Europe’s largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles, Italy’s Piaggio, will return to Cambodia in September, being absent since the Khmer Rouge takeover. Vespa Cambodia Co Ltd, part of Narith Long’s Narita group, signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Piaggio last month to distribute its Piaggio scooters, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/piaggio-to-return-to-cambodia-with-legendary-vespa-scooters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Training workshop on the basics of Geography Information System (GIS) and the use of QGIS (Quantum Geographic Information System) was announced on the Open Development Cambodia (ODC)’s platform and social media on 13th July 2023 to call for the participants to attend the workshop on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/basic-of-gis-and-qgis-training-2023/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The second cluster convention was held on 19 December 2022, at the FHI 360 Office in Phnom Penh, with 25 participants (06 females). The convention brought together the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC), the Ministry of Interior (MoI), civil society organizations href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-second-cluster-convention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Twenty convicts in Preah Sihanouk Provincial Prison were employed by military and local authorities to tear apart a nearby village on land slated for a second prison compound, villagers and rights groups alleged yesterday. However, prison authorities denied that any incarcerated people were involved in the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prisoners-utilised-in-violent-eviction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

As much as local people are benefiting from the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) recovery project following last year’s record floods, they aren’t receiving all the benefits they could, according to some accounts. Operating in five provinces of Cambodia to restore road access to those affected by the floods, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/locals-bypass-road-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Last year, the United Nations called for culture to be given top priority in the post-2015 global development agenda, citing its importance to economic growth, social inclusion, equality, and sustainable development. It is difficult to quantify the impact culture has on a nation, particularly for a developing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-cambodia-culture-shapes-identity-spurs-economic-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 10 June 2019, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an instruction on payment of new seniority indemnity for enterprises in garment and footwear industries to properly implement Prakas No. 443 K.B/Br.K.Kh.L issued on 21 September 2018 on payment of seniority indemnity. The instruction includes href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/instruction-on-the-payment-of-pre-2019-seniority-indemnity-for-enterprises-in-garment-and-footwear-industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has added a new map layer of land policy and administration on the interactive map, under the map category of “Land”. This layer provides the information of provincial and city land use master plans for 2030 vision in Battanmbang, Kep, Kampot, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-added-a-new-map-layer-on-land-policy-and-administration-to-the-interactive-map/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is pleased to announce the opening of registration for a two-full-day training session scheduled for 29-20 August 2024 in Phnom Penh. Data visualization in journalism training aims to equip journalists with the skills to integrate visual elements into their storytelling, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/call-for-training-participants-data-visualization-in-journalism-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia” by adding 2 new map feature of Royal Group Kandal SEZ in Kandal province and KLPT SEZ in Kampong Chhnang. This dataset describes the information of special economic zone (SEZ) in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-odc-updated-an-existing-dataset-on-special-economic-zone-in-cambodia-4/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 04 November 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) organized a full-day stakeholder workshop on “Access to Open Data, Map and Use the Digital Tools for Better Project Implementation” at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. This workshop is funded by the USAID through East-West Management Institute (EWMI), href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/stakeholder-workshop-on-using-open-data-and-digital-tool-for-better-project-implementation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

At the end of last month, on September 29th, Open Development Cambodia organized a training workshop to raise awareness on the access to public services information using ICT tools. Being a government body dedicated to improving public service delivery, representatives of the National Committee for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-training-workshop-on-accessing-to-information-of-public-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

With financial support from USAID Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS) project, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has carried out three phases of Data Literacy Training Program, the first of its kind in Cambodia, with over 25 participants from different sectors including civil society, journalism, think tank, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-wraps-up-data-literacy-training-program/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The mining sector in Cambodia is mostly undeveloped, and active mining enterprises are typically small-scale quarries producing materials for construction, such as laterite, marble, granite, limestone, gravel and sand. There is no industrial-scale extraction of minerals, although many exploration licenses have been granted to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/mining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 15-16 February 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) successfully conducted a training workshop on “Data Literacy for Public Health”. The training was hosted at ODC’s office in Phnom Penh and gathered 11 participants from various backgrounds including citizen journalists, development project officers, research officers and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/data-literacy-training-for-public-health/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 20 December 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) once again hosted a Sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Foreign Investment Data and Information in Cambodia at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Fifteen participants (03 females), including representatives from civil society organizations and researchers actively working at all href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/sectoral-consultation-workshop-on-the-foreign-investment-data-and-information-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic page on SDG 16, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-16-peace-justice-and-strong-institutions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic page on SDG 6, you href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-sdg-6-clean-water-and-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 06 April 2017, Save Cambodia’s Wildlife (SCW) has released a press release on its website about “Study: Impacts of ELCs on the forest and livelihoods & SCW’s action”. In the end of 2016, SCW in cooperation with lecturers from the Royal University of Phnom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/study-impacts-of-elcs-on-the-forest-and-livelihoods-scws-action/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In the latest bid for an increase in garment-industry wages, Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Mony yesterday called on the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) to come to the table and discuss a $120-per-month minimum wage. A few days after Cambodian Confederation of Unions href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-free-trade-union-offers-minimum-wage-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...