ODC team's insights from UNHLPF 2023: Accelerating recovery and SDG implementation
The Open Development Cambodia (ODC) Team recently had the privilege of attending the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2023 in New York City. This global event serves as a platform to discuss and accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic while emphasizing the full implementation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-teams-insights-from-unhlpf-2023-accelerating-recovery-and-sdg-implementation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Civil society
The launch event of a project improving the delivery of public services through ICT in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by the ODC team, taken on 28 June 2017. Licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0.Civil society, representing the interests of ordinary citizens, is the part of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/civil-society/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Flood money runneth over
Flooding this year cost the government significantly less than expected due to better preparation and lower water levels than in previous years, first vice president of the National Committee for Disaster Management Nhim Vanda announced yesterday. The NCDM could not yet report the precise amount spent on flood href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flood-money-runneth-over/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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Second international machinery fair opens this weekend
The second Cambodia International Machinery Industry Fair 2012 (CIMIF 2012) will kick off this weekend from at the Diamond Island Convention Center in an effort to promote the industry development and foreign investment in Cambodia. It will run for four days from tomorrow to August href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/second-international-machinery-fair-opens-this-weekend/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Bail granted for disgraced officials
Four officials from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction arrested last week on bribery charges involving millions of dollars would be freed on bail in the next few days, officials said yesterday. Kuy Bunson, director of the Ministry of Interior’s prisons department, said he had href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bail-granted-for-disgraced-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Missing girl feared trafficked
Meas Bopha, 47, sits in an outdoor pagoda over a lotus-filled pond on her property in Kampong Speu, home to 10 of her 12 children, and wipes back tears as she talks about her missing teenage daughter, Bophea, who vanished one morning last week. Bophea href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/missing-girl-feared-trafficked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
EU aids Cambodia in combating illicit trafficking, use of nuclear, radiological materials
The European Union (EU) signs Wednesday to provide Cambodia with equipment to detect illicit trafficking and criminal use of nuclear and radiological materials. The agreement was inked between EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean Francois Cautain and Om Yentieng, vice-chairman of the Secretariat of National Counter-Terrorism Committee. Under the deal, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-aids-cambodia-in-combating-illicit-trafficking-use-of-nuclear-radiological-materials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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Still no motion on union law
As the latest draft of Cambodia’s long-awaited trade-union law sits idly at the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Labour officials have turned to outsiders to help hasten its enactment, a union advocate said yesterday. Dave Welsh, country director of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, said href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/still-no-motion-on-union-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090458479/National-news/still-no-motion-on-union-law.html
World Bank outlook for Cambodia positive
The World Bank’s biannual report on Cambodia was largely positive given dire economic prospects in Europe, which economists agreed were closely tied to the Kingdom’s key export sectors. The report, released yesterday, predicted 6.6 per cent growth in gross domestic product Manufacturing is predicted to slow slightly this year, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-outlook-for-cambodia-positive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Accused secessionist in Kratie to meet with the press
The man police allege was behind a so-called secession plan in Kratie province – an accusation used to justify a crackdown in which a teenager was killed last week – plans to hold a press conference to defend himself in the next two days, his href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/accused-secessionist-in-kratie-to-meet-with-the-press/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Tobacco tax increase likely
Increasing the tobacco retail tax — one of the world’s lowest at 10 per cent of unit price for domestically produced cigarettes — would deter smokers and increase government revenue while having minimal effect on tobacco producers, Ayda Yurekli, co-ordinator for the World Health Organization’s href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tobacco-tax-increase-likely/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091858767/National-news/tobacco-tax-increase-likely.html
Anti-loggers held back by FA officials
Forestry Administration officials reportedly blocked vehicles in three provinces from travelling to Koh Kong town yesterday on their way to the site where prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot last month. But hundreds of others from six provinces in a convoy of 27 vans made it href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-loggers-held-back-by-fa-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Asean declaration allows Cambodia to flout human rights, warn campaigners
Human rights groups in Cambodia fear a new south-east Asian declaration of human rights could conversely offer the government in Phnom Penh a figleaf to clamp down on dissent. Cambodia signed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) human rights declaration on Sunday, two days href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/asean-declaration-allows-cambodia-to-flout-human-rights-warn-campaigners/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Inspiring tech entrepreneurship
The arrival of Startup Weekend in Cambodia marked a new beginning for high-tech entrepreneurship as more than 80 people worked on all kinds of new business ideas all weekend at Yellow Tower across the Tonle Sap from The Riverside. Chief Marketing Officer Joey Pomerenke of Startup href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/inspiring-tech-entrepreneurship/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062556987/Business/tech-entrepreneurship.html
CPPប្រកាសជាផ្លូវការធ្វើកំណែទម្រង់ការបោះឆ្នោត ខណៈCNRPប្រមូលស្នាមមេដៃពីពលរដ្ឋ
គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ប្រកាសជាផ្លូវការពីកំណែទម្រង់ការបោះឆ្នោត នាពេលខាងមុខ ដោយស្នើឲ្យធ្វើវិសោធនកម្មច្បាប់ និងនីតិវិធីទាំងឡាយ ដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងការបោះឆ្នោត ឲ្យស្របតាមគោលការណ៍នៃលទិ្ធប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និងនីតិរដ្ឋ។ ការប្រកាសនេះ ធ្វើឡើងខណៈដែលគណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ កំពុងប្រមូលស្នាមមេដៃពីពលរដ្ឋដើម្បីដាក់ជូនអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ឲ្យជួយពិនិត្យពីភាពមិនប្រក្រតីនៃការបោះឆ្នោតនៅកម្ពុជា។ នៅក្នុងសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍ របស់គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ចុះថ្ងៃទី១៤ខែតុលាឆ្នាំ២០១៣ បានឲ្យដឹងថា ការប្រកាសនូវជំហរ និងប្តេជ្ញាកែទម្រង់ការបោះឆ្នោតនេះ គឺផ្អែកលើរដ្ឋធម្មនុញ្ញ និងច្បាប់ជាធរមាននានា និងស្ថានការជាក់ស្តែងក្រោយការបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងតំណាងរាស្ត្រកន្លងមក ព្រមទាំងយោងតាមជំនួបរវាងថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា និងគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៦ខែកញ្ញា ។ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%87%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%95%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9b%e1%9e%bc%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%80%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9a%e1%9e%92%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%9c%e1%9e%be%e1%9e%80/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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Credit bureau makes doing business easier
A report released by the World Bank on Tuesday highlighted Cambodia as the most improved country in terms of businesses getting credit, due to the establishment of the country’s first credit bureau in March. Cambodia ranked 133 out of 185 in the World Bank’s report, up from 141 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/credit-bureau-makes-doing-business-easier/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Tech start-up pitches sought
A group of Phnom Penh-based high-tech professionals are putting on the second annual Startup Weekend Cambodia from June 22 to 24 at Yellow Tower, across the Tonle Sap from the Riverside. Darren Jensen of Yoolk, a software company that builds content, sales and HR management systems href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tech-start-up-pitches-sought/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061156712/Business/tech-start-up-pitches-sought.html
ODC kicks off data literacy training program
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) kicks off its Data Literacy Training Program, the first training lasts for five days held in Phnom Penh, from 21-25 October, 2019.With financial assistance from USAID’s Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS) project, ODC is implementing Data Literacy Program which consists of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/odc-kicks-off-data-literacy-training-program/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
National summit on influences of forestry and land regulations on local communities and comprehensive EIA process
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) organized a national summit on “Influences of Forestry and Land Regulations on Local Communities and Comprehensive EIA Process” on 25 May 2023 with a total of 43 (13 females) representatives from the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), CSOs, EIA firm, journalists, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/national-summit-on-influences-of-forestry-and-land-regulations-on-local-communities-and-comprehensive-eia-process/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
NGO plans to build mini-city
An NGO’s plan to build an “entire city” for the victims of a forced eviction has been backed by the Phnom Penh municipal government, with preliminary construction already under way. The $2.2 to $2.5 million project, devised by the organisation People for Care and Learning, is expected href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngo-plans-to-build-mini-city/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
