Statement: Suspend development projects destroying the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands
On 27 July 2020, the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), Cambodian Youth Network (CYN), Equitable Cambodia (EC) and sahmakum Teang Tnaut (sTT) jointly issued a report revealing human rights abuses and environmental devastation as private developments threaten to flood ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
Implementation of the self-declaration system of labor inspection through the automatic system
On 24 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the implementation of the self-declaration system of labor inspection through the automatic system.Refer to the Labor Law and Proclamation No. 358 dated 30 December 2021 on the implementation of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Virtual data literacy training on social accountability
On 14, 15,16 and 17 of June 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a four-day training under the topic of “Data Literacy Training on Social Accountability”. Due to the pandemic outbreak, the half-day training waS conducted virtually via Zoom video conferencing platform and waS joined SS='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
Goal 16’s full title is “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.” It has a monitoring framework of 12 targets (2 around means of implementation) and 23 indicators. Transition ss='cambodia-color'>...
Forest cover analysis (1973 - 2014)
Depicts the bar graphs that analyses Cambodia's forest cover change and forest cover distribution from 1973-2014 on a national and provincial level. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Agricultural commodities, processing and products
Farmers harvest corn from their farms, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank/Chhor sokunthea, taken on 17 July 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Key agricultural commodities and products include rice, rubber, corn (maize), vegetables and fruit, and cassava (tapioca). More than 90 percent of Cambodia’s agricultural exports ss='cambodia-color'>...
GIS Workshop: Fundamentals of QGIS
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce a Geographic Information system (GIs) Workshop: Fundamentals of QGIs of the three series workshops each of which takes three days. This series workshop aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on geographic information system and using open-source GIs ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia
Pilot training on map reading and using with high school teachers
In March 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and sport (MoEYs) conducted an assessment workshop to collect inputs from high school teachers to understand the teachers’ knowledge and experience in map using and ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 15 Life on land
SDG 15&nbSp;focuSeS on the SuStainable uSe of terreStrial (land-baSed) biodiverSity and ecoSyStemS Such aS foreStS, graSSlandS, deSertS and mountainS and their interaction with freShwater SyStemS. It aimS to protect and reStore their ecological function. The work includeS applying SuStainable land and foreSt management practiceS and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Open Data Day 2022: The role of open data in digital government
On 5 March 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Institute of Digital Governance of the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT), was delighted to host the Open Data Day 2022 at CADT in Phnom Penh. This is the 8th consecutive year that ss='cambodia-color'>...
What is Prey Lang?
Situated acroSS the provinceS of Kratie, Preah Vihear, Steung Treng and Kampong Thom, Prey Lang foreSt containS 8 typeS of diStinctive habitatS aS well aS Several landformS and over 400 animal SpecieS in which 17 SpecieS are endangered animalS and plantS. It iS home to SS='cambodia-color'>...
Background
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is an ‘open data’ website, the first of its kind in southeast Asia. The open data movement is based on the simple premise that data collected for public interest should be publicly available without restrictions. Information or data in the public ss='cambodia-color'>...
Participation in the 43rd Annual IAIA Conference with ODC
Last year, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) participated in and hosted a panel discussion “strategic Environmental Assessment in Mekong Countries” at the 42nd Annual IAIA Conference, “Resilience Through Impact Assessment and Leadership,” which was organized in Kuching, Malaysia. As part of its technical assistance collaboration ss='cambodia-color'>...
The collaboration between Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the Prek Leap National Institute of Agriculture (PLNIA)
To promote the use of open data, ODC collaborates with several universities in Cambodia to support young researchers with their theses. In 2018, ODC and the East-West Management Institute (EWMI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Preak Leap National Institute of Agriculture to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Indigenous Jarai youth attended the Paris Peace Forum for the first time
I am delighted that I am a member of the Cambodia ICT Camp and the CamIDF because it allows me to gain benefits for capacity development and attend international events, like the Paris Peace Forum. I was selected to participate in the “Open Data for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kick off meeting on project "improving public service delivery through the use of ICT"
Cambodia is moving forward with a fast phase development in technology advancement. The country has reached more than 12.5 million internet users in the late 2018 following an increase of mobile operators’ service expansion in rural areas, according to Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC). With ss='cambodia-color'>...
Poverty policy and regulation
As a fast-developing nation, Cambodia has always found poverty one of its main challenges. The Rectangular strategy states that eradicating poverty has long been one of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (RGC’s) highest priorities.10 since the country’s first major post-civil war election in 1993, Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...
International Day for Universal Access to Information 2020: Saving lives, building trust, bringing hope!
Under the slogan “Access to Information – saving Lives, Building Trust, Bringing Hope”, this year’s International Day for Universal Access to Information on 28 september highlights the importance of this right in times of crisis. 2020 marks the sixth year the day has been marked ss='cambodia-color'>...
Partial victory at the ICJ
The International Court of Justice yesterday unanimously declared that its 1962 judgment awarding the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia also gave the Kingdom sovereignty over the promontory that the temple sits on. But while the announcement was initially greeted as a resounding victory by some in ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Forests and forestry
Cambodia’s forests have seen a significant reduction of total forest and dense forest cover in recent years, the growth of plantations, particularly rubber, and an ongoing problem with illegal logging. ss='cambodia-color'>...