The Skills for Future Economy Sector Development Program (SFESDP), a joint initiative of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), seeks to enhance the employability of Cambodia’s labor force. The program comprises three outputs: (i) strengthening the skills development ecosystem; (ii) promoting industry-led inclusive skills training; and (iii) enhancing the Skills Development Fund (SDF). It aims to equip current and future workers with critical skills for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the green economy by transforming TVET institutions and aligning with industry transformation roadmaps.

The SDF, as an implementation agency of the Output 2 and 3 of the SFESDP, is a Trust Fund of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) with a vision to become the most trusted financing platform for demand-driven and sustainable skills development to support the 2050 vision of the RGC. The SDF expects to support skills training to at least 15,000 workers (at least 60% women) in textile and apparel industry under the Output 2 and at least additional 7,000 persons of existing and future labor force (at least 35% women) under the Output 3. To trace supported trainees, the SDF is recruiting a consulting firm to conduct tracer studies.