Japanese oil study ‘Positive’
The hunt for oil around northwestern Cambodia has unearthed “positive” results for Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), which intends to continue exploring the area in a project that could last at least six more years, a government spokesman said. JOGMEC’s survey on the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-oil-study-positive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566067/Business/japanese-oil-study-positive.html
Agricultural production
Rice field in Cambodia’s countryside. Photo by fmpgoh, taken on 15 July 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The main products from the agriculture sector are rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews and cassava. Unprocessed agricultural exports were projected to be more than 90 percent of total agricultural href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/agricultural-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Judiciary and courts
The judiciary is one of the three powers, together with the executive (the Government) and legislative (the National Assembly and the Senate), that constitute the state. 42 Its role is to monitor the application of the law and punish its violation. This power is vested href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/judiciary-and-courts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Infrastructure
A national road in Cambodia. Photo by Pat Scullion, taken on 2 April 2010 under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Infrastructure describes the built assets that allow a country to function, such as roads, railways, ports, airports, communication systems, electricity and drinking water distribution networks. The Ministry of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Criminal litigation
Criminal litigation refers to the judicial procedure held before a criminal court to resolve accusations brought against a person accused of a criminal offense. As defined in the law, “The purpose of a criminal action is to examine the existence of an offense, to prove href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/criminal-litigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Using ICT and Maps in promoting STEM Education for the public high school in Cambodia
The project Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the East-West Management Institute (EWMI), has been implemented by Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, Youth href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/using-ict-and-maps-in-promoting-stem-education-for-the-public-high-school-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
E-Workshop on data scraping
In March, Internews facilitated a ‘Data Scraping’ e-Workshop for the Open Development Cambodia team. The aim of the workshop was to strengthen ODC’s technical capability to collect ISAC-relevant data from government websites, for public sharing on the developing Social Accountability web page. The Workshop was conducted href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/e-workshop-on-data-scraping/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
United Nations
Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia in New York. Photo taken from the UN website on 22 September 2022.The United Nations (UN), founded in 1945 and guided by the UN href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/united-nations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Announcement on a positive case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Preah Sihanouk province and measures to prevent from the Novel Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health issued an announcement to the public that the ministry found a positive case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) at 3pm on 27 January 2020. The infection was detected by the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia on 60-year-old Chinese national Jia Jianhua, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-a-positive-case-of-the-2019-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-in-preah-sihanouk-province-and-measures-to-prevent-from-the-novel-coronavirus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Health
Taking ODC's Data Collection Ethos to BarCamp Phnom Penh
Penhleak providing a “walk” through the ODC websiteOn Saturday, October 19, ODC Research & Volunteer Coordinator Chan Penhleak gave an interactive presentation session on “How to Locate, Fact-Check, and Share Cambodia’s Development Data” at the BarCamp Phnom Penh, which was held at the Institute of Technology of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/taking-odcs-data-collection-ethos-to-barcamp-phnom-penh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Canal restoration in Preah Sihanouk set to be done in three months
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said at the start of the restoration of five canals in Preah Sihanouk province on Monday that the work had to be completed in three months to avoid further flooding. A report by the Ministry of Public href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/canal-restoration-in-preah-sihanouk-set-to-be-done-in-three-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/canal-restoration-preah-sihanouk-set-be-done-three-months
Special economic zones
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/special-economic-zones/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Floods
In October 2020, tropical storms LINFA and NANGKA struck Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The storms resulted in at least 48 fatalities, 15 missing people and more than 830,400 affected citizens, as reported by the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Adaptation
UN’s Bali Climate Change Conference. Photo by Oxfam International, taken on 4 December 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Climate change is a continuing problem. In Southeast Asia, Cambodia is one of the countries that is most affected and underprepared. As it is a developing country, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/adaptation/ ' 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'>...
Drought
Cassava farm in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Photo by CIAT, taken on 09 December 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0The drought that Cambodia experiences is a shortage of water that is typically caused by:late onset of the rainy season (which normally occurs from May/June to October and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/drought/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Non-governmental preparedness and response agencies
Cambodia has a large number of United Nations agencies, international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in humanitarian, rehabilitation, and development initiatives as well as disaster risk reduction and disaster management.Under the Law on Disaster Management (2015), Article 32, if the National Committee for Disaster href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/non-governmental-preparedness-and-response-agencies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
MoU signing ceremony between ODC and Svay Rieng University
On 09 December 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with Svay Rieng University (SRU), organized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony to provide financial support to final-year Bachelor’s degree students. In collaboration with the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Ministry of Education, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/mou-signing-ceremony-between-odc-and-svay-rieng-university/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
ODC participated in Barcamp ASEAN 2017
Barcamp ASEAN 2017 took place on October 21-22, at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The principle of the camp is to bring and gathers together the participants in Cambodia and the regional for the open exchange of knowledge, skills, and experiences on how href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-participated-in-barcamp-asean-2017/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Success story of data literacy training program: ROEUN Narith
Many of the data transparency training participants have been using data in one way or another in their day-to-day work. They sign-up for the program to improve their ability to use data as a means of storytelling to a new level. Roeun Narith is the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/success-story-of-data-literacy-training-program-roeun-narith/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
