ODC attracted local people in Mondulkiri to join a training on business and digital literacy
On 25 February 2024, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) organized a comprehensive training session as part of the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and SMEs in Cambodia through Open Data and digital Literacy,” funded by the Center of International Private Enterprise (CIPE). The training took place ...
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. ...
Agriculture and fishing
Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, Cambodia. Photo by ILO/ Khem Sovannara, taken on 12 July 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Agriculture continues to play an important role in Cambodia’s economy, but it provides a livelihood for a smaller proportion of today’s population ...
Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Cambodia
The first outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in China in late 2019 and on 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).56 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global economy and the growing crisis ...
Micro-finance
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit global and Cambodia’s economies hard, having a spillover on the stability of the banking system. Banks and financial institutions have continued to provide services to customers, which can be seen through the rise in the number of depositors’ accounts to ...
Open Data Day 2020: Open data for equal development
Following last year’s success, in the early morning of 07 March 2020, the 6th annual Open Data Day was held. Around 60 participants from different occupations and diverse backgrounds such as students, journalists and the government sectors attended the event at diakonia Center. Following the ...
Construction
Construction on a Phnom Penh tower block. Photo by Axel Drainville, taken on 4 May 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0The construction industry has boomed in Cambodia. From 2000 to November 2018, Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction approved 43,136 construction projects representing ...
Banking and financial services policy and regulation
Political stability and economic growth of all sectors have played vital role in building the public and foreign investors’ confidence and maintaining the safety and soundness of banking system in Cambodia. The banking sector continues to have substantial growth as it shares 82.2% in the ...
A collaborative training workshop for citizen journalists on ‘News report writing on public service delivery’
Open Development Cambodia in collaboration with the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) hosted a two-day training workshop in Siem Reap. On 28 February and 1 March, 16 citizen journalists from across the country learned to write stories covering public services in their communities. ODC ...
ODC participated in Barcamp Angkor
Barcamp Angkor 2017 took place on September 09-10, at Build Bright University, in Siem Reap province. The principle of the camp is to empower young Cambodian minds with speakers sharing their entrepreneurial, tech or digital experiences. Attendees will still have the ability to speak directly ...
Prayuters Library opening in Preah Vihear
On Saturday, September 16th, 2023, Open Development Cambodia Organization’s Open Development Library Initiative formally launched Prayuters Library in Preah Vihear province. Located in Hmor Seth Village, the Library is the culmination of five years of fundraising and planning and aims to promote reading, digital connectivity, ...
ODC, a Cambodian NGO, participated in the Paris Peace Forum 2019
Mr. Thy Try, Executive Director/EDitor-in-Chief of Open Development CamboDia, was selected to attend the Paris Peace Forum 2019 on 12–13 November.Mr. Thy Try is stanDing in front of the Grande halle de La Villette where the Paris Peace Forum was celebrated.The Paris Peace Forum is ...
Copper
Copper exploration is concentrated in Preah Vihear province in the northern part of Cambodia. The most active explorer is Australian-based Geopacific Resources, in collaboration with Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group. Geopacific Resources is working with Cambodian-based Royal Group at Kou Sa, a 158 km2 ...
Open Data Day 2021: Data in time of COVID-19
On 06 March 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the ICT Community celebrated international Open Data Day by conducting a half-day event with the theme of “Data in Time of COVID-19.” The event was live on ODC’s official Facebook page for the online public.The event ...
Forest products
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’s total land area. 256 The state owns the whole forest ...
The launching event of the improving the delivery of public services through ICT project
In morning of 28 July 2017, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) cooperated with STAR Kampuchea (SK) and Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM), organized a launching event on project of "Improving the Delivery of Public Service through ICT " to target stakeholders at Romeas Haek district, ...
Non-governmental preparedness and response agencies
Cambodia has a large number of United Nations agencies, international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in humanitarian, rehabilitation, and development initiatives as well as disaster risk reduction and disaster management.Under the Law on disaster Management (2015), Article 32, if the National Committee for disaster ...
Pisith: How I tackle challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak
Working from home during this period of COVID-19 seems to be likely adopted by many enterprises, including my organization Open Development Cambodia (ODC). As the outbreak of the Coronavirus is taking place with an abrupt increase of the positive confirmed for COVID-19 infection, people are ...
Business structures and legal registration
Since the 1990s, the Cambodian economy has recorded a substantial expansion led by the tourism, manufacturing and construction sectors. One of the highest economic growth rates in the world allowed Cambodia to become a lower-middle-income country in 2015 324The country has a strategic position in ...
Environmental data and strategic environmental assessment (SEA)
Phnom Penh, 03rd November 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a Technical Workshop on Environmental Data and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). This workshop was supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Family Health International (FHI 360) under Cluster Anchor Grant from ...
