The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) represents the executive wing of government. it is responsible for implementing laws and directing general affairs of the state in accordance with policy programs and state planning approved by parliament (the National Assembly and Senate). ...

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 ...

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 ...

In CambodIa, data-drIven storytellIng Is almost non-exIstent and stIll a very new concept to most journalIsts, medIa branches, newsrooms and CSOs. In the newsrooms, data journalIsm Is rarely produced due to lImIted data lIteracy.The project aImed to traIn people In data-drIven storytellIng. WhIle there Is ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the core members of the iCT4D Cambodia Network, inSTEDD and the East West Management institute (EWMi) held a half-day iCT4 Social Advocacy Network Meeting, funded by the SPiDER – The Swedish Program for iCT in Developing Regions, on ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with STAR Kampuchea and Cambodian Center for independent Media (CCiM) arranged a workshop entitled “Role of information and Communication Technology (iCT) in Public Services in Cambodia” under financial support by the Swedish Program for iCT in Developing Regions (SPiDER) on 12 ...

On the morning of September 8th 2020, at Poulowai hotel based in Phnom Penh, Open Development Cambodia(ODC) hosted “2020 Basic Data Literacy Training on social accountability”. This three-day training is under the project innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (iSAC) having ODC and FHi 360 ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to organize the workshop “Mobile Data Collection with Kobo Toolbox”. The course will focus on: Principle and application of Kobo Toolbox which is a suite mobile data collection technology for building form questionnaire, data collection and management for higher quality.Hands-on ...

Copper exploration is concentrated in Preah Vihear province in the northern part of Cambodia. The most active explorer is Australian-based Geopacific Resources, in collaboration with Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group. Geopacific Resources is working with Cambodian-based Royal Group at Kou Sa, a 158 km2 ...

Between 2010 and 2018, 73 people have been victims of extra-judicial violence, more commonly referred to as “mob justice” or “mob killings” and these acts of violence resulted in 57 deaths and 16 wounded.43 Those figures are considered by experts to be largely underestimated due ...

Farmers harvest corn from their farms, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank/Chhor Sokunthea, taken on 17 July 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Key agricultural commodities and products include rice, rubber, corn (maize), vegetables and fruit, and cassava (tapioca). More than 90 percent of Cambodia’s agricultural exports ...

Since 1993, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has been working to reform the country’s legal framework, and in particular the application of justice, to provide a clear and fixed procedural system to ensure respect for individual rights and equality before the courts.171 in theory, ...

Young child drinks clean water in Cambodia. Photo by Cecilia Snyder, taken on 12 July 2003. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Water pollution can be defined in many different ways. Basically, it is the contamination of water when pollutants are discharged into water bodies without treatment ...

In mornIng of 28 July 2017, Open Development CambodIa (ODC) cooperated wIth STAR Kampuchea (SK) and CambodIan Center for Independent MedIa (CCIM), organIzed a launchIng event on project of "ImprovIng the DelIvery of PublIc ServIce through ICT " to target stakeholders at Romeas Haek dIstrIct, ...

Under the project Using Open Data to Support Budget Transparency at District Level, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and its partner STAR Kampuchea (SK) have been collaborating with district administrations throughout the past months. The project, funded by the Swedish Program for iCT in Developing Regions ...

Respect for strong values is the key to citizens’ trust in their courts.235 The international values recognized for judges are independence and impartiality, integrity, equality of treatment, diligence and competence. A judge cannot both decide a case and have a personal interest in its resolution. ...

Cambodia’s new investment law could open the way for more inclusive, sustainable investment. in a series of virtual meetings, stakeholders from across Cambodia came together to assess the challenges and opportunities arising from that law and investment governance generally. ...

Oil and gas have been found on Cambodian territory but no commercial extraction has begun. When extraction may begin is uncertain while oil prices are at comparatively low levels. All the petroleum products for local demand are imported, chiefly from Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand. Consumption ...

In March 2019, Open Development CambodIa (ODC) and the Department of InformatIon Technology (DIT) of the MInIstry of EducatIon, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) conducted an assessment workshop to collect Inputs from hIgh school teachers to understand the teachers’ knowledge and experIence In map usIng and ...