Twenty-six participants joined a five-day training on Inclusive Vulnerability Risk Reduction Assessment from 8 to 12 June 2026. The group included partner staff and community focal points, with strong representation from women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and Persons with Disabilities. Their diversities reflected the training’s purpose on inclusive, participatory climate resilience planning.

The training combined conceptual learning and practical exercises. Participants strengthened their understanding of climate change, decentralization and sub-national planning, and took part in Resilient Walk, an activity exploring vulnerabilities and capacities across different groups. They also learned Climate Risk Mapping and Historical Profiling to assess hazards, impacts, coping strategies, barriers and adaptive solutions.

Through facilitation practice and group exercises, participants built confidence, analytical skills, and leadership for climate resilience planning.
 

Thida Mao, a Woman Youth Leader from Veal Ksach village, Stung Treng province, said, “I learned how to draw Climate Risk Mapping and facilitate Historical Profiling. When I return, I will help my community define climate risks, develop solutions, and join the commune council to provide suggestions for resource mobilization.”

Thida Mao, a Woman Youth Leader from Veal Ksach village, Stung Treng province, said, “I learned how to draw Climate Risk Mapping and facilitate Historical Profiling. When I return, I will help my community define climate risks, develop solutions, and join the commune council to provide suggestions for resource mobilization.”
 

Sovan Sen, Village Assistant and Women Leader from Ou Rai village, said, “The training equipped me with tools and facilitation processes that I can use to help my community define hazards, strengthen coping strategies, and work with local authorities to address climate impacts.”

Sovan Sen, Village Assistant and Women Leader from Ou Rai village, said, “The training equipped me with tools and facilitation processes that I can use to help my community define hazards, strengthen coping strategies, and work with local authorities to address climate impacts.”

Participants are now better prepared to influence local planning and budgeting processes, helping ensure climate resilience strategies are community-driven and inclusive.

The training was conducted under Oxfam’s Inclusive Water Governance and Climate Resilience Phase 3 (IP3), which strengthens adaptive capacity among riverine communities and empowers women and marginalized groups to lead Vulnerability Risk Reduction Assessments. Findings from these processes inform Disaster Risk Management and Climate Adaptation Plans while supporting greater participation in sub-national planning and budgeting.

Funded by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the four-year IP3 project, 2025 to 2029, aims to promote resilient, inclusive, and sustainable development in Cambodia’s Mekong basin through women’s leadership, stronger civil society engagement, and climate-resilient community development.