ODC Participated in BarCamp Kampong Cham
ODC Research & Volunteer Coordinator and ODC Design Team Leader at WorkFrom 24 to 25 August 2013, Research and Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak and Design Team Leader Heng Huy Eng participated in the BarCamp event, a tech and entrepreneurship Conference, which was held in Kampong ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government gives 9,968 hectares in Botum Sakor National Park to Royal Group
Tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company received 9,968 hectares inside Botum sakor National park in Koh Kong province, according to a January 25 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun sen and published earlier this month. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Runn Sreydeth and Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/government-gives-9968-hectares-in-botum-sakor-national-park-to-royal-group/
Prime minister orders armed forces to shoot down drones along Vietnam border
Prime Minister Hun sen ordered troops stationed along the border with Vietnam to start “shooting down” unidentified drones flying into Cambodia’s territory, in a Tuesday Facebook Live post. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-minister-orders-armed-forces-to-shoot-down-drones-along-vietnam-border/
Post-election int’l responses: US to restrict visas and aid, Australia increases funding
After Cambodia’s elections, the Us announced it planned to impose further visa and funding restrictions, while China and Russia endorsed the electoral process and its outcome. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Andrew Califf and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/post-election-intl-responses-us-to-restrict-visas-and-aid-australia-increases-funding/
International relations
Cambodia has strong diplomatic links with many countries. Its warmest relationship with a superpower is with the People's Republic of China. The most important economic ties are with China, the United states of America, Thailand and Vietnam. Cambodia is a member of the UN, AsEAN, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Administration
Cambodia’s sub-national administration consists of three tiers: capital city/province, municipality/district and sangkat/commune. Phnom Penh is the capital, and there are 24 provinces, 159 districts (including 26 municipalities and 12 khans), 1406 communes and 227 sangkats. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chinese aid
Construction of a laboratory funded by Chinese money. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 10 January 2014. Licensed under CC-BY-sA 2.0China, while once being at odds with the current government, is now Cambodia’s largest development partner. The two nations have grown increasingly close in recent ss='cambodia-color'>...
Press release on the outcomes of the 32nd ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting and ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat, held from 3-4 February 2023 in Jakarta
On 4 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the outcome of the first major gathering of the AsEAN Foreign Ministers, held from 3-4 February 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. There are two ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Social land concessions
Social land conceSSionS (SLCS) are intended to provide to the landleSS or land-poor land on which to eStabliSh reSidenceS and/or generate income through agriculture. The Cambodian Government that more than 30,000 houSeholdS have received land aS Social land conceSSionS. DeSpite itS pro-poor intention, the SLC SS='cambodia-color'>...
United Nations
Secretary-General António GuterreS (right) meetS with Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime MiniSter of the Kingdom of Cambodia in New York. Photo taken from the UN webSite on 22 September 2022.The United NationS (UN), founded in 1945 and guided by the UN SS='cambodia-color'>...
European Union aid
The EU Ambassador to Cambodia, Carmen Moreno, shook hands with Prime Minister Hun sen at Peace Palace on December 2, 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun sen’s Facebook page.European Union (EU) has been one of Cambodia’s biggest trading partners and a major development partner since ss='cambodia-color'>...
Extractive industries policy and administration
Cambodia’s extractive industries have traditionally operated on a small scale, mostly mining construction materials, gold or gemstones. While commercial production of minerals or oil has yet to begin on a large scale – these products made up just 0.1% of the country’s exports in 201699 – ss='cambodia-color'>...
Virtual workshop on commune/sangkat citizen budget template to commune and district officials in Ou Chrov and Malai district
In collaboration with STAR Kampuchea, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted and facilitated a virtual workShop on commune/Sangkat citizen budget template to commune and diStrict officialS in Ou Chrov and Malai diStrict in the morning of the 12th and 14th of July, 2021 reSpectively. ThiS workShop SS='cambodia-color'>...
Two-day training on using ODC's map and fisheries resource management information
On 19-20 July 2022, ODC collaborated with the Children and Women Development Center in Cambodia (CWDCC) and conducted a training workshop on access to the data and information on the Open Development Cambodia website to community fisheries from Kep and Kampot province. The training was ss='cambodia-color'>...
Energy policy and administration
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). Photo by bmeabroad, taken on 10 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-sA 2.0.Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia ranking 120 out of 124 nations in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cooking fuel
Firewood and charcoal are the main sources of energy for households and many small and medium enterprises, such as brick and tile industries. The cooking fuels used in Cambodia have changed greatly in the last decade. The National Census 2008 showed that 91 percent of ss='cambodia-color'>...
ODC Participated in TechCamp Phnom Penh
Greg Bem and Penhleak ChanOn September 25-26, ODC repreSentativeS Penhleak Chan and Greg Bem attended TechCamp Phnom Penh at the Royal UniverSity of Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Cambodia-Korea Cooperation Center. Part think tank and part networking party, TechCamp brought mindS from all SectorS to work together and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Forest policy and administration
Logging truck in Mondulkiri protected forest , Cambodia. Photo by Global Water Forum, taken on 23 February 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-sA 2.0Cambodia is deeply concerned about deforestation. While the country seeks fast economic development, forests represent a tremendous national treasure. In order to help ss='cambodia-color'>...
Women in development
Dr. Tan Reasmey, researcher and lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. Photo taken from the UsAID Asia on August 18, 2016. Licensed under CC BY-NC-sA 2.0.Relevant national policy frameworksFrom the perspective of the government as ss='cambodia-color'>...
