Electricity production
In Cambodia, electricity demands have been forecast to grow at 17.9 percent annually from 2012 to 2020.1 Distribution of electricity around the country has been a challenge: according to UN data, 79 percent of people live in rural areas,2 and the entire national population had grown ...
Science and technology
Students gathering around 3D printed models at a construction expo in Phnom Penh. Photo by ARC Hub PNH, taken in December 2014. Used with permission from ARC Hub PNH.Cambodia has achieved considerable economic and social progress in the last few decades, but the country does ...
Sectoral consultation workshop on the enhancement of dataset and the profile page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia
On 01 August 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a Sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Enhancement of Dataset and the Profile Page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Thirty-two participants (11 females), including civil societies, researchers, indigenous NGOs, and university students ...
ODC hosted a training program on “Data Literacy for Journalists” for Cambodian journalists
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 ...
ODC Meets Open Knowledge Festival 2014
ODC Design Team Leader, Huy Eng, was supported by the OKFestival Foundation to attend the Open Knowledge Festival 2014, which took place July 15–17 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The event was held at the Kulturbrauerei, an aesthetically beautiful piece of architecture originally built and operated ...
Opportunities to improve the management of marine fisheries conservation areas through open data and public participation
On 29 December 2020, at the new office of Children and Women Development Center in Cambodia (CWDCC) in Kampot, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a focus group discussion on mapping information and data of saltwater community fisheries and conservative fisheries in Kampot and Kep.Group photo ...
Two-day training on using ODC's map and fisheries resource management information
On 19-20 July 2022, ODC collaborated with the Children and Women Development Center in Cambodia (CWDCC) and conducted a training workshop on access to the data and information on the Open Development Cambodia website to community fisheries from Kep and Kampot province. The training was ...
ODC join Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication's workshop on capacity building for all post and telecommunication departments (Phase 2)
Picture from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication facebook page on 28 April 2023.From 25th April to 27th May 2023, The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications organized a series of workshops with the aim of providing capacity building to subnational government officers from all its ...
Off-shore oil and gas exploration and extraction
For the purposes of oil and gas exploration, six Offshore Blocks (A–F) have been set out. Significant finds of oil have been made in Block A, but no oil has yet been extracted. ...
Science and technology education and promotion
Cambodia recognizes the important role of science and technology in the 21st century and aims to transform and integrate technology into its human resources through the education sector. Various policies and strategies are implemented to achieve the goal such as Policy guidelines for New Generation ...
Procurement
“Stopping corruption may start from us” (Khmer version on Clean Hand poster), in Kratie province, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on November 22, 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In Cambodia, the activities of buying goods, construction work, repairs, and services and consultation ...
Launching ODC’s new profile page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia
On 23 February 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) launched its new profile page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia. The event was held at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh in a hybrid format, in line with prevailing public health measures. A total of 58 participants joined the ...
Plants
Although there are often new discoveries,155 a global lack of up to date data on botanical research makes plants biodiversity hard to assess in Cambodia. Compared to neighboring countries, the number of plant species is low, mostly due to the relative country’s flat landscape.156 Botanical knowledge ...
Forest cover 2015 - Present
According to the report on Cambodia Forest Cover 2018 issued on December 2020 by the Ministry of Environment (MoE),179 Cambodia has conducted eight national forest assessments in 1958/65, 1992/93, 1996/97, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2018. The forest cover assessment from 1958-1965 has not ...
Primary and secondary education
Article 68 of Cambodia’s Constitution states that the Government shall provide free primary and secondary education for all citizens and each individual shall pursue basic education for at least 9 years. Education is a fundamental engine of social and economic development for a country, especially ...
ODC participated in BarCamp ASEAN 2018
Barcamp ASEAN 2018 took place on October 20-21, at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This BarCamp ASEAN 2018 broke the world’s largest BarCamp record having over 8,000 participants, 60 exhibitors, over 95 speakers on 85 topics and 1,000 companies and organizations. ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
In January 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in partnership with East-West Management Institute (EWMI) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the purpose to strengthen MoEYS’ efforts to become a “clearinghouse for education resources and ...
ODC kicks off data literacy training program
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) kicks off its Data Literacy Training Program, the first training lasts for five days held in Phnom Penh, from 21-25 October, 2019.With financial assistance from USAID’s Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS) project, ODC is implementing Data Literacy Program which consists of ...