Legal aid
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Under Cambodia’s Constitution, all Khmer citizens have equal status before the law, regardless of wealth or station.1 This promotes a political principle called the rule of law,2 an ideal that all members of a society, both the people and the state, are held equally accountable ss='cambodia-color'>...
Health care policy and administration
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A quality and effective healthcare system that provides equal access to services is critical to ensure the well-being of any population. Both developed and developing countries strive to bring improvements to their healthcare systems. Cambodia, in particular, has undergone significant transformations in terms of healthcare ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ground water
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Cambodia relies heavily on its groundwater resources to overcome water shortages during the dry season. More than half of the population depends on it when enough surface water is not available. At a certain depth, the ground is saturated with water, and the upper surface ss='cambodia-color'>...
GIS workshop: fundamentals of QGIS
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce a Geographic Information system (GIs) Workshop: Fundamentals of QGIs of the three workshops each of which takes three days. This workshop series aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on geographic information system and using open-source GIs platform ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia
Introductory animation training
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Open Development Cambodia is increasing its development of video outreach material, such as the presentation of local sangkat budget information for the Innovations in social Accountability in Cambodia (IsAC) Project. Videos document ODC’s ongoing work and serve to promote upcoming events and activities.These are done ss='cambodia-color'>...
Civil status
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Cambodia has one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in southeast Asia, with a population of approximately 16 million in 2019.137 According to the World Bank, the country’s birth rate per 1,000 people decreased slightly, from 25.5 in 2010 to 22.4 in 2018.138 With economic growth ss='cambodia-color'>...
Commune/Sangkat administration
Civil StatuSCambodia haS one of the youngeSt and faSteSt-growing populationS in SoutheaSt ASia, with a population of approximately 16 million in 2019.153 According to the World Bank, the country&rSquo;S birth rate per 1,000 people decreaSed Slightly, from 25.5 in 2010 to 22.4 in 2018.154&nbSp;With economic SS='cambodia-color'>...
ODC 2022 annual staff reflection workshop
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Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is once again excited to organize the Annual staff Reflection Workshop 2022 in Preah sihanouk province from 09 – 11 December 2022. surprisingly, the 9th sea Festival was held on the same date under the theme “Bay of Peace, Bay of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia (2006-2023)”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated a dataset on “special economic zone in Cambodia (2006-2023)” by added the one new map in point and polygon feature in Kampong Cham province from the sub-decree no. 78 on the establishment of Jiangsu special Economic Zone on national road ss='cambodia-color'>...
Environment and natural resources policy and administration
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The 7th National Consultation Workshop on the Draft of the Environment and Natural Resource Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 22 March 2018. Licensed under CC BY-sA 4.0.With 76% of its people living in rural areas,169 Cambodia holds ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prey Lang protection
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Prey lang protection East West Management Institute (EWMI) worked alongside communities since 2007. They began resourcing activities and forest community members across the forest. They supported the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) for several years.supporting Forests and Biodiversity (sFB) in Cambodia (November 2012 to November 2016) ss='cambodia-color'>...
On-shore oil and gas exploration and extraction
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Nineteen onshore blocks have been delineated for possible oil exploration. Contracts have been awarded for three. No oil is currently extracted in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Fisheries production
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Local workers loading fresh catch to be transported to the city market at Chhnoc Trou pier, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. Photo by sylyvann Borei/World Fish, taken on 7 April 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has abundant and productive fisheries. Fish is a traditional staple in the Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...
The 42nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment
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From 08 – 11 May 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) attended the 42nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment under the theme of “Resilience through impact assessment and leadership” at Kuching, Malaysia. As part of the partnership on technical assistance for developing ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 2 Zero hunger
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SuStainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) SeekS to “end hunger, achieve food Security and improved nutrition and promote SuStainable agriculture”, enSuring univerSal acceSS to Safe, nutritiouS and Sufficient food for everyone at all timeS. LikewiSe, it provideS a much more comprehenSive approach to the iSSue SS='cambodia-color'>...
City poised for shopping mall boom
After spending $30 on clothes, Chan Pheavy sat down for lunch in the food court of sorya Mall, plunking her shopping bags on the floor beside her. “It is very comfortable to do shopping here,” Pheavy, 25, who works for a commercial bank in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/city-poised-shopping-mall-boom
NEC Admits 270,000 Names Were Duplicated on Voter List
Just two months after the contested national election, commune officials across the country on Tuesday began the annual 20-day process of registering voters, while the National Election Committee (NEC) announced that 270,000 duplicated names would be removed from the voter list used in July. NEC secretary-General ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-admits-270000-names-were-duplicated-on-voter-list-44151/
Government to Spend $13.7M on Appeal Courts
The government will spend a total of $13.7 million in the next three years to build new appeal courts outside of Phnom Penh along with free accommodation for judges and prosecutors across the country, according to the draft budget law for 2014, which is scheduled ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-to-spend-13-7m-on-appeal-courts-46853/
Poor Education Could Cripple Business Growth
Low-quality education is jeopardizing business growth in Cambodia, and local graduates will not be employable in skilled jobs if the government does not quickly implement educational reforms, business executives warned Thursday at the Cambodian Market Intel 2013 seminar in Phnom Penh. During an hourlong panel discussion ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-listed-as-nsa-collection-point-48188/
Floods a Yearly Trial for Those Living Along Mekong
TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province &ndaSh; From November to May, the Mekong River iS quiet. So iS life for the hundredS of thouSandS of people who live along itS bankS, which in Cambodia formS a 155,000 Square km baSin covering Six provinceS and Phnom SS='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-a-yearly-trial-for-those-living-along-mekong-44143/