About

YOUTH COUNCIL OF CAMBODIA

WHERE WE WORK

  • YCC works in urban and remote areas with youth and women
    (aged 15-35) who are marginalized by occupation or denied multiple rights.
  • YCC work in urban and remote areas with youth who are from an indigenous, high school and university. 
  • YCC is currently working in 13 provinces plus Phnom Penh municipality. YCC head office is in Phnom Penh. 

Vision

YCC’s vision is to see a society with active participation of youth in strengthening democracy, economic development, good governance, social accountability, human rights, natural resource management, health, gender, and Cambodia’s development with honesty, peace, and sustainability.

Mission

YCC’s mission is to foster greater participation among Cambodian youth and strengthen their capacity to be an informed and influential voice in the development of Cambodian society.

Goal

To coordinate the mechanisms for youth participation in improving the sectors of socio-economic right, democracy and governance reform, natural resource management, quality of education, entrepreneurship and business development, leadership and policy development, and international peaceful relationship and cooperation.

Strategic Direction

Youth Council of Cambodia works with women and youth (ages 15 to 35) in both urban and rural communities who are denied certain rights or marginalized across Cambodia.

  • YCC has a legal structure in place to assist with project implementation, which includes operation manual, code of conduct, administration and financial manual, strategic plan.
  • YCC is run by five seasoned and governed boards that meet quarterly to approve the organization’s budget, policies, and strategies. To respect those policies and strategy, YCC has a management team, including executive director, program director and administrative and finance director lead and implement plans, programs, and policies.
  • YCC has a strong financial management system including financial policy, procedure, staff policy and a financial committee for the internal financial monitoring and controlling.
  • YCC has a strong monitoring and evaluation system including data collection, entry, cleaning, analysis, and reporting. Each project or program has its own monitoring and evaluation plan which helps our project/program team to track and assess the results of the interventions throughout the life of a project/program.
  • YCC has more than 20 years of experiences to building partnership and collaboration with government, UN entities, international NGOs, local NGOs, youth networks, and involved stakeholders to address the issue faced by youth and community in Cambodia through press release, training/workshop, and conference/events

Board Directors

Mr. Reaksmey Hong

Mr. Reaksmey Hong, Chairperson of YCC Board Directors and Country Director of Save the Children International Cambodia.

Mrs. Chum Paothida

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Mr. Nhem Sareth

Mr. Nhem Sareth, Ph.D., is the Country Director of Heifer International Cambodia and member of YCC board director.

Mrs. Sou Socheata

Mrs. Sou Socheata, National Project Coordinator at International Labour Organization and member of YCC board director.

Mrs. Laitheam Eang

Mrs. Laitheam Eang, member of YCC board director.

Senior Management Team

Mr. Im Sothy
Executive Director

Sothy was selected as 7th Executive Director of the Youth Council of Cambodia by its Board of Executive Director on 28 July 2015. He is a Cambodian with more than 15 years of experiences in democratic and governance reform, social/business development, and civic engagement sectors in both local and international level in Cambodia. He has additional experience working as a consultant for organizations such as Oxfam America, World Vision International, International Republican Institute, and Handicap International. He also has expertise in facilitating research and development. Mr. Sothy earned his bachelor’s degree from Business Administration from National Management University and his Master Degree of Public Management from the School of Government in the ATENEO de Manila University in the Philippines.
Tel: (+855) 077 72 32 67
Email: im.sothy@ycc.org.kh

Mr. Phiek Sina
Program Director

He has over 10 years’ experiences working in Cambodia for child and youth development, social accountability, civic engagement in good governance, and research development. He started with YCC to successfully implement and manage the I-SAF project (Implementation of Social Accountability Framework) in 2016. Sina holds master’s degree in Social Services and Development from Asian Social Institute (ASI), the Philippines under a MISEREOR Scholarship. He did his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). He was a participant of the KOICA Fellowship Program on Global Training Session for Peace-building and International Cooperation Educator. He was also a alumnus Of Community Solutions Program (CSP). The Community Solutions Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by IREX. As a U.S. Department of State fellow with the Community Solutions Program, he completed the IREX-administered Community Leadership Institute and received ten Continuing Education Units from the George Mason University (GMU). GMU is a higher education institution located in the United States which certified the rigor of the Community Leadership Institute of which he completed 100 hours of leadership development coursework.
Tel: (+855) 012 900875
Email: phiek.sina@ycc.org.kh

Ms. Rufa Fernando
Finance and Admin Director

Rufa has more than 10 years of successful experience in administration and financial management. She specializes in grant financial management, which is funded by USAID through FHI360 and EWMI. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at ICCT College Foundation, Inc., Cainta, Rizal, in the Philippines.
Tel: (+855) 015 759649
Email: rufa.fernando@ycc.org.kh