A Study on Cambodian Policy and Legal System for Spatial Information and its Implication to APEC Economies

Abstract

The application scope of this paper extends to state analysis and target model establishment. This paper conducts state analysis on legal system through law-policy review and requirements investigation. The policy that corresponds with Cambodia's national spatial information infrastructure (NSII) is the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Masterplan established in 2012 but has not been implemented since. The key requirements related to spatial information laws and policies of ministries and public officials are the establishment and implementation of the NSII legal system for sharing and utilizing spatial information. The most significant difference between Cambodia and South Korea's NSII policy is the existence of planning periods and whether the plan has been implemented or not, and whether the basis for policymaking and implementation is legally guaranteed. Compared to Korea, the legal system related to the establishment of spatial information infrastructure or production/sharing/utilization of spatial information is absent in Cambodia. Therefore, the first target model of the legal system is ‘establishing a legal framework on NSII.’ The second target model of the legal system is ‘enacting the NSII Act.’