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I- Registration

1-Registration period

            -Saint Paul Institute (SPI), open registration period: 26th May, 2022 to 20th July, 2022

            -Online registration at 2022 ASEACCU conference website http://aseaccu2022.spi.edu.kh/

2-Registration Fee

1. Faculty and staff conference 550 USD
2. Student conference 400 USD
3. Registration fee includes all as follows:

            -Transportation whole program, exposure, all meals and accommodation

            -Faculty and staff conference stay in Dara Airport Hotel: August 24-26 (3 nights)

            -Student conference stay in Phnom Penh Thmei pastoral center August 23-26, 2022(4 nights).

• *Extra fee will be charged for student’s chaperon and student who will check-in on August 22, 2022. Extra lodging expense is USD 50, and 3 meals will be provided (for student program).
• *Extra night expense is USD 60 each night for hotel (22-23 August 2022), and have no meals provided (for faculty program). Participant will pay directly to the hotel. Note: please kindly inform to SPI’s team in case you need extra night.

3-Registration Policy

A- The host will not transfer money back, if any, cancel from participants.
B- If in case of emergency of the Covid-19 restriction and cancelation, the host would like to charge 30% of your registration fee (both student and faculty) because we reserve and pay 30% to the accommodation according to registration from 26th May to 20th July 2022.

 

II-Pick up service

1-Faculty and staff Conference

There will be no pick up or send off service available (Pochentong Phnom Penh International Airport to Dara Airport Hotel). All participants of faculty and staff conference are responsible for the cost of their own transportation between Pochentong Phnom Penh International Airport to Dara Airport Hotel. However, there will be some of representative from Saint Paul Institute (SPI), who will provide information in detail from airport to the hotel. Furthermore, SPI will prepare banner to stand by with some information at the exit gate.

 

2-Student Conference
There will be available pick up service for all participants of student conference from Pochentong Phnom Penh International Airport to Phnom Penh Thmei Pastoral Center for those who arrived on 22th August, 2022 morning time. There are some volunteers from SPI waiting at the exit gate with Logo or ASEACCU conference 2022 at the meeting point. SPI will prepare vans to pick up according to flight detail on arrival.

 

 

III-Registration fee payment

1-Bank detail information

a) There is an overseas Fund transfer with Bank Details after you register with your personal e-mail.
b) The host institute would like to ask all participant to transfer to bank detail through your mail.

2-Remark: Fee Charge of the Bank transfer:

• For the country of beneficiary, if amount under 10,000USD the bank charge is 10USD. If amount over 10,000USD the bank charge is 0.10% of the transfer amount.
• For the country of Sender is difference fee charge up to the Bank.
  Example: If you want to send full amount of 1,000USD to account of beneficiary you need to calculate like this 1,000USD+Bank Charge from the Bank of Sender + Bank Charge of Bank beneficiary. (1,000USD+ Bank Charge from the Bank of Sender+10USD)

3-ASEACCU 2022 payment

• The registration fee must be paid by bank transfer. The registration fee transfer must add 10 USD for Bank Charge (we will not accept payment by Cheques from bank outside Cambodia).
• The registration fee payment deadline for both conferences in the first week of August 2022 (approximately 8 August 2022).
• The Bank transfer fee is to be paid by the participants or institution with detail information.
• The Bank detail will be not post on website but send directly to all participants through e-mail registration.

 

IV-Contact Detail

ASEACCU 2022 conference coordinator
-General Coordinator for the both conference and information: Mr.Phon Sohal
-Administration and payment: Ms.Men Sotharin
-Conference Registration: Mr.Bean Bee and Ms.Yin Sotheara
Tel: +855 92 898 351 / +855 86 89 73 27
E-mail: aseaccu2022@spi.edu.kh
Website: www.spi.edu.kh
Registration: http://aseaccu2022.spi.edu.kh/

 

V- Visa Information and Processing

Entering Cambodia
To enter the Kingdom of Cambodia, a 6 (six) months validity passport is required as well as a valid visa (except for certain nationalities), including for children. Tourist and business visas are valid for one month starting with the date of entry into Cambodia. Your visa can be extended while you are in Cambodia.

Visa application
Visa can be obtained at the Visa Counter upon arrival (available for visa-on-arrival) at our 3 airports: Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Sihanouk international airports.

• Tourism Visa 36 USD
• E-Visa 42 USD

E-Visa
E-Visa is also available on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation https://www.evisa.gov.kh/

Visa can be obtained at your nearest Embassy of Cambodia in your country.
Required documents for Visa For required documents and fees please check on the following websites: https://www.evisa.gov.kh/

 

 

VI- Guest Speaker

All detail information of all guest speakers will be post on Website before First week of August 2022.

 

VII-HEALTH Committee and Covid-19 insurance

1-Health Committee
SPI’s Health Committee is organized in secure facilities for the participants’ emergencies. The committee is obliged to strengthen the coordination, treatment, and information on primary or serious health threats in the events. SPI’s Health insurance is insured with the doctors’ standby from Takeo Referral Hospital and Catholic Community Health Service in Phnom Penh including medical facilities (ambulance, stored blood transfusion, oxygen tank, and other medical first-aids).
International participants can hold their personal insurance letters or cards when required. In case of unaffordable serious illness, the participants must take self-responsibilities to hospitalize with the assistance of our committee.

2-Covid-19 Insurance (Cambodia)
A- According to official announcement from the Prime Minister of Cambodia since the third week of April 2022, Cambodia reopened for all vaccinated travelers without quarantine.
B- The requirement is to produce evidence or having vaccination certificate against COVID-19 (two or three dose at least).
C- If travelers do not have evidence of a full course of vaccination, they must enter hotel quarantine for 7 days. This can be pre-booked in a private hotel, or travelers can enter a government-arranged hotel.
http://aseaccu.org.ph/aseaccu-conference/announcement/

SPI work collaboration with Procare Medical Center
COVID-19 RT-PCR Test
Every day without APOINTMENT
You will be asked personal information for all the patients:

• Upload a copy of your passport
• Flight ticket
• Vaccination card
• Currently address
• Local phone number

Result, Certificate Fit to fly and Payment

• Standard RT-PCR test for travel is $120 includes results and certificate.
• If you do the test before 9:30am, you can get the result at 4:30pm with the Medical Certificate.

COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test
Every day without APOINTMENT
You will be asked personal information for all the patients:

• Upload a copy of your passport

Result, Certificate Fit to Fly and Payment

• Antigen Rapid test for travel cost $43 includes Medical certificate fit to fly.
• Get your Result within 30 minutes at the reception.

Home service (Direct to Dara Airport Hotel):

• additional $15 will be charged per person for both tests.

So total for RT-PCR: US$ 135.00
Rapid Antigen Test: US$ 58.00

SPI’s team will arrange with the company and Pasture Institute Du Cambodia to do a Test on 26th August 2022 between 6:30am to 8:00am inside Dara Airport Hotel for Faculty Program and at Phnom Penh Thmei Pastoral Center for student program. The result with a certificate and most probably received before 5pm the same date.

 

3-Medication
-We also recommend that you bring items to protect you from the sun, which is extremely strong. Please bring sunscreen (at least SPF30+), hats and ointment for sun burn.
-We also recommend that you bring your personal daily medicine.

 

 

VIII-Transportation Arrangement

1-Phnom Penh International Airport is the main airport for arrivals in Cambodia. When passengers arrive at the airport, they will take about an average of 15 minutes to 20 minutes, depending on transportation and congestion options to the accommodations (Dara Airport Hotel and Phnom Penh Thmei Pastoral Center-PPTPC).
2-To comfort a warm welcome to the forthcoming prospective passengers, SPI has arranged vans with 25 seats for student delegations waiting at the arrivals at Phnom Penh international airport. When students gather all together, they have to get in vans to the accommodations accompanied by SPI’s staff and students.
Link for Dara Airport Hotel location:
https://www.bing.com/local?lid=YN8093x1234745327&id=YN8093x1234745327&q=Dara+Airport+Hotel&name=Dara+Airport+Hotel&cp=11.561322212219238%7e104.8720474243164&ppois=11.561322212219238_104.8720474243164_Dara+Airport+Hotel

3-PassApp or Taxi from airport to Dara Airport Hotel is cost between 7$ to 10$.

4-Please be noted that SPI team will not responsible to arrange transportation from the airport to Dara Airport hotel and from the hotel to airport for all faculty program participants.

 

IX-Volunteerism

 

a- 15 students from SPI will do volunteer
b- Around 10 to 17 people from SPI (SPI’s staff) will help for the whole conference

Volunteers tend to quickly get the spaces set up for attendees. With keynote presenters, it’s important that the voluntary students are there to make sure that any audio and video presentation is working. Voluntary students can help with plenty happening during a conference and attendees will frequently have questions. The attendees may need location information, time information, and sometimes just a little help to find the best session for them. Voluntary students are the vital parts to lead, introduce greetings and share the topical related-content knowledge to attendees during field visiting in vans.
So, all participants in the 28th ASEACCU conference can ask some help from SPI’s volunteer group during the event.

 

XI-Certificate

E-certification dramatically speeds up the documentation process. It helps the participants to avoid the costs and delays associated with the issuing and transportation of certificates in hard copy. E-certificate is an effective option for the participants. The authorized certificates of participation will be issued to the participants two weeks late after the conference. It will be delivered individually via email.

 

XII-Exposure

There are three intended destinations for NGOs exposure; organization for the poor, disabilities, and education. The participants are separated into six groups (maximum). The two groups must get in two vans to visit a direction and vice versa. There will be a guide introducing the backgrounds and history of each field-related place so that the travelers are able to take some notes based on the facts. After visiting the destinations, SPI students will lead the groups in reflections on what has been learned from the field visit. Those can be questions and answers or individual reflective presentations.
A) List of NGOs for student 24th August 2022

1. Missionaries of Charities Brother of Cambodia
2. Catholic Church at Boeung Tumpun (different projects)

B) List of Exposure for student 26th August 2022 (morning time)

1. Choeung Ek Killing Field and
2. Toul Sleng Genocide Museum

C) For Faculty program on 26th August 2022 (afternoon time)

1. Toul Sleng Genocide Museum

D) For both Faculty and Student program on 25th August 2022

1. Kriang Ta Chan Killing field

 

XIII- Supplies offer for registration

All participants both student and faculty are going to receive;

1. Name tag
2. T-Shirt (with logo ASEACCU and SPI)
3. Stationary (pens, pencil, notepad)
4. Information (Speaker, reflection, and SPI booklet)
5. Beg with logo of SPI and ASEACCU conference 2022
6. Details of meeting agenda

IX-Liturgy

• Will provide translation from Khmer to English for some song when we sing in Khmer.
• Daily Mass is celebrate at Phnom Penh Thmei pastoral center every morning at 6:15am
• Closing Concelebrated Mass for Faculty and Students is going to celebrate at Phnom Penh Thmei pastoral center on 26th August 2022 at 5:30pm.

X-Currency

• Cambodia is accepted Dollar USD whenever you buy something.
• Cambodia currency is Riel, 1 USD is approximately equal to 4050 Riel (rate on 25th May 2022).

XI-Timetable for ASEACCU 2022 conference preparation

1. 26th May to 20th July 2022 open for registration both student and faculty program.
2. 20th to 28th July 2022 will update more useful information regarding to program, speakers, stuffs, and some announcement.
3. 26th May to 20th August 2022 SPI’s organization team will communicate to all ASEACCU member through mail provided by ASEACCU secretariate.

 

XII-Electricity

When arriving at Cambodia, please check if you need a power plug adapter or voltage converter for the power sockets (outlets) used in Cambodia. Below you will find pictures of the applied power sockets and corresponding plugs. And we provide more information about the voltage and frequency.

In Cambodia the power plugs and sockets are of type A and G. The standard voltage is 230 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz. Check out the following pictures. When living in Cambodia you need a power plug adapter for sockets type A and G.

Type A: This socket has no alternative plugs 

Type G: This socket has no alternative plugs

 

XIII-Weather & Clothing

August, with its hot and humid days, is the fifth warmest month of the year in Cambodia. It is also counted as amongst the wettest months, with rainfall occurring on an average of 16 days through the month.

Arriving at Cambodia during August, it would be best if you prepared with a raincoat, umbrella, and waterproof jacket for the sudden showers that occur in the late afternoons.

August is a good month to arrange for indoor activities and a few outdoor tours when the weather brightens up.

Noted:

1. All program and arrangement preparation will be update and adjust according to situation and available of guest speakers.
2. ASEACCU’s Steering committee would like to reserves the right to alter the detail program depending on time constraint and condition.

On behalf of ASEACCU’s steering committee and SPI’s organization team, and H. E Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, founder and Chancellor of Saint Paul Institute, I would like to welcome to all participants to Cambodia the Kingdom of Wonder and Safe.

 

See you all on 23rd August 2022 for student participants and 24th August 2022 for faculty program participants. Warmest Welcome.

 

Saint Paul Institute,
Thursday 21st July 2022
On behalf of ASEACCU’s steering committee and SPI’s organization team

 

PHON SOPHAL

Director