Announcement: Data literacy training
Open Development Cambodia (ODC), with financial assistance from USAID’s Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening project, is delighted to announce a series of Training on Data Literacy that consists of THRee training modules and a final workshop. each phase is a 5-day workshop that will progressively equip ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/data-literacy-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation
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 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-6-clean-water-and-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Forest cover
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. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/forest-cover/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Journey of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) implementation
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 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/journey-of-the-strategic-environmental-assessment-sea-implementation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Enhancing social accountability through digital tools
Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is delighted to share our participation in an event organized by the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project on May 9, 2024, in Battambang province. The event, a Social Accountability Digital Tools exhibition, provided a platform for ODC ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/building-social-accountability-through-digital-tools/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Overview of policy and legal framework
EnvironmEntal protEction and consErvation arE givEn high priority in thE Royal GovErnmEnt of Cambodia’s guiding stratEgy, thE REctangular StratEgy PhasE III (2014–2018). Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/topics/ovErviEw-of-policy-and-lEgal-framEwork/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Social development
A trained medical staff listens to the heartbeat of an infant at 16 Makara hospital in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. Photo by The World Bank, taken on 30 January 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Social development addresses profound social problems,51 especially poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/social-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Pollution and waste
The rapid economic and population growth in Cambodia is leading to significant environmental pollution. The economic development activities have generated major environmental consequences, including air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution and solid wastes. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/pollution-and-waste/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Data Day 2018: You are invited again!
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 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/open-data-day-2018-you-are-invited-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Dissemination workshop on data and updated information of community fisheries in Kampot and Kep provinces
On 24 November 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with ActionAid Cambodia and the Children and Women Development Center in Cambodia – CWDCC, held a Dissemination Workshop on Data and Updated Information on Community Fisheries in Kampot and Kep Province on the ODC website, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/dissemination-workshop-on-data-and-updated-information-of-community-fisheries-in-kampot-and-kep-provinces/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ODC contributed to the digital transformation in multilingual education
Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) collaborated with the Special education Department (SeD) of the Ministry of education, Youth and Sport (MoeYS) to organize a launching workshop on “Digital educational Resources in Indigenous Languages for Primary School Students” under the project “Digital educational Resources in Indigenous ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-contributed-to-the-digital-transformation-in-multilingual-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Photo taken from the ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 23 August 2023.establishmentUnder Royal Decree No. NS/RKM/0196/10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) was formally established on 24 January 1996. The ministry has a total of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministries and other national bodies
Nearly all of the ministries were established in 1995. A few ministries were only recently created in the post-2013 national election by a separation of one ministry into two. There are 28 government ministries and secretariats, and many national bodies. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ministries-and-national-bodies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Second Training Workshop on Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA)
Following the success of the first edition in March 2020 in Phnom Penh, the 2nd Training Workshop on Strategic environment Assessment (SeA) was conducted on August 26th and 27th in Battambang after being postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/second-training-workshop-on-strategic-environment-assessment-sea/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
2018 AODP Dialogue and International Open Data Conference
The Asia Open Data Partnership is an regional event launched since 2015 with 8 partners from 6 countries in Asia. The 2018 AODP Dialogue is the 4th Dialogue that is organized by Korean partner, the National Information Society Agency (NIA), and hosted by Ministry of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/2018-aodp-dialogue-and-international-open-data-conference/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Participation in the 43rd Annual IAIA Conference with ODC
Last year, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) participated in and hosted a panel discussion “Strategic environmental Assessment in Mekong Countries” at the 42nd Annual IAIA Conference, “Resilience Through Impact Assessment and Leadership,” which was organized in Kuching, Malaysia. As part of its technical assistance collaboration ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/participation-in-the-43rd-annual-iaia-conference-with-odc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Land tenure and land titling
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. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-tenure-and-titling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The second cluster convention
The second cluster convention was held on 19 December 2022, at the FHI 360 Office in Phnom Penh, with 25 participants (06 females). The convention brought together the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC), the Ministry of Interior (MoI), civil society organizations ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-second-cluster-convention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Extractive industries licensing and payments
Overview of an industrial gold mine and refinery in Okvau. Photo taken from the Ministry of Mines and energy’s Facebook Page, taken on 11 June 2021.Mineral resources are defined as “any substance, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form, naturally originated by a geological process ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/extractive-industries-licensing-and-payments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy: Democracy in Switzerland and the use of technology to improve citizen participation
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 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/global-forum-on-modern-direct-democracy-democracy-in-switzerland-and-the-use-of-technology-to-improve-citizen-participation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
