Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has been conducting regular social media outreach postings on Facebook for its many activities, including its work for the innovations in Social Accountability project. Its ISAC program partner internews facilitated training by a digital marketing specialist on Advanced Social Media for ...

On November 11, ODC shared its new Social Accountability profile page with a public launch. The page was brainstormed by the ODC team as an improvement in the presentation and organization of ODC data, and designed to share information on Social Accountability and public service ...

As a part of Internews’ work with ODC for the Innovations In Social Accountability In Cambodia project (ISAC), plans were developed for Internews’ Media BusIness Unit (‘NewsgaIn’) to review ODC’s website usIng tools such as Google Analytics. The design and function of ODC’s website have ...

During a meeting to discuss water resources with officials from the Japanese Embassy in Cambodia, Thor Chetha, the minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, proposed that Japan assist in addressing the nation’s flooding and drought issues. ...

The Federation of Khmer Chinese in Cambodia on Wednesday disputed international media characterizations of the country as a haven for criminal syndicates as attention grows on human trafficking at scam compounds. ...

On 23 March 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation issued a press release on the outcome of the 6th General Assembly of the Council for the Promotion of Francophonie in Cambodia (CPFC). ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with internews, organized a training program on “Data Literacy for Journalists” that brought together 11 journalists, of whom 2 are female, from Cambodia’s capital and provinces. The training program is part of the innovation for Social Accountability (ISAC) project ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation has stated that ‘the 2023 general election is a true reflection of Cambodia’s democratic maturity with its exceptional voter participation and its election legitimacy as attested by the diversity of national and international observer teams.’ ...

Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation (MFAIC) Khy Sovanratana has received a courtesy call from Ambassador Kairat Sarybay, Secretary General of the Conference on interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and Open Development Mekong (ODM) co-organized the first data literacy course on foreign investment for civil society organizations, journalists, and researchers in Cambodia. This training program aims to improve the skills, knowledge, and understanding of data and its value, as well ...

With just two months to go until Cambodia’s commune elections, more than half of respondents to a new survey could not identify Election Day. The finding was detailed in a report released on Wednesday by the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) ...

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has called on all trade unionists to respect the law and halt violence if they want stability in Cambodia’s garment sector. ...

Loan disbursals in Cambodia’s banking sector increased by 33 percent to more than $4 billion last year, as credit to the housing market and agricultural sector saw the largest amount of growth, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said in its annual report, released yesterday. While ...

On the morning of September 8th 2020, at Poulowai hotel based in Phnom Penh, Open Development Cambodia(ODC) hosted “2020 Basic Data Literacy Training on social accountability”. This three-day training is under the project innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) having ODC and FHI 360 ...

Land evictions, poor prison conditions and the lack of an independent judiciary were among the concerns listed in the European Union’s 2010 review of human rights in Cambodia. According to the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2010, which charts ...

A report published last week by the UN Action for Cooperation Against Trafficking in Persons (UN-ACT) says the main cause of human trafficking from Cambodia to China was a lack of jobs and low wages, forcing many young women to look at opportunities abroad. ...

NGOs on Saturday aired their concerns about the possibility of a high school dropout rate, particularly in rural areas. The organizations said that government policies, lack of school facilities and unfavorable school environments are all factors leading young people to drop out. ...

Phnom Penh’s Panha Chiet University has informed the local NGO Silaka that it cannot hold a meeting on women’s rights planned for today because the event might deal with political issues. Silaka had rented a conference room at the university for the meeting, intended to mark ...

In all, 41 projects have so far qualified for Incentives under the ‘Special Investment Promotion Programme for Sihanoukville,’ Initiated by Prime MInister Hun Manet In January this year, maInly to solve the issue of unfInished and abandoned constructions In the coastal city sInce 2019. ...

Cambodian women have less chance of being promoted to positions of power than women in any other East Asian country, a report by the NGO Social Watch international has found. But government officials have rejected the findings and maintained the number of females in Cambodia’s ...