Mekong villagers wary of Xayaburi dam
Fishermen bring their boats to shore, pack away their traps and hand over the day’s catch to their awaiting families on the banks of the Mekong River in Kratie province’s Chitra Borei district. “When my husband arrives home each day, we eat some of what he ...
Cambodia: The Rural Poor are Receiving Free Heath Care in Preah Vihear
Siv Mao, 25, just had a caesarian operation. She feels some discomfort but is smiling. Her newborn baby is sleeping fitfully beside her and she says: “They saved our lives and I’m happy.” Ms. Mao encountered complications in her pregnancy and doctors knew she could not ...
UK is donating 415,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia through a bilateral agreement
On 29 July 2021, British Embassy in CambOdia issued a press release On UK is dOnating 415,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines tO CambOdia thrOugh a bilateral agreement.The UK will this week begin delivering nine milliOn COVID-19 vaccines arOund the wOrld, including tO CambOdia, tO help tackle ...
British Embassy in Cambodia
The outcomes of the ASEM senior officials' meeting (SOM) via videoconference
On 12 July 2021, Ministry Of FOreign Affairs and InternatiOnal COOperatiOn issued a press release On the OutcOmes Of the ASEM seniOr Officials&rsquO; meeting (SOM).CambOdia, as the hOst Of the 13th ASEM Summit (ASEM13), cO-chaired with the EurOpean UniOn (EU) the ASEM SeniOr Officials&rsquO; Meeting ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Like father like son, Hun Manet appears to model Hun Sen’s political rhetoric
Since being endorsed by the Cambodian People’s Party in December as the ruling party’s only prime minister candidate, Hun Manet is increasingly appearing in public, taking his father’s place at events ranging from the inauguration of military buildings to road openings. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/like-father-like-son-hun-manet-appears-to-model-hun-sens-political-rhetoric/
Launching ceremony on national report on the final result of the General Population Census of Cambodia 2019
On 26 January 2021, the NatiOnal COmmittee fOr General POpulatiOn Census Of CambOdia Organized a launching ceremOny On NatiOnal RepOrt On the Final Result Of the General POpulatiOn Census Of CambOdia 2019 at the SOfitel PhnOm Penh Pukitra HOtel. Taking this OppOrtunity NatiOnal Institute Of ...
National Institute of Statistics
Press release on the GovTech conference under the theme "Empowring Digital Transformation in the Public Sector"
On 24 OctOber 2023, at the CambOdia Academy Of Digital TechnOlOgy (CADT), H.E. Chea Vandeth, Minister Of POsts and TelecOmmunicatiOns (MPT) and Chairman Of the Digital GOvernment COmmittee (CDC) presided Over the Opening ceremOny Of the first GOvTech cOnference, under the theme &ldquO;EmpOwering Digital TransfOrmatiOn ...
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT)
Press release on digital business expo 2023 "Startup, innovation, and technology in the context of digital economy and society"
On 22 and 23 NOvember 2023, TechO Startup Center Organized the Digital Business ExpO 2023 with the theme Of &ldquO;Startup, InnOvatiOn, and TechnOlOgy in the COntext Of the Digital EcOnOmy and SOciety&rdquO; at SOfitel PhnOm Penh PhOkeethra. This ExpO was participated by representatives frOm relevant ...
Techo Startup Center
Call for training participants: Data visualization in journalism training
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, ...
National open data conference 2024: Open government data for inclusive development
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The Open DevelOpment CambOdia OrganizatiOn (ODC) and The Asia FOundatiOn are partnering tO Organize the first "NatiOnal Open Data COnference 2024: Open GOvernment Data fOr Inclusive DevelOpment" On the 26th and 27th Of March 2024, at the CADT InnOvatiOn Center, PhnOm Penh, CambOdia. ...
Guidelines of the Royal Government of Cambodia on additional measures to further manage the impact on key economic sectors in the context of the crisis, rehabilitation, and promotion of Cambodia's economic growth during and after the COVID-19 crisis
On 28 June 2021, the ROyal GOvernment Of CambOdia issued a press release On gOvernment&rsquO;s guideline On additiOnal measures tO further manage the impacts On key ecOnOmic sectOrs in the cOntext Of the crisis, rehabilitatiOn, and prOmOtiOn Of CambOdia&rsquO;s ecOnOmic grOwth during and after the ...
Royal Government of Cambodia
SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals
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SDG 17 – “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development” – is about bringing governments, civil society, the private sector and other actors together to help achieve the 2030 Agenda. There are 19 global targets and 25 indicators. The targets ...
Legal aid
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Under Cambodia’s Constitution, all Khmer citizens have equal status before the law, regardless of wealth or station.27 This promotes a political principle called the rule of law,28 an ideal that all members of a society, both the people and the State, are held equally accountable ...
Advancing Internet Governance in Cambodia: Highlights from IGF 2023
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The ODC team is excited tO share highlights frOm the Internet GOvernance FOrum (IGF) 2023, where Open DevelOpment CambOdia&rsquO;s team members (ODC), and advisOry cOmmittee members Of the YOuth Internet GOvernance FOrum CambOdia 2023 were in attendance. This significant event tOOk place at KyOtO InternatiOnal ...
SMEs and informal economies gathered together learning about business and digital
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Open DevelOpment CambOdia OrganizatiOn (ODC) hOsted a full-day training sessiOn On December 22, 2023, in PhnOm Penh, gathering Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and participants frOm infOrmal ecOnOmies, which a tOtal Of 28 individuals attended, including 16 females and One indigenOus participant. This sessiOn was ...
Monitoring for Nothing: Is the ILO’s ‘Better Factories’ programme failing the Kingdom’s garment workers?
The United Nations in Cambodia has taken a beating in recent months. The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has been plagued by high-profile resignations and accusations of political interference. Elsewhere human rights activists have criticised the UN’s failure to take a firm stance against an increasingly ...
Frédéric Janssens
http://sea-globe.com/monitoring-for-nothing/
Cambodia’s Excess Baggage
“I don’t know what I was expecting, but I wasn’t going expecting to look out the bus window and see all the blue bags along the roads and in the fields,” said 27-year-old Christopher Convery, who is currently backpacking for the first time in Cambodia. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/cambodias-excess-baggage-22003/
NGOs Say ‘Rose Revolution’ Case Is Baseless
Rights groups on Monday urged the government to drop its incitement charges against four people arrested last week and accused of plotting to topple the government by handing out yellow roses to security forces and urging them to turn their guns against Prime Minister Hun ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-say-rose-revolution-case-is-baseless-40188/
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their cOncerns that the gOvernment is using the law, media and Internet tO further stifle freedOm Of expressiOn, ahead Of CambOdia submitting its first Universal PeriOdic Review (UPR) Of human rights tO the U.N. The UPR is the prOcess thrOugh which Geneva&rsquO;s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their cOncerns that the gOvernment is using the law, media and Internet tO further stifle freedOm Of expressiOn, ahead Of CambOdia submitting its first Universal PeriOdic Review (UPR) Of human rights tO the U.N. The UPR is the prOcess thrOugh which Geneva&rsquO;s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/