Ethnic minorities and indigenous people policy and rights
Cambodia is known for its rich cultural diversity, including ethnic minorities and indigenous communities. As the country has developed, efforts have been made to recognize and protect these groups’ rights through policies and initiatives to promote inclusivity, preserve cultural heritage, and address issues such as href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ethnic-minorities-and-indigenous-people-policy-and-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Data Survey
As a part of the Innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is pleased to share the Open Data Survey conducted by Internews.In 2019, Internews commissioned ITC lecturer Vamoeurn Nimol and Júlia Garcia Puig to review existing resources and conduct href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/open-data-survey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Data visualization training in journalism
On 11 September 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted an enriching training session titled “Data visualization in journalism,” attended by a group of 14 journalists (2 females) from various locations such as Phnom Penh, Kratie, Siem Reap, Battambang, Stung Treng, and Mondulkiri.With our “Data visualization href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/data-visualization-training-in-journalism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Land sales and trades
The legal framework surrounding land sales and transfers was obliterated by the 2007 Civil Code, leaving little legal guidance. Forced land sales and distress sales are a substantial cause of land tenure insecurity in Cambodia. They are a significant cause of landlessness, and it is href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-sales-and-trades/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SL factory strikes to slow Cambodian garment industry
A sharp increase in garment factory strikes this year has raised eyebrows among industry insiders, who say the disputes could lead to a decrease in year-on-year export growth. The Arbitration Council, which hears work-related disputes such as factory strikes, saw claims nearly double during the first href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sl-factory-strikes-to-slow-cambodian-garment-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012060756642/Business/strikes-hit-garment-boom.html
SMEs policy and regulation
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a major economic shock in Cambodia, having a spillover on Cambodian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and small household farmers’ survival and business continuity.22 Digital technologies are crucial during the pandemic, in which the owners of SMEs should focus href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/smes-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Responsible business in Cambodia
Given that most business models are profit-driven, the need for accountable and responsible businesses plays a significant role in minimizing its adverse effects on the environment and society contributing to sustainable development. Based on this basis, the concept of conducting business responsibly goes beyond profit href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/profiles/responsible-business-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Decentralization and deconcentration
Decentralization and deconcentration are seen as “internally driven” reforms158, where the national government gradually delegates power, involving either administration or finance, to local governments to administer in their locality.27-year-old Sun Sovath supports his family by raising chickens, in Kampong Thom, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank Photo href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/decentralization-and-deconcentration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Health center budget
Access to information and open budgets is the first component of the Implementation Plan for the Social Accountability Framework (I-SAF).186 The other three components are citizen monitoring, facilitation and capacity building, and learning and monitoring.187 Three types of local services providers are at the focus: href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/social-accountability/health-center-budget/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Environmental impact assessments
The primary legal requirements for environmental impact assessments (EIAs) in Cambodia are set out in Content II, Book V of the Environment and Natural Resource Code220, Chapter III of the Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management 1996221(EPNRM Law), and the Sub-Decree no. 72 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/environmental-impact-assessments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Australian aid
Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and Prime Minister Hun Sen at Gala Dinner for ASEAN Heads of State/Government/Delegation and Spouses, dated 12 November 2022. Photo from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia.Cambodia and Australia established their diplomatic ties href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/australian-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Poverty policy and regulation
As a fast-developing nation, Cambodia has always found poverty one of its main challenges. The Rectangular Strategy states that eradicating poverty has long been one of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (RGC’s) highest priorities.276 Since the country’s first major post-civil war election in 1993, Cambodia href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/poverty-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Cambodia Conference
Open Cambodia ConferenceOpen Cambodia Conference Team The Open Development Cambodia Team presented last weekend at the Open Cambodia Conference, which is all about Open Source, Open Data open everything! We made new friends, and had a lot of fun. See for yourself:Conference site: http://www.opencambodia.netNews: http://news.sabay.com.kh/articles/143765Photos:http://picasaweb.google.com/103688782060858107775/OpenCambodiaGalleryhttp://picasaweb.google.com/107340124899959506289/OpenCambodia2011Google Group: href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/open-cambodia-conference/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/primary-and-secondary-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Anti-corruption
Anti-Corruption Unit, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 9 January 2014. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0In the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International, released in January 2017, Cambodia ranked 156th out of 176 countries.430 Cambodia has the lowest score of all href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/anti-corruption/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Types of state-protected areas
Flooded forest in Cambodia. Photo by Andrea Kirkby, taken 11 May 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.A 1993 royal decree designated 23 protected areas covering about 3,273,300 ha, equal to around 18% of the country’s total land area, and brought them under the jurisdiction of the Ministry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/types-of-state-protected-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Workshop on ODC website and information on access to public services
On 23 November 2017 at the office of Open Development Cambodia (ODC), Phnom Penh, ODC team has organized a workshop on “ODC Website and Information on Access to Public Services”, funded by Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER), under a project theme of “Public Awareness of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/workshop-on-odc-website-and-information-on-access-to-public-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
National Open Data Conference concludes: Paving the way for an inclusive future
The National Open Data Conference in Cambodia ended on 27 March 2024, with the dedication to expanding the open data network, fostering collaboration, and pushing for accessibility of government data for better public services, education, and sustainability development in the future. The last day of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/national-open-data-conference-concludes-paving-the-way-for-an-inclusive-future/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
UN urges Cambodia to hold companies to account over land disputes
Companies that have seized land, confiscated livestock and destroyed homes and property have gone unpunished, the UN special rapporteur for Cambodia has said. Surya Subedi, professor of international law at Leeds University, said all the communities he had met raised the issue of misconduct by href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-urges-cambodia-to-hold-companies-to-account-over-land-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/may/14/un-cambodia-companies-land-disputes
Open Development Cambodia published a new map layer on “Water treatment plant in Phnom Penh”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new online resource detailing on water treatment plant in Phnom Penh in two languages, Khmer and English. With this new resource, the map illustrates the capacity and location of water treatment plant in Phnom Penh which are under the operation of Water href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-a-new-map-layer-on-water-treatment-plant-in-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
