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| Bhikkhu Hoeurn Somnieng receives a degree in business management from St. Ambrose University in Iowa, USA. |
He hopes to use the skills he takes from the Kennedy School to restructure the management of Cambodian Buddhism.
21 August 2012
Im Sothearith, VOA Khmer
He
told VOA Khmer on Monday that Cambodia’s Buddhism in particular lacks
leadership and management from the monastery to the national level.
Hoeurn Somnieng said everyone needs to carefully utilize their knowledge
so that it benefits the nation as a whole.
“If we serve individuals, it benefits individuals, but if we use our knowledge to serve the nation, it benefits the nation,” he said.
Hoeurn Somnieng is the founder of the Life and Hope Association and
chairs a number of NGO networks based in Siem Reap province. He hopes to
use the skills he takes from the Kennedy School to restructure the
management of Cambodian Buddhism.
“I
believe that I can help contribute to strengthening our Buddhist
sector, if not for the whole country, at least the ones I am responsible
for,” he said. “I cannot say I am able to reform Cambodia’s public
sector, but I can say I will try to help strengthen our national
institutions. I can see that the government has been trying to reform
the public sector, but it is questionable whether it is effective.”
Hoeurn Somnieng said strengthening Cambodia’s Buddhist sector will
require a high level of capacity and genuine systematic reform. It has
to start from leadership at the monasterial level. People are influenced
by their social environment, he said, wherein the rule of law and the
effectiveness of law enforcement have to be taken into account.
