SDG 7 focuses on affordable, reliable and sustainable access to modern energy services. This includes ensuring universal access to energy services (SDG 7.1), increasing the proportion of renewable energy sources used to supply these services (SDG 7.2) and doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg7-affordable-and-clean-energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A company with ties to one of China’s top state-owned firms will look to push Toll Royal Railways and its local partner Royal Group of Companies out of a 30-year railroad concession with pledge to invest nearly US$850 million to revamp existing lines and build an additional href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/toll-may-lose-rail-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 15 December 2020, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a public notice of Telegram attacks that has been remarkably happening. The hackers carried out attacks in the form of impersonating government leaders or other individuals to transmit viruses through program messages Telegrams to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/notice-on-measures-to-prevent-telegram-attacks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia in collaboration with the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) hosted a two-day training workshop in Siem Reap. On 28 February and 1 March, 16 citizen journalists from across the country learned to write stories covering public services in their communities. ODC href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/a-collaborative-training-workshop-for-citizen-journalists-on-news-report-writing-on-public-service-delivery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/two-day-training-on-using-odcs-map-and-fisheries-resource-management-information/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Health services and centers” under Access to public services in both Khmer and English.=>Please click here to get in to Public transportation page. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-profile-page-on-health-services-and-centers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 Free Trade Union of Cambodia supporters gathered in front of the union’s office to express their discontent with a deal struck between the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union and their employer, Puma supplier Thai Pore Garment Manufacturing, FTU officials said href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rival-unions-workers-displeased-with-pact/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chi Phat primary school, Koh Kong Province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 November 2017. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.Access to free, good quality education in Cambodia is a right set out in the country’s Constitution: Article 65: “The State shall protect and promote citizens’ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/education-and-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s national parks (or ‘natural parks’) and wildlife preserves were established under the 1993 Royal Decree on the Protection of Natural Areas. Although other areas have been added subsequently, there is currently no officially available list of all protected areas and their boundaries. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/national-parks-and-wildlife-sanctuaries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

WordCamp Asia, which happened in Bangkok from February 17-19, 2023, was the first flagship WordCamp in Asia. So far, there have been three types of flagship WordCamp: US, Europe, and Centroamérica. As a member of the Cambodia ICT and Digital Forum (CamIDF), I attended this href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/tepken-vannkorn-what-ive-learned-from-wordcamp-asia-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 18 October 2017, the ODC team ended the week with an exciting workshop under a project theme of “Public Awareness of and Engagement in Government Service Delivery” funded by Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER), at Mekong Dolphin Hotel in Kratie province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/workshop-on-odc-website-and-information-on-access-to-public-services-in-kratie-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations has declared 9 August to be International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Every year, events and activities around the world celebrate indigenous peoples (IPs), their cultures, beliefs and traditions. It is also a day to reflect and raise awareness about the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/celebrating-the-international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/journey-of-the-strategic-environmental-assessment-sea-implementation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all – focuses on education as a fundamental human right that is necessary for the achievement of all the SDGs.108 Education supports the achievement of gender equality by empowering women and is crucial to creating href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-4-quality-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s first association for expanding business opportunities and financing for women was launched on Saturday. The Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association would seek to enhance the competitiveness of businesswomen in the growing ASEAN market, which was set to integrate by 2015, Seng Takakneary, president of the new href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/business-group-to-support-women/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday underscored the major opportunities and challenges of the ASEAN Community, which will be realized by the end of this year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-highlights-opportunities-challenges-of-upcoming-asean-community/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) will begin promoting the Institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC) certifications by the end of 2012 in an effort to educate people about certified goods, according to ministry officials. The program is in order to boost consumer confidence href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-goods-to-be-certified/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Laos has postponed construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam project on the Lower Mekong River, a spokesman for its Ministry of Foreign Affairs was quoted saying on Wednesday. “No construction is going on. It’s discontinued, postponed,” Sithong Chitgnothin told Radio Free Asia in Laos. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/laos-postpones-construction-on-xayaburi-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Bonna Realty Group will prepare to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, the company’s president said this week. The real estate firm joins a small but growing group of private companies that say they are gearing up for initial public offerings on the new exchange. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/real-estate-firm-ready-for-csx-listing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Although there is currently no commercial-scale production of gold carried out in Cambodia, exploration by many companies is underway, with some promising find reported. Subject to government approval, commercial production could begin in 2016 or 2017. Gold is found in a number of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/gold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...