On 01 March 2024, members of the Build4People team had a fruitful exchange with leading representatives from the developer company Peng Huoth, among them Ratha Chan, Deputy Corporate Affair Director and Assistant to GCEO of Peng Huoth Group (PHG).
During the meeting, the Build4People representative Dr. Michael Waibel together with Build4People Work Package “Behaviour Change” members Dr. Anke Blöbaum and Andreas Deuß discussed how to follow-up on the joint successful cooperation in the context of the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2023, particularly in regard of the upcoming Build4People Implementation phase from 2025-2027.
Topics discussed, among others, were how to further support PHG on its pathway to become more sustainable and to provide a more inclusive and livable urban environment to its residents within their existing compounds, e.g. by strengthening the capacities and empowerment among the staff of PHG through joint cooperation and trainer-the-trainer sessions, and from a city-level perspective how to strengthen the connectivity of the existing Borey Peng Huoth compound to surrounding areas in cooperation with Phnom Penh Capital Hall.
Another major topic discussed was how to test the B4P Citizen Science APP as innovative tool of diagnosis of the urban built environment and of public participation. More specifically, it was proposed to apply the B4P Citizen Science APP within the PH residential compounds to evaluate 1) the urban quality of life of the built environment 2) check on different gender perspectives 3) check on different age perspectives 4) check on potentials to improve accessibility for handicapped people with the overall goal to foster inclusive transformation.
Finally, we discussed Build4People’s potential contributions to CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)-Reporting and ESG (Environmental Social Governance) criteria in the case of PHG.
The meeting ended with a guided tour through the new residential compounds of Borey Peng Huoth.
All in all, it has been a very fruitful and promising exchange and the whole Build4People team is very much looking forward to further joint collaboration.