As a part of the Global Week of Action to mobilize support for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ODC’s team spread word on its website, social media, and in person, at the launch of Prayuters Library in Preah Vihear province.Observers may note that while many href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/cambodias-special-18th-sustainable-development-goal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-16-peace-justice-and-strong-institutions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

SDG 8 – “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” – has 10 general targets and 2 means of implementation targets.28 There are 17 indicators. Some of these targets are more relevant for Cambodia than others. For href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-8-decent-work-and-economic-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

(Reuters) – A deadlock over Cambodia’s disputed election hardened on Monday as the opposition rejected official results confirming a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s long-ruling party and raised the prospect of further street protests. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said it would not accept href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-election-crisis-deepens-as-opposition-rejects-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Victorian MP born in Cambodia says Australia should put pressure on the country of his birth over a crackdown on protesting garment workers which left five people dead. Hong Lim, the Member for Clayton, says he was in Cambodia earlier this month, when five protesting href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/victorian-mp-hong-lim-urges-australia-to-push-cambodia-over-garment-worker-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On a farm in Kampong Speu province, Erm Rim is talking to a small crowd of consumers and journalists, explaining the process of growing vegetables using only natural resources. Rim talks on the sidelines of a consumer field trip organised by the Cambodian Center for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/organic-vegetable-demand-growing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s small economy leaves it especially vulnerable to devastation in the face of large-scale natural disasters, United Nations agencies and Cambodian officials warned last week. “The relative size of an economy adds to the vulnerability as seen particularly in the case of the Lao Peoples’ Democratic href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/disasters-present-big-risks-for-small-gdps/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in cooperation with a number of organisations launched a new e-waste management project yesterday in Cambodia in a bid to recycle the country’s burgeoning electronic waste and to provide job opportunities, as Hurleypalmerflatt opened an office in Cambodia to provide jobs for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-revolution-equals-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Most mornings, garment worker Vicheka buys food from the street vendors outside her factory in Kampong Chhnang province. The beef and pork dishes, she says, have a tendency to give workers a stomach ache – a reputation forged long before Vicheka and her co-workers at href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mind-the-wage-gap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 04 July 2017, the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia has released a public announcement on obligations of associations and non-governmental organizations after notifying that some associations and non-governmental organizations haven’t complied correctly with regulations of Article 10 and 25 of “Law on Associations and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/obligations-of-associations-and-non-governmental-organizations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 16 August 2023, the General Department of Taxation issued a press release on the meeting to summarize the results of tax collection in July and for the first seven months of 2023 and directions for implementation. The meeting was held online via Zoom Meeting.According href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-meeting-to-summarize-the-results-of-tax-revenue-collection-for-july/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a training on “Data visualization and storytelling” on December 20-21 and 26, 2022, with 24 participants, including journalists, citizen journalists, indigenous youth journalists, journalism students, and CSOs. People with disabilities and LGBTQIA+ are encouraged to join. This training was divided href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/data-visualization-and-storytelling-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) under the Civil Society Support Activity: Cluster Anchor Grants funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Family Health International (FHI 360) supported indigenous peoples to participate in the Conference on Land and Natural Resource Governance which was organized href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/land-and-natural-resource-governance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

SDG 11 – “Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” – aims to improve housing, transport, public spaces and urban environments, and strengthens resilience to disasters and climate change.There are seven targets covering specific areas and three means of implementation targets.64 Most of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-11-sustainable-cities-and-communities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

When the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) was officially launched on Jul. 11 there were no companies listed because of a drive to ensure that everything was above board. “We want to assure full transparency,” says Huot Pum, the deputy director-general of the Securities and Exchange href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-stock-exchange-to-push-transparency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

They came from down the road and from across the country, trailing flags and portraits in their wake. They paused to pin thin black ribbons and coarse patches of cloth onto blazing white shirts. And, one by one, starting early yesterday morning, Cambodian mourners lined the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-nation-pays-respects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and Aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on Street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/expectations-exceeded-at-new-dental-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-participated-in-barcamp-kampong-cham/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 3 January 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Cambodia Indigenous People Organization (CIPO) conducted a half-day virtual seminar on “Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS)”. The event was part of the ongoing project coordinated by Open Development Mekong and its national partners, which href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/seminar-on-indigenous-data-sovereignty-ids/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Building on the successful experiences of previous years, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to host the “Open Data Day 2020” in the first week of March. This year, we will focus on the global open data day theme: Open Data for Equal Development. As part href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/youth-essay-competition-for-open-data-day-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...