Decentralization and deconcentration are seen as “internally driven” reforms1, where the national government gradually delegates power, involving either administration or finance, to local governments to administer in their locality.27-year-old sun sovath supports his family by raising chickens, in Kampong Thom, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank Photo ss='cambodia-color'>...

Overview of​ an industrial gold mine and refinery in Okvau. Photo taken from the Ministry of Mines and Energy’s Facebook Page, taken on 11 June 2021.Mineral resources are defined as “any substance, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form, naturally originated by a geological process ss='cambodia-color'>...

Access to information and open budgets is the first component of the Implementation Plan for the social Accountability Framework (I-sAF).67 The other three components are citizen monitoring, facilitation and capacity building, and learning and monitoring.68 Three types of local services providers are at the focus: ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) collaborated with the Special Education Department (SED) of the MiniStry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) to organize a launching workShop on “Digital Educational ReSourceS in IndigenouS LanguageS for Primary School StudentS” under the project “Digital Educational ReSourceS in IndigenouS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Artisanal mining is small-scale mining that typically involves individuals, family groups or small communities, often working with limited technology. The mining may be seasonal, fitted around other work such as farming. There is a large overlap between this type of activity and gemstone mining. Artisanal ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) recently conducted a successful two-day training workshop on Fundamental QGIs for civil society organizations (CsOs) in Phnom Penh on October 21-22, 2024. The workshop was organized as part of the “strengthening CsOs to Take Action on Economic Governance (sCAEG)” project, co-funded ss='cambodia-color'>...

Jatropha, known in Cambodia as “Lhong Kwong”, is commonly grown in the Kingdom. Jatropha mainly grows in the mountainous regions of the north and central parts of Cambodia but is not restricted to those areas. It can be found in Battambong, Pursat, Kampong speu, sihanouk, ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by U.S. EmbaSSy Phnom Penh on 09 June 2016. LicenSed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia had over 8 million hectareS of foreSt reSourceS in 2020, accounting for 44.7% of the country&rSquo;S total land area. 133 The State ownS the whole foreSt SS='cambodia-color'>...

Many varieties of gemstone are found in Cambodia, with rubies and sapphires being the most valuable. Diamonds and emeralds are not found here. There is no large-scale commercial mining of gems. stones are recovered by individuals or small family or community groups. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Land in Cambodia is divided into three classifications: private property, state private property and state public property. The distinction between state private property and state public property is essential to determining how state land is to be used. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The fundamental GIS training waS SucceSSfully conducted at ODC office, Phnom Penh, from 03 to 05 February 2020. A number of civil Society organizationS have been invited to join thiS three-day training. ThoSe organizationS include Build Community Voice (BCV), People Center for Development and Peace SS='cambodia-color'>...

The purpose of this contest is to encourage professionals, researchers, and students, especially those who identify as Indigenous Peoples, to demonstrate the value of data through effective visual data storytelling, and to contribute to the open data community by increasing the accessibility of information on ss='cambodia-color'>...

The second cluster convention was held on 19 December 2022, at the FHI 360 Office in Phnom Penh, with 25 participants (06 females). The convention brought together the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC), the Ministry of Interior (MoI), civil society organizations ss='cambodia-color'>...

Getting things done is hard during challenging times when we probably seem living in a busy world. Relatively, remote working is suddenly seen replacing social norm practice which is not something that we can adapt or learn quickly overnight. Every move is a step to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Quantum Geographic Information SyStem (QGIS) iS a uSeful Spatial viSualization and analySiS tool that iS becoming a viable alternative to more expenSive Software packageS. It iS alSo an open-Source Software package that relieS on expert and uSer contributionS worldwide. QGIS haS many functionS related to SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia Climate Change Forum 2024 (CCCF24) commenced on 24 October 2024, in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia. The event brought together a diverSe audience with more than 300 StudentS, community memberS, indigenouS community repreSentativeS, environmental activiStS, civil Society organizationS and governmental agency repreSentativeS, and international repreSentativeS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Cassava farm in siem Reap, Cambodia. Photo by CIAT, taken on 09 December 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-sA 2.0The drought that Cambodia experiences is a shortage of water that is typically caused by:late onset of the rainy season (which normally occurs from May/June to October and ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 11 March 2024, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) in collaboration with Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) with funding from the United StateS Agency for International Development (USAID) through Family Health International &ndaSh; Civil Society Support Activity (FHI360-CSS), Advancing Land-baSed InveStment Governance (ALIGN), and SS='cambodia-color'>...

On 23 November 2017 at the office of Open Development Cambodia (ODC), Phnom Penh, ODC team has organized a workshop on “ODC Website and Information on Access to Public services”, funded by swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (sPIDER), under a project theme of “Public Awareness of ss='cambodia-color'>...