Financial Expertise
- Career Category: Consultancies
- Location: Phnom Penh
Start & end of project: February 2025 - November 2026.
Expected start and end of expertise mission: August–October 2026 (3 months)
MISSION AND TASKS
Phnom Penh Capital Administration, referred to as PPCA, is seeking expertise (individual or company) with the general mission to develop a Recommendations Report on financial tools for collective property maintenance and rehabilitation, available to co-owners of collective buildings built before 1979.
The Recommendations report will include an analysis of the existing financial tools, products and mechanisms available for housing rehabilitation; a landscape analysis of stakeholders in the fields of banking regulation, commercial banking and micro-finance, and real estate and construction, charting their understanding and perceptions, capacity of action, bottlenecks and constraints on the topic; a benchmark of existing financial tools in South-East Asia supporting the rehabilitation of existing co-
owned buildings; one to two scenarios illustrating the implications of a choice of financial tools for the rehabilitation of the project’s three pilot buildings. Based on findings, both in Cambodia and regionally, recommendations will address the legal status of co-owners’ building committees to allow access to relevant financial tools.
The project team will insure access to all relevant information on pilot buildings and support access to key stakeholders. They will liaise with PPCA and provide an endorsement letter to facilitating access to stakeholders, and will support setting up meetings when necessary.
WORKING LANGUAGES
The consultant is expected to be able to work in Khmer, and either French or English. Deliverables will be submitted in both Khmer and English.
ESTIMATED DAYS OF WORK & PROVISIONAL BUDGET
The budget dedicated to this mission is 6000 USD tax inclusive, for approximately 20 days of work.
Eligibility
- The suggested profile is expected to have:
- Master Degree in the field of banking, finance and economic studies
- At least 10 years of professional experience in the field of inclusive finance and/or housing finance and/or real estate in Cambodia;
- Experience working with the Cambodian public administration; experience related to the exploration and development of financial tools in emerging fields are highly appreciated;
- An interest in preserving collective buildings of Phnom Penh city center;
- Regional experience in housing finance for rehabilitation, especially for collective property, is welcomed.