The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is very important to all indigenous peoples worldwide to celebrate all together and respect that day to make it a meaningful holiday for indigenous peoples. The day can be a day to review indigenous rights and freedom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/charay-indigenous-community-celebrates-the-international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-people-in-tangse-mlue-village/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

An increasing number of Cambodians have access to the Internet due to ownership of smartphones, tablets and the expansion of wireless broadband to rural areas of Cambodia, but access does not mean freedom from restrictions, according to a new report by New York-based Freedom House. In href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/locals-internet-access-doesnt-equal-freedom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s GDP growth was projected to reach 7 percent in equivalent to 15.65 billion U.S. dollars in 2013 despite a challenging global economic environment, the World Bank said Monday. Overall macroeconomic outlook remains positive, having sustained agricultural growth, continued strong performance of the tourism sector, a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-economy-remains-robust-in-2013-amidst-challenging-global-economic-atmosphere-wb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

One woman who has been actively involved in the development of Cambodia’s business climate is Janet Lueckenhausen of Functional Engineering. She’s been working closely with Cambodia’s biggest foreign-owned companies since 2008. Now she’s shifted in her role from executive director of International Business Chamber of Cambodia href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lueckenhausen-elected-at-ibc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed Australia is working on an agreement with Cambodia that would see refugees currently on Nauru resettled there. But Human rights lawyer David Manne, who launched a successful High Court challenge to the former government’s proposal to resettle refugees in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/is-cambodia-engulfed-in-a-human-rights-crisis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The State Department on Tuesday cited abuses in Thailand’s huge fishing industry as part of an annual worldwide report on Trafficking in Persons. The report noted that men from Cambodia and Myanmar, also known as Burma, are trafficked aboard Thai ships and forced to work href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illegal-fishing-molotov-cocktails-a-daring-escape-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Commerce on March 14, the maximum price of gasoline on the market today are determined according to the formula in the Interministerial Prakas-098 signed on 09 March 2016 by Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Economy and Finance and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-announcement-the-ministry-set-the-maximum-price-of-gasoline-according-to-the-interministerial-prakas-098/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In Cambodia, data-driven storytelling is almost non-existent and still a very new concept to most journalists, media branches, newsrooms and CSOs. In the newsrooms, data journalism is rarely produced due to limited data literacy.The project aimed to train people in data-driven storytelling. While there is href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/success-story-of-data-literacy-training-program-ly-vichheka/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Located at Banteay Meanchey province, Ou Chruv district lies in the west of the province and is also one of the nine districts of the province. Bordering with Thailand makes Ou Chruv a border crossing point that is home to one of the busy districts. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-first-district-website-to-have-its-domain-officially-registered-and-served-for-promoting-budget-transparency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with STAR Kampuchea and Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) arranged a workshop entitled “Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Public Services in Cambodia” under financial support by the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER) on 12 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/workshop-on-the-role-of-information-and-communication-technology-ict-in-public-services-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 5 March 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Institute of Digital Governance of the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT), was delighted to host the Open Data Day 2022 at CADT in Phnom Penh. This is the 8th consecutive year that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/open-data-day-2022-the-role-of-open-data-in-digital-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and Fedora is going to host Fedora Khmer Translation Sprint 3 on Sunday, 05 May 2019.  Fedora is a free Linux based operating system from the same branch as Red Hat Linux that is run on enterprise servers. Fedora Desktop is aimed href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/fedora-khmer-translation-sprint-3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia lacks the skilled labor force necessary to advance the economy and the government must find ways to create more valuable work as it faces fierce regional and international competition, according to a new report released Thursday by the World Bank. The report, “East Asia Pacific href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-shows-workforce-still-lacks-skills/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Earlier this week, Cambodia’s Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MoEYS) held a second high school exam to provide a second chance for the over 70 percent of 93,000 high school students who failed to pass the first annual national high school exam, held in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/poll-shows-fighting-corruption-drives-support-for-education-reform-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 04 April 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) officially launched the report on Data Protection in the Context of Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia. The event brought together 20 participants (06 females), including representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs) working on indigenous peoples (IPs), data protection href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/launching-on-data-protection-in-the-context-of-indigenous-peoples-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Among thousands of residents in the Boeung Kak Lake district of the capital whose land has been targeted for redevelopment by a Chinese-financed real estate company, Tep Vanny carried a letter explaining the “sadness and suffering” caused by the project — which has turned Phnom href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-disputes-focus-ire-on-chinese-investors-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 24 October 2018, the Ministry of Environment issued a notice on halting the illegal occupation of land in Preah Suramarit-Kosomak “Kirirom” National ParK. So far, the Ministry found some areas in this national park were illegally occupied state land, including logging, land selling and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/notification-of-halting-the-illegal-occupation-of-land-in-preah-suramarit-kosomak-kirirom-national-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 17 June 2021, the US Embassy in Cambodia issued a statement on the USAID Greening Prey Lang Funding Redirect. In a statement, the US embassy expressed ​concerns over deforestation​ which continues to occur in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, where the United States Agency href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/u-s-embassy-phnom-penh-statement-on-the-usaid-greening-prey-lang-funding-redirect/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Following Internews’ 2021 class for ODC on Google Analytics, further Advanced Google Analytics training was developed for the third year of participation in the Innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project. Eight ODC team members joined the training facilitated by Elshad Gojayev of Internews’ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/advanced-google-analytics-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “Urban land reclassification”. This dataset contains information regarding​​ the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties of some area in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Takeo, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Pursat, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-an-existing-dataset-on-urban-land-reclassification/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...