Open Data Day 2020: You are invited!
The Open Data Day is a global event that brings together enthusiastic citizens in open data, seeking to connect and apply open public data to build solutions to social issues. 2020 marks the tenth year that Open Data communities all over the world celebrate this lass='cambodia-color'>...
Strategic environmental assessment in Cambodia
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) represents an advanced tool for estimating and evaluating the consequences of specific development plans, programs and policies. In contrast to widely-used environmental impact assessment (EIA) taking place at the end of the decision-making process, SEA is conducted before all major decisions lass='cambodia-color'>...
Government services
List of pubLic services provided by One Window Service Office at Rotanak MondoL district haLL in Battambang province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 February 2020. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.Government services might be perceived as tooLs in pursuing the country’s deveLopment, and assuring Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Land transfers
Land transfers in Cambodia assume a variety of forms invoLving both pubLic and private entities. The right to transfer property to another and to be protected from forced transfer is essentiaL to Land tenure security. Land transfer capacity is a source of vaLue for Landowners, Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
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 lass='cambodia-color'>...
Cooking fuel
Firewood and charcoal are the main sources of energy for households and many small and medium enterprises, such as brick and tile industries. The cooking fuels used in Cambodia have changed greatly in the last decade. The National Census 2008 showed that 91 percent of lass='cambodia-color'>...
Wild capture commercial fishing and natural fisheries
The fishes on Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia. Photo by llee Wu, taken on 10 September 2010. licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0The 2006 Fisheries law classifies fishing activity into three broad categories: family or subsistence, small-scale and commercial.Commercial fishing is allowed only in the open season lass='cambodia-color'>...
Artisanal mining
Artisanal mining is small-scale mining that typically involves individuals, family groups or small communities, often working with limited technology. The mining may be seasonal, fitted around other work such as farming. There is a large overlap between this type of activity and gemstone mining. Artisanal lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Commerce
In 1996, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) was established by law. Its organization and functioning is defined by a sub-decree of the Royal Government of Cambodia. After a nomination of the Prime Minister’s candidate and the vote of confidence on the cabinet by the National lass='cambodia-color'>...
Response to COVID-19: Cambodia's economic policy and administration
The emergence and spread of COVID-19 have brought significant economic pressure on nations around the globe. The pressures on Cambodia are evident in multiple aspects of the country’s economy. The country’s administration has halted certain operations within its economy since confirming its first case in lass='cambodia-color'>...
Amid pandemic, Cambodia’s first Data Literacy Program ends with a virtual workshop
With support from USAID and under the East-West Management Institute's (EWMI) Cambodia Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS) project, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has successfully completed piloting a contextualized data literacy program in Cambodia based on the World Bank curriculum lass='cambodia-color'>...
Experts shared diverse perspectives and insights on ESG evolving in Cambodia
In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices have gained significant traction globally, and Cambodia is no exception to this trend. As global markets, particularly those based in the European Union, set increasingly stringent environmental regulatory standards, Cambodian businesses face both challenges and opportunities lass='cambodia-color'>...
Our experience at the International Fundraising Congress 2023 in the Netherlands
We were initially introduced to the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) 2023 through one of Open Development Cambodia’s respected board members, who has a close affiliation with a speaker at the event. Described as the distinguished gathering for fundraising professionals, we promptly secured our registration for lass='cambodia-color'>...
Tourism
The Royal Government of Cambodia has acknowledged the potential of the tourism industry as a source of Cambodia’s socio-economy growth, including job creation and poverty reduction. Tourism has been considered one of Cambodia’s key economic pillars, both international and domestic. In the early 2000s, the lass='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth
SDG 8 – “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” – has 10 general targets and 2 means of implementation targets.129 There are 17 indicators. Some of these targets are more relevant for Cambodia than others. For lass='cambodia-color'>...
Patient rights
Access to quality healthcare is fundamental to enhancing citizens’ livelihoods and advancing towards more sustainable growth and development in countries all over the world. Along with increasing public demand for better health infrastructure and adequate access to healthcare services, many countries face the need to lass='cambodia-color'>...
Primary school
Cambodia’s education system is structured into a 6+3+3 formula -students spend their first 6 years in primary school (grades 1–6), followed by 3 years in secondary school (grades 7–9) and 3 years in high school (grades 10–12) before sitting the diploma examination.197 Cambodian students are lass='cambodia-color'>...
Bar association legal aid services
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the Association) is a non-governmental institution for Cambodia’s lawyers. In keeping with Article 24 of the United Nations Basic Principle on the Role of lawyers, the Association represents lawyers’ interests, promotes their continuing education and training, and lass='cambodia-color'>...
Energy policy and administration
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). Photo by bmeabroad, taken on 10 November 2011. licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia ranking 120 out of 124 nations in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index lass='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 lass='cambodia-color'>...
