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3.3. Principles for Building Cambodia's Digital Economy and Society
platforms and resources may consider establishing the infrastructures separately, while institutions with low demand for use can participate in the preparation and management of common cloud infrastructure or allow any institution to manage on their behalf. This decentralized cloud infrastructure design will ensure the efficient use of budgets and improve the sharing of computational resources on the overall infrastructures, as well as reduce the risk of malfunctions of the entire digital government cloud stemming from technical issues and digital attacks (Single Point of Failure) compared to a form of building a centralized infrastructure.
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To accelerate the adoption and take advantage of the advancement of digital technology aimed at promoting the development of digital economy and society, the Royal Government has identified three main principles, including “Building Digital Foundations - Digital Adoption – Digital Transformation”. Within the defined timeframe, policy measures will be implemented simultaneously, but these three principles will provide a coherent priority for the implementation and performance of policy measures according to the appropriate timeframe, Cambodia's affordability and capabilities in the digital sector, especially in the areas of human resources and infrastructures in the public and private sectors.
Figure 4: Principles and Framework for Building Cambodia's Digital Economy and Society
Establishing clear principles, coupled with clear policy measures and action plans, will allow the process toward the development and building of the digital economy and society to be more effective during implementation, based on a coherent and correspondent implementation progress. 1. Building digital foundations and digital adoption aims to develop both software and hardware infrastructures, as well as connectivity and the design and development of ecosystems from the institutional framework, legal framework, human resources to security and safety as a solid foundation to support and increase the credibility of the acceptance and adoption of digital technologies in all aspects of people's daily activities, business activities of private sector, public service delivery and accessibility activities and interactive activities of all actors in the economic and social system. 2. Digital adoption and transformation aims to build and better develop the capacity of key players in the economy and society through past experience in the use of digital technologies, continuous human resource development, strengthening research and development and innovation, continuing to modernize the state system and public services and strengthening and expanding cooperation within the country, region and world to improve the readiness of key players in advancing the digital transformation in all aspects of the economy and society. 3. Digital transformation aims to accelerate economic and social transformation toward a vibrant digital economy and society owing to strong foundations, more capable human resources, and a more favorable ecosystem environment and a participatory digital society with high use of technology. This will provide a clear path and direction for Cambodia to accelerate new economic growth and promote social welfare in the new normal with digital technology. At the same time, considering the negative impacts of the digital economy and society, the Royal Government has included the necessary measures to address the impacts of the digital transformation on the economy and society.
This policy framework defines an implementation period of 15 years from 2021 to 2035 to ensure the building of digital foundations and digital adoption leading to digital transformation. This timeframe is subject to revision based on the evolvement of relevant contexts, and regional and global trends. Based on the principles and timeframe, the direction of the policy measures and the key policy measures are determined and
