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'>...

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'>...

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.64 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'>...

 On 4 November 2022, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication of Cambodia (MPTC) released a public announcement on the Progress of Digital Policies and Regulations in the Digital Sector in Cambodia.To promote the digital sector’s development in Cambodia, the Royal Government has set out key href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-progress-of-digital-policies-and-regulations-in-the-digital-sector-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/water-pollution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Legal aid is provided either by the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC), internationally funded Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and public interest law firms. A special legal team under the supervision of the Prime Minister, aiming to assist impoverished women, particularly those in prison, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/legal-aid-providers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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.156 Those figures are considered by experts to be largely underestimated due href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/addressing-the-issue-of-popular-justice-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Political stability and economic growth of all sectors have played vital role in building the public and foreign investors’ confidence and maintaining the safety and soundness of banking system in Cambodia. The banking sector continues to have substantial growth as it shares 82.2% in the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/banking-and-financial-services-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...