Threat to unleash ‘paratroopers’ in land dispute
About 200 villagers locked in a land dispute with the Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) in Koh Kong province said they were warned on Friday that “paratroopers” would be brought in if they continued to block a road to the company’s headquarters in Botum Sakor ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/threat-to-unleash-paratroopers-in-land-dispute-51740/
In Preliminary Results, Ruling Party Seats Diminished in Election Win
Cambodia’s ruling party has reportedly won in national elections Sunday, but it appears to have lost a significant number of seats in parliament. According to preliminary election figures released by Information Minister Khieu Kanharith, the Cambodian People’s Party won 68 of 123 National Assembly seats. That’s a ...
Mitigation
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Together, fighting climate change. Photo by 350.org, taken on 12 October 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Clean Development MechanismThe Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to ...
PPMM #18: Mapping Election Data, Garment Factories, and More
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Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #18Hello Everyone!The upcoming Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #18, which is scheduled for Tuesday (July 30, 2013) at Equinox, will feature presentations and a panel discussion on “Mapping Election Data.” The ODC Team will speak about the ODC Election Page and related election maps. ...
Jobs
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Success stories from seed grant innovation awardees of the 5th Mekong ICT Camp 2017
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One of the highlights of last year’s edition of the 5th Mekong ICT Camp 2017 hosted by Open Development Cambodia was the “Seed Grant Innovative Award”, endowed with 3,000$ for each of the five awarded teams. About half a year after the grant receivers were ...
Seminar on Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS)
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On 3 January 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Cambodia Indigenous People Organization (CIPO) conducted a half-day virtual seminar on “Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS)”. The event was part of the ongoing project coordinated by Open Development Mekong and its national partners, which ...
Third training: Data literacy for public health
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On 27, 28, and 29 of April 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has successfully conducted a three-day training under the theme “Data Literacy for Public Health”. Due to the pandemic outbreak, the three-day training was hosted virtually on Zoom video conferencing platform. 13 participants (8 ...
Gemstone mining
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There is no large-scale industrial mining of gems in Cambodia, and few full-time miners. Most people involved in looking for gemstones fit it around other work – typically farm work – and mostly do it without licenses. As with artisanal mining, miners are often very ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
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National Bank of Cambodia, Cambodia. Photo by Stephen McGrath, taken on 21 June 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 In 1996, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) was established by law.15 Its organization and functioning is defined by a sub-decree of the Royal Government ...
Background
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is an ‘open data’ website, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The open data movement is based on the simple premise that data collected for public interest should be publicly available without restrictions. Information or data in the public ...
Ministry of Planning
About the PartnershipIn 2019, Cambodia, for the first time, is presenting the Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (UNHLPF) in July in New York City. The Ministry of Planning (MoP) takes the lead in this country-driven process of the review ...
Special economic zones
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A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a defined area within a country that is subject to different laws and regulations than other areas of the country. These comprehensive industrial areas provide preferential incentives to investors and offer government import-export administrative support to facilitate trade. Though ...
Electricity production
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In Cambodia, electricity demands have been forecast to grow at 17.9 percent annually from 2012 to 2020.25 Distribution of electricity around the country has been a challenge: according to UN data, 79 percent of people live in rural areas,26 and the entire national population had grown ...
Monitors Say Ink Test Was for Transparency, Not Turmoil
Election monitors say a test of election ink that found it easily washable, and therefore a concern for fraudulent voting, was made in the spirit of transparency, and not to create “turmoil” ahead of Sunday’s polls. The election watchdog Comfrel on Friday tested the ink, provided ...
Museum for money planned
In January, officials broke ground on the new $4 million headquarters for the Cambodia Securities Exchange. Situated along a northern stretch of Freedom Park, a short skip from Wat Phnom, the French colonial-era building is a suitable home for the two-year-old bourse, which now operates ...
Lawmaker’s morning at park ended by district guards
Senior opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua walked into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Wednesday morning, trailed by a small group of news photographers, and stopped to pose in front of about 100 municipal riot police exercising in the park. Ms. Sochua’s small act of defiance against the ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmakers-morning-at-park-ended-by-district-guards-55636/
Major Brands Confront Cambodian Leader Over Use of Force
A coalition of 30 brands and three global unions have sent a letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen calling for an investigation into the recent use of deadly force against striking garment-sector workers. The letter, dated Friday, urged the government to launch a new process ...
Kate O'keeffe and Sun Narin
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304027204579330201431431652?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304027204579330201431431652.html
Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #15
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Mean Nara, ODC’s Senior Mapper, spoke to the audience about the launch of the GeoServer.On April 30, the ODC team hosted a monthly Phnom Penh Mapping Meet-up (PPMM), in which ODC, Atlas, and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut presented on the recent project updates and results. As ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Allocated land for social land concession”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Allocated land for social land concession” by adding the two new map features in Pursat from the sub-decree no. 42 on the cutting of 1,130 hectares of land in Say village, Prongil commune, Phnum Kravanh district, Pursat ...