of 2014 to integrate REF with Electricité du Cambodge (EDC) and to accelerate the development of rural electrification to achieve RGC’s set targets.

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has set the rural electrification development targets as follows: (i)- by the year 2020, all the villages of the Kingdom of Cambodia will have electricity of some type; and (ii)- by the year 2030, at least 70 % of households will have access to grid-quality electricity. In order to achieve these targets, RGC issued the Royal Decree NS/RKT/1204/048 dated 4 December 2004 for establishment of the Rural Electrification Fund (REF)

Driven by its long-term vision toward 2030, particularly as expressed in the “Rectangular Strategy – Phase III”, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has prepared and adopted this “Industrial Development Policy” as a guide to promote the country's industrial development that will help maintain sustainable and inclusive high economic growth through economic diversification, strengthening competitiveness and promoting productivity. The IDP represents a “new growth strategy” that responds to the structural transformation of domestic economy and the changing regional and global economic architecture. The Cambodian economy is at a crucial transformation stage after sustaining high growth over the last decade.

The national policy on Green Growth is envisaged to strike balance of economic development with environment, society, culture, and sustainable use of national resources through integration, matching and adaption, as well as harmonization between a green growth principle and national policy.

The National Strategic Plan is to promote a the sustainable long-term economic, social and environmental development of the country. Focus areas are: 1) Green Investment and Green Jobs Creation 2) Green Economy Management in balance with Environment 3) Blue Economy Development with Sustainability 4) Green Environment and Natural Resources Management 5) Human Resources Development and Green Education 6)Effective Green Technology Management 7) Promotion of a Green Social Safety System 8) Uphold and Protection of Green Cultural Heritage and National Identity 9) Good Governance on Green Growth.

The over-riding goal of the Royal Government of Cambodia is to firmly and steadily build a Cambodian society which enjoys peace, political stability, security and social order, and sustainable and equitable development, with strict adherence to the principles of liberal multi-party democracy, respect for human rights and dignity; and a society in which social fabric will be strengthened to ensure that the Cambodian people are well educated, culturally advanced, engaged in dignified livelihood and living in harmony both within family and society. To achieve this goal, the "Rectangular Strategy" has laid out four objectives as illustrated by the motto: Growth, Employment, Equity and Efficiency.