Director:   Mr. CHAU Kim Heng

Office Address:    Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organization (COMPED) P.O. Box 955, Phnom Penh Phone, CAMBODIA 
Office Telephone       :    +855 222 963, +855 12 842 387
Office Fax                  :    +855 222 963
E-mail:    Heng@comped-cam.org; comped@comped-cam.org

Personal Background:

Date of Birth              :        5 November 1966
Nationality                 :        Cambodian
Country of residence:        Cambodia

Education:

1996    Master of Science in Physics, Humboldt University of Berlin, GERMANY
2006    Certification of completion professional training program on “Appropriate Urban Environmental Management Technologies”

Language Skills:

Khmer    Native
German    Very good
English    Very good

Research Areas:

Urban environment management, Efficient solid waste management, Environmental education and training, Sustainable natural resources management, Waste water management, Composting, Renewable energy, Policy reinforcement and capacity building, Social engagement.

Professional Experience:

2000-present         Director, Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organisation
1998 – 2000        IT-Network Assistant.

Selected Research and Training Works (related to APN proposal):

1.    Capacity building policy reinforcement in Cambodia in the field of solid waste management. 
2.    Concept of wastewater treatment and implementation of a pilot plant in the city of Battambang.
3.    Promotion of the efficient use of renewable energies in developing countries.
4.    Sustainable natural resources management in Southeast Asia.
5.    Composting of urban organic waste for crop cultivation in Cambodia
6.    Cooperate on waste analysis with JICA, Japan.
7.    Capacity building for implementation of the United Nation Guidelines on sustainable consumption.
8.    Development of urban environmental management projects proposals.
9.    Urban environmental management with appropriate technologies

Selected Publications (related to APN proposal):

1.    COMPED and Ministry of Environment (2006) Environmental Guidelines on Solid Waste Management in Cambodia (solid waste management plan, landfill, composting, hazardous (medical) waste and environmental education), 97 P (in Khmer).
2.     Guideline on biomass waste utilisation in Cambodia