On 03 November 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) team joined a Kobo Toolbox training facilitated by Internews for the Innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) program. The training aimed to address technical training skills iDentified by local civil society program partners. In late 2021 ...

The United States Agency for International Development, the Stone Family Foundation, and iDe Cambodia, supported by Social Finance, yesterday launched a $10 million initiative to Develop market-based solutions for sanitation in six provinces. ...

Sugar plantations that benefit from the European Union’s Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, which allows preferential access to the E.U.’s market, have further impoverished Cambodia’s poor, and an investigation needs to be launched, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) said on Friday. Patrice Tirolien, MEP ...

On 25 December 2017, The European Union will be funding $3.3 million on the conservation efforts in Mondulkiri’s Srepok and Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuaries. The ACCESS project: Advancing CSOs’ Capacities, Enhancing Solutions for Sustainability will be implemented from 2018 to 2022 by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), AiDe ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of Health facilities signed agreement for health care scheme (NSSF) on the interactive map, unDer the map category of “Social Development”. This dataset proviDes the location and contact detail information of health facilities that signed ...

The Garment Manufacturer’s Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed a $3.5 million loan agreement with French international development agency Agence Francaise de development (AFD) yesterday to build Cambodia’s first garment sector training school. The school will train Cambodia’s unskilled garment workers and other Cambodians who wish to ...

Cambodia’s second conference on social enterprise is set to take place tomorrow with the aim of tackling poverty, social exclusion and health and environmental problems, organisers say. The all-day conference, at the Cambodia-Japan Conference Centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, will facilitate discussions among participants ...

A United Nations delegation yesterday met with the government to review a report on sustainable development and raise three points regarding social protection initiatives in the Kingdom. According to the UN, a government delegation is expected to attend a series of meetings with the Economic ...

On the morning of September 8th 2020, at Poulowai hotel based in Phnom Penh, Open Development Cambodia(ODC) hosted “2020 Basic Data Literacy Training on social accountability”. This three-day training is unDer the project Innovation for social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) having ODC and FHI 360 ...

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is rolling out a pilot of its Social Health Insurance scheme for tuk-tuk drivers in the capital in April as part of a move to extend Social security coverage to the nation’s informal workers. ...

The Open Development Cambodia (ODC) organized a half-day workshop on 9 May 2024 in Phnom Penh, on “Using CSR data to promote transparency in business and stakeholDer engagement in Cambodia,” which proviDed opportunities for people from various domain backgrounds to explore the concept of corporate ...

Hopes of Cambodia’s first-ever Olympic medal crumbled on Saturday evening as taekwondo star Sorn Seavmey was comfortably beaten by Reshmie Oogink of the Netherlands. ...

The management of the 32-storey De Castle Royal condominium project in BKK1 has announced that the The Place, wiDely regarDed as Phnom Penh’s only inDepenDent five-star gym, will manage the Development’s fitness centre. This means the air-conditioned De Castle Royal gym will be fully fitted out ...

While Cambodia’s crowded banking sector has enjoyed strong growth, the majority of consumers surveyed have cited dissatisfaction with banking services as a main impediment for the sector’s confidence and future growth. ...

Following the detention this week of homeless children as young as 1 year old at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu vocational training centre, UNICEF yesterday called for an end to street sweeps and arbitrary detentions. Three people rounded up on Sunday said in separate accounts this ...

Cambodia has a good chance of achieving its social protection agenda under the Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) but will need to balance different social protection investments, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Asian development Bank (ADB). With the right fiscal reforms and policies ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday issued a new sub-decree ordering all orphanages to get a permit, submit to inspections and limit the conditions under which children can be admitted.According to many experts, including Social Affairs Minister Vong Soth, orphanage care does more harm than ...

Statistics released by the National Social Security Fund yesterday showed that it increased its reach in 2016, adding more than 900 new private firms encompassing some 59,000 workers, and increasing its workplace accident payouts. ...

Japan on Thursday provided a $1.43 million grant to three organisations working to clear cluster bombs, improve food security and promote sustainable agricultural conditions for poverty reduction in Cambodia. The grant was signed by Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami and representatives of the three recipients ...

Toch Channy, Director General of Technical General Department and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation said that the assistance is maDe possible unDer the government’s new policy to enhance the welfare of poor pregnant women and child nutrition, reflecting the ...