Social land concessions
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Social land concessions (SLCs) are intended to provide to the landless or land-poor land on which to establish residences and/or generate income through agriculture. The Cambodian Government that more than 30,000 households have received land as social land concessions. Despite its pro-poor intention, the SLC ...
ODC’s second GIS workshop: Data collection and application of GIS
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In the previous blogpost we kicked off the first series of QGIS workshop in which we highlighted the activities and results of the successful 24 participants which have been attended and awarded with a certificate during the three-day workshop. After we introduced the principle of ...
Press release: Germany signs two cooperative financing agreements
On 28 November 2019, the Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Porn Moniroth and German ambassador to Cambodia Christian Berger signed on two cooperative financing agreements worth 67.1 million euros, equivalent to $74 million.The German government will provide 30 million euros concessional loan and a ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Judge Denies Coercion Claim in Land Dispute Assault Case
A father whose three children were badly beaten by employees of a rubber plantation has accused a Ratanakkiri Provincial Court judge of threatening to send two sons, aged 14 and 21, to jail unless they accept $1,000 in compensation and drop the assault complaint. Ry Saron ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judge-denies-coercion-claim-in-assault-case-26546/
Activists see freedom of expression on wane
Threats, intimidation and, in extreme cases, even murder were endangering freedom of expression in Cambodia and leaving human rights at the crossroads, activists and NGO representatives said during a round-table meeting yesterday. The slaying of environmental activist Chut Wutty, the arrest of Beehive radio director Mam ...
Three Mother Nature activists charged with incitement
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged three environmental activists with incitement to disturb social security on September 6, a move civil society groups have said is meant as a threat to others who dare to criticize the government. ...
Khoun Narim
https://cambojanews.com/three-mother-nature-activists-charged-with-incitement/
Report: Foreign-funded infrastructure projects need more scrutiny for quality control
As foreign funders drive the construction of major new infrastructure projects in Cambodia, an inconsistent regulatory approach may be opening lanes for shoddy construction. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/report-foreign-funded-infrastructure-projects-need-more-scrutiny-for-quality-control/
Prey Lang Community Network finds illegal invasion of more than 30 hectares of forest land
Prey Lang Community Network in Preah Vihear province investigated forest crimes in Prey Lang area and found many crimes, including the encroachment of forest land in three locations of more than 30 hectares from October 1-4, 2023 for 3 nights and 4 days. ...
Pok Ponlue
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/prey-lang-community-network-finds-illegal-invasion-more-than-35-hectares/
Kandal residents protest new land filling near airport development
Kandal village residents protested on Thursday against the filling in of land near their homes at the $1.5 billion airport development project, with a company official saying they were only filling the homes of three people who had agreed to leave the site. ...
Runn Sreydeth and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/kandal-residents-protest-new-land-filling-near-airport-development/
National government
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Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. According to the 1993 Constitution, although he is the head of state, the king has very limited powers compared to the prime minister, the head of the government. Unlike the 1947 Constitution, power does not come from the king but ...
Workshop: mobile data collection with Kobo Toolbox
Open Development Cambodia is delighted to organize the workshop “Mobile Data Collection with Kobo Toolbox”. The course will focus on: Principle and application of Kobo Toolbox which is a suite mobile data collection technology for building form questionnaire, data collection and management for higher quality.Hands-on practice ...
Open Development Cambodia
តារាង៖ ភ្នាក់ងារដឹកនាំ និងសហដឹកនាំវេទិកាឆ្លើយតបមនុស្សធម៌
Source: ភ្នាក់ងារដឹកនាំ និងសហដឹកនាំវេទិកាឆ្លើយតបមនុស្សធម៌, ទាញចេញពី Cambodia Disaster Management Reference Handbook 2020 ...
On-shore oil and gas exploration and extraction
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Nineteen onshore blocks have been delineated for possible oil exploration. Contracts have been awarded for three. No oil is currently extracted in Cambodia. ...
Development policies and administration
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Products from Vietnam arrive at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in Kandal province. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on 23 February 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Comprehensive Cambodian Peace Agreement, commonly referred to as the Paris Agreement, is seen as the beginning ...
Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy: Democracy in Switzerland and the use of technology to improve citizen participation
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2023 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. Photo by Ricardo Rivera, taken on 05 April 2023. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.Open Development Cambodia’s team attended the 2022 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Forum is world’s largest gathering devoted to participatory ...
National Bank of Cambodia
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The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) was established through the Law on the organization and conduct of the National Bank of Cambodia in 1996.25 NBC is the nation’s central bank, whose mission is to determine and direct the monetary policy in order to maintain price ...
BDO expands Cambodia operations
The former country partner and staff of Grant Thornton Law and Associates in Cambodia have joined the accountancy and advisory firm BDO Malaysia effective July 1, according to a statement. As a result, BDO Cambodia’s team will now comprise over 30 staff and partners, a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550176/Business/bdo-expands-cambodia-operations.html
BDO expands Cambodia operations
The former country partner and staff of Grant Thornton Law and associates in Cambodia have joined the accountancy and advisory firm BDO Malaysia effective July 1, according to a statement. BDO is one of three accounting firms licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550176/Business/bdo-expands-cambodia-operations.html
Exports Rise, but Value of Goods Remains Weak
Cambodia saw significant percentage gains in regional trade in the first six months of the year, though the gap between imports and exports remained large, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Commerce. According to the figures, the country saw regional exports to ...
Kampot Seeks to Rise Pepper Production in 2012
After the harvesting of peppers from Jan 1 to May 31 this year, farmers in Kampot province were able to harvest 16 tons and the hope is to increase production to 20 tons in 2012. Nguon Lay, the head of Kampot pepper community, said on ...