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Hospitality Kampuchea (HoKa)

The Hospitality Kampuchea (HoKa) is an excellent industry-based training model, offering high-quality hospitality vocational training to low-skilled workers. The HoKa training programme is the best need for managers and business owners in the hospitality sector to grow their businesses. Moreover, HoKa contributes to building the capacity of trainers in target Provincial Tourism Departments, enabling them to provide further training to tourism professionals in and around the province. HoKa is implemented in ten target provinces, under the collaboration of the Ministry of Tourism and the Skills Development Programme, a project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

TARGET PROVINCES

SKILLS

BENEFITS

Low-skilled Workers

  • Decent job and increased income
  • Deepen a specific skill
  • Become competent to deliver better service
  • A certificate of competency awarded and recognized by the Ministry of Tourism.

Trainers

  • Obtain a certificate of competency from the Ministry of Tourism
  • Opportunity to learn from an ASEAN trainer
  • Become HoKa trainer who can deliver ongoing training to tourism professionals in and around target provinces.
  • Access to a free training course with meals provided.
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Events & Articles

Cambodia
Upskilling and Reskilling
02.05.2023
Swisscontact at the Mekong Tourism Forum 2023!
Swisscontact engaged in constructive dialogues and identified opportunities to enhance the tourism sector’s resilience through building sustainable food systems, fostering women empowerment, accelerating digitalization, and upskilling the tourism workforce during the Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF) 2023 on 24-28 April 2023 in Preah Sihanouk Province, under the theme of “Rethinking for Resilience and Digitalisation”.
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Cambodia
Upskilling and Reskilling, Labour market insertion, Sustainable tourism
31.03.2023
Congratulations, Hoka Skills Day 2023!
The Hospitality Kampuchea (HoKa) Steering Committee of the Ministry of Tourism hosted its first HoKa Skills Day 2023 under the theme of “Tourism Skill is your Life” to promote hospitality skills in Cambodia on March 30, 2023, at Sokha Residence Hotel, Phnom Penh.
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Cambodia
Upskilling and Reskilling
18.01.2023
Deep understanding of the Hospitality Kampuchea (HoKa)
The Hospitality Kampuchea (HoKa) is an industry-based training model offering high-quality hospitality skills for low-skilled workers in front office, housekeeping, food and beverage services, cooking, barista skills, and community tour guide.
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Cambodia
Initial vocational education and training
12.08.2022
Three Hospitality Professionals gained better skills and experience through the HoKa Training Programme
Despite their hectic daily schedule working in hospitality, three trainees found time to attend the Hospitality Kampuchea (HoKa) Programme to enhance their skills and knowledge. Through their hard work and perseverance, the three trainees have improved their practical and soft skills to use in their day-to-day job and share with their coworkers to grow their business.
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Cambodia
Upskilling and Reskilling
14.06.2022
Hospitality training led to a decent future for low-skilled workers and disadvantaged youth
Perseverance and encouragement led three young Cambodians to turn themselves into successful business owners or managers after taking part in the Hospitality Kampuchea (HoKa) training programme, with the support of the Skills Development Programme (SDP). This success convinced them to become HoKa trainers to share knowledge, skills, and attitude with the young generation, particularly low-skilled workers, contributing to the rebooting of the tourism sector in Cambodia.
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Cambodia
Upskilling and Reskilling
30.12.2021
HoKa upskilled and reskilled more than 600 workers in hospitality and tourism in 2021! 
Reskilling and upskilling are key to meeting the market demand after the pandemic. The HoKa Steering Committee lately convened to perform its annual progress review, endorse the HoKa training materials using for nationwide and discuss priorities for 2022 to ensure continuous access to quality training for disadvantaged youth and improve their livelihood. 
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Cambodia
02.05.2019
Improving Hospitality Industry in Cambodia Through HoKa
Developed under the Skills Development Programme (SDP) in Cambodia, HoKa is the 1st in-house hospitality training program targeted at the existing low-skilled workers of hotels and restaurants, who can apply the theoretic and technical skills in their workplace. It has been enhanced in Mekong Inclusive Growth and Innovation Programme (MIGIP) for...
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Cambodia
20.02.2019
HoKa to Expand to Preah Sihanouk Province
Having seen the benefits and practicality of HoKa in Kratie, Strung Treng, Preah Vihear and Kampot provinces, Swisscontact through the Mekong Inclusive Growth and Innovation Programme (MIGIP) and Ministry of Tourism have planned to expand the scope of HoKa to Preah Sihanouk province in the first semester of 2019.
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VIDEOS

Swisscontact's Experience with Cambodia’s Tourism Working Group in Kampot

Swisscontact promoted public-private partnerships in tourist destinations in Cambodia’s Kampot province through Tourism Working Groups (TWG). With the support of Mekong Inclusive Growth and Innovation Programme (MIGIP), TWG was established by the provincial administrations and worked to coordinate a variety functions related to the tourist destination including marketing, skills development, product development, community development, and research and data collection.