Columbia SIPA
In October 2013, ODC and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs established a collaborative partnership to aggregate data and describe trends regarding Cambodia’s donors and development assistance. This partnership is tied to SIPA’s Workshop in Development Practice, a course for second-year, Master’s degree ...
City Hall officials vow lake residents will get land
Phnom Penh municipal officials yesterday agreed to mark out a plot of land promised to Boeng Kak lake villagers by Prime Minister Hun Sen in order to put a stop to a string of recent protests ...
Land protesters take disputes to the top
Representatives of 187 families in Kampong Chhnang province and Phnom Penh gathered at the Land Management Ministry and the Prime Minister’s cabinet office yesterday seeking help to resolve their years-long land disputes ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50499594/land-protesters-take-disputes-to-the-top/
Fishermen and farmers want environmental issues addressed
With the government pushing the sustainable development goals (SDG) agenda forward, fishermen and farmers urged authorities to address the various ecological and environmental challenges they face during an event this week in Siem Reap. ...
Kazi Mahmood
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526423/fishermen-and-farmers-want-environmental-issues-addressed/
Second fishing season begins
The second fishing season starts today, and will run until Jan 17, with the Fisheries Administration calling on prahok and pha’ak producers to buy fish in designated areas along the Tonle Sap River. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50568036/second-fishing-season-begins/
‘Indigenous people must exercise rights’
While indigenous communities in the Kingdom have largely obtained equal rights, they need to step up their advocacy when facing abuses and threats to their traditions, conservation NGO Save Cambodia’s Wildlife (SCW) said. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-people-must-exercise-rights
Long-term strategy needed for tourism
The Cambodian tourism sector is set for more spectacular growth in the next few years, thanks to industry promotion and networking through the Cambodia Tourism Federation (CTF) and support from the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/long-term-strategy-needed-tourism
Siem Reap families protest over lack of land deeds
Fifty-nine families living in Siem Reap’s Slor Kram commune protested to urge the authorities to speed up the process of giving them land deeds, saying they have been waiting three years already. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-families-protest-over-lack-land-deeds
Laos to reduce border tensions
Cambodia and Laos agreed to de-escalate tensions along the border in Stung Treng province during a meeting at the World Economic Forum, a government official attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533297/laos-to-reduce-border-tensions/
EBA removal won’t affect development projects: EU
The potential cancellation of the Everything-but-arms (EBA) scheme will not have an impact on development projects in Cambodia funded by the European Union, according to George Edgar, the EU Ambassador to Cambodia. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50549413/eba-removal-wont-affect-development-projects-eu/
NGO launches $1.5 million nutrition project
Plan International Cambodia yesterday launched its 1,000 Days Nutrition project in Stung Treng province for which it will spend $1.5 million for five years to provide better nutrition to children and women. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50573204/ngo-launches-1-5-million-nutrition-project/
NBC projects real economic growth at 7 pct this year
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said in its mid-year report the country’s real economic growth will average seven percent this year, with strong contribution from the agricultural, industrial and services sectors. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50511987/nbc-projects-real-economic-growth-at-7-pct-this-year/
Development of oilfield to continue as planned
The recent gains in the global price of oil will not affect plans for the development of the Apsara oilfield, according to a representative of the company that holds the rights to the area. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517257/development-of-oilfield-to-continue-as-planned/
Hundreds of farmers join cassava contract farming scheme
Ten agricultural communities in three provinces will now produce organic cassava that will be sold at a higher value than the market price, giving hundreds of farmers a chance to earn a better living. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517745/hundreds-of-farmers-join-cassava-contract-farming-scheme/
Land deal ends Preah Sihanouk province dispute
Forty-two families living in Sihanoukville’s Muoy commune, who claim to have a land dispute with a Sihanoukville Autonomous Port official Chan Kang, have been given land plots by Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524366/land-deal-ends-preah-sihanouk-province-dispute/
Ministry rejects Prince Chakravuth’s position
The Interior Ministry has rejected the decision of the royalist Funcinpec Party to appoint Prince Norodom Ranariddh’s son as acting president while the Prince continues his recovery from a car crash in Thailand. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533006/ministry-rejects-prince-chakravuths-position/
‘Positive impact’: Prey Lang forest app wins award
Danish researcher Ida Theilade has been bestowed the University of Copenhagen’s Innovation Award 2018 for inventing a smartphone app that can prevent illegal logging and preserve forest resources in the Prey Lang forest. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/positive-impact-prey-lang-forest-app-wins-award
Ministry to meet with NGOs biannually
The Interior Minister plans to meet with top officials from the country’s NGOs twice per year in an effort to address concerns raised by the groups and to gather recommendations for national development. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544946/ministry-to-meet-with-ngos-biannually-2/
Draft law on social security approved
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday approved the draft law to expand the National Social Security Fund to provide a financial security net for civil servants, and those in the private and informal sectors. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50630164/draft-law-on-social-security-approved/
Unexploded ordnance found while excavating land
Thirteen unexploded bombs left over from the civil war were unearthed when a villager was excavating soil to construct a toilet on Friday in Kampong Chhnang city’s Ba’ier commune, according to police. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50116030/unexploded-ordnance-found-while-excavating-land/