SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation
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Sustainable Development Goal 6 has 8 targets and 11 indicators, which will be used to drive action towards achieving universal access to safely managed water and sanitation and appropriate management of water resources.1 SDG 6 recognizes that sustainably managing water goes beyond providing a safe water ...
Stakeholder workshop on using open data and digital tool for better project implementation
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On 04 November 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) organized a full-day stakeholDer workshop on “Access to Open Data, Map and Use the Digital Tools for Better Project Implementation” at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. This workshop is funDed by the USAID through East-West Management Institute (EWMI), ...
The training workshop on “Accessing to information of public service”
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At the end of last month, on September 29th, Open Development Cambodia organized a training workshop to raise awareness on the access to public services information using ICT tools. Being a government body Dedicated to improving public service Delivery, representatives of the National Committee for ...
Forest cover
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Cambodian forest cover has reduced dramatically in recent decades. In 1973 there were 13.1 million hectares of total forest, but by 2014 the total cover had fallen to 8.7 million hectares. ...
FFI Data Literacy Training was a success
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On 06th-08th April 2022, in collaboration with Fauna & Flora International (FFI), Open Development Cambodia (ODC) successfully conducted basic Data Literacy Training at Poulo wai Hotel with the financial support of the Blue Action Fund unDer the project “Strengthening Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), fisheries governance ...
Sectoral consultation workshop on the foreign investment data and information in Cambodia
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On 20 December 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) once again hosted a Sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Foreign Investment Data and Information in Cambodia at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Fifteen participants (03 females), including representatives from civil society organizations and researchers actively working at all ...
Strategic environmental assessment in Mekong countries
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Open Development Cambodia (ODC) was thrilled to host a panel discussion on “Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in Mekong countries” at the 42nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment: Resilience through impact assessment and LeaDership on 10th May 2023 at Borneo Convention Centre ...
Journey of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) implementation
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The 43rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) discussed the impact assessment for a just transformation. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a systematic method for evaluating the possible effects of proposed policies, plans, and programs (PPPs). It provides a complete view ...
Development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security
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USAID’s Harvest program is helping Cambodia’s farmers. Photo by USAID, taken on 09 December 2013. UnDer the license CC BY-ND 2.0.The country has achieved remarkable sustainable growth, however, poverty and food security remain the challenges. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has acknowledged that to ...
Open Data Day 2018: You are invited again!
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Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with Open Data Communities, Open Data Activists, Open Source Enthusiast and Educator, representative of the Advocate for Free Culture & Open Knowledge in Cambodia and CSOs in both national and international, the organizer team members team is enthusiastic ...
The first Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) portal in Cambodia
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Cambodia aims to fasten its economic growth while fully committing to sustainable development. To avoid adverse impacts from the development and promote long term benefits to economic, social and environmental change, the practice of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) shall be enforced. And since EIA has ...
Forest products
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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. 95 The state owns the whole forest ...
Forest cover reporting
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Forest cover is the area of land covered by tree canopy. Measuring and reporting this can show the different types of forest that exist and the areas of each, and how these areas change over time. ...
Deforestration drivers
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Deforestation has been one of the most significant changes the Cambodian landscape has unDergone in recent DecaDes. Key drivers of this process have been land concessions and subsequent land conversion, and large-scale illegal logging. ...
SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
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One of the key goals of the 2030 Agenda is to “decouple economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation”.169 Sustainable consumption and production involves promotion of resource and energy efficiency as well as reduction of economic, social and environmental costs. These are intended to ...
Forests and forestry
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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. ...
Land tenure and land titling
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Land registration and titling of private property has been ongoing for more than a decade. As the Cambodian government works to formally register all private property, there is a dual system of soft possessory rights to be replaced by hard ownership rights through nationally-recognized title. ...