From 06 to 11 April 2025, Mr. No Lida, CEO of Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC), was invited by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to join a mission to the Headquarter of UNIDO in Vienna, Austria.

The purposes of this mission are to (1) share the progress of the Value Chain Investment Support Facility (ISF), including challenges and lessons learned (Equipment and Technical assistance), and (2) build capacity of CGCC to implement ISF and innovative finance, including ISF grant disbursement through meetings and guidance from with UNIDO HQ colleagues.

During this mission, Mr. No Lida had met and discussed with various UNIDO HQ teams, including the Islamic Finance Taskforce, the Procurement and Finance Division, the Agriculture Division, and the Innovative Finance Division, to discuss lessons learnt, ways to improve the ISF, and future collaboration opportunities.

Investment Support Facility (ISF) is a joint project under CAPFISH-Capture: Post-harvest Fisheries Development Project jointly implemented by the Fisheries Administration and UNIDO Cambodia, co-funded by the European Union, and having CGCC as a fund manager. CGCC has also launched the Post-Harvest Fisheries Guarantee Scheme (PFGS) to provide guarantees on loans under the ISF. As ​​of the end of March 2025, CGCC has approved credit guarantees to 12 enterprises, with the total guaranteed loan size equivalent to approximately USD 300,000 under this scheme.