Working in solidarity with the Indigenous People to better their quality of live in a peaceful, free and just society is an emphasis of Indigenous Community Support Organization to uphold. ICSO continues to contribute important resources, pilot new initiatives and models partnership approaches with the government, communities, donors and the private sectors, in the efforts to a building a more equality and equity and just society where all IP communities are free poverty, peace and democratization. There still remain many challenges ahead for the ICSO in Cambodia in the face of rapidly growing and changing Cambodia Society. Experiment on best practical to support IP working groups in 2007-2009, ICSO considered its effective and efficiency to develop the exciting and some new initiatives consolidate existing program and services in order to support IP community empowerment approach.
In mid-2009, the ICSO Governance Board and Executive Body began program reflecting for its further planning in pay attention to the program strategic of ICSO long term planning. It has been a privilege to serve the IPs networks and stakeholders within Cambodia to support to each other, and built more capacity building to the NGOs partners and networks to ensure that they are able to work out all issues which will be happening in their communities and needed.
The networks will be stronger and stronger through the capacity building provided by practical based of the empowerment approach, and wider networks development community in Cambodia from the grass-roots to international levels is starting. We are truly honored to have been entrusted by the ICSO work with and for IP communities in the development cooperation dialogues with the Royal Government of Cambodia, INGOs, LNGOs, UN Agencies, International donors and Private sectors. We have the deepest respect for diversify culture, traditional of IPs within Cambodia which we can work together with harmonization of ICSO stakeholders in Cambodia, with many different development strategies and program approaches, working to improve the lives of Indigenous People, Minority and Khmer people.
Finally, We wish to expend our sincerest appreciation all funding agencies, coalition NGOs, the ICSO governance board members and all ICSO staff for the commitment and serve ICSO in hard work to face with the challenges with great cooperation and collaboration and particularly the dedication, to funding agencies for their support and encouragement at the present and continue to support for the past few years and following years to support IP communities.
ICSO believe in the collective strength of IPs networking, and NGOs networking together for the development of Cambodia on Human Rights and Democratization to improvement the good governance and law enforcement to contribute the social accountability which ICSO is crucial consideration for its country Strategic Plan for the next strategies 2010-2012.
With heartfelt thanks and warmest regards, we wish all for the best.
