'''Sipar''' ({{Langx|fr|Soutien à l’initiative privée pour l’aide à la reconstruction}}) is a French NGO working towards the reconstruction of Cambodia. The NGO's mission is to improve education and fight illiteracy. The organisation is considered to have played a key role in the evolution of educational policies in Cambodia.{{Sfn|Dupont|Hok|2011}}
== History == Sipar was founded in 1982 in Versailles, France. It opened its first classes at the refugee camp in Phanat Nikhom district, Thailand, with the goal of aiding the integration of refugees from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos to France. In 1991, Sipar started operations in Cambodia.<ref name="PPP">{{cite news |title=Sipar marks 40 years with book fair, celebrity guests |work=The Phnom Penh Post |date=1 December 2022}}</ref> After years of experience in working in different Cambodian provinces, Sipar started operating in the entire country, helping improve the education of kids and the literacy of kids and adults by promoting books.{{Sfn|Dupont|Hok|2011}}
As of December 2022, Sipar's publishing house has published more than 250 fiction and non-fiction books and 3.5 million copies since 2002.<ref name="PPP" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Our publishing house |url=https://sipar.org/en/association-cambodge-sipar/nos-programmes/edition-de-livres-en-khmer/ |website=Sipar |access-date=11 November 2025}}</ref>
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=== Sources === *{{cite journal |last1=Dupont |first1=Nathalie |last2=Hok |first2=Sothik |title=L’impact de l’action d’une ONG sur une politique nationale |journal={{Ill|Revue internationale d’éducation de Sèvres|fr|Revue internationale d'éducation de Sèvres}} |date=1 December 2011 |issue=58 |pages=37–46 |doi=10.4000/ries.2166 |url=https://doi.org/10.4000/ries.2166 |access-date=11 November 2025 |ref={{SfnRef|Dupont|Hok|2011}} |language=fr |issn=1254-4590}}
== External links == * [http://www.sipar.org/?siparlang=en SIPAR]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sipar}} Category:Non-profit organisations based in France Category:Education in Cambodia