Dr Song Sopheak, CDRI’s Deputy Executive Director for Research, was invited to the Regional Forum on Policies to Promote Private Sector Engagement in Science, Technology, and Innovation, organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP). This forum aimed to present the Workbook on Policies to Promote Private Sector Engagement in STI, developed in alignment with the South-South and Triangular Collaboration Programme on STI among Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam (CLTV). The discussion focused on human capital development through private sector engagement, policy support for start-up growth, and regional cooperation on science, technology, and innovation.