Open Development Cambodia updated dataset and added two new features to the map layer of Management zones of natural protected areas
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated dataset and added two new features (Phnom Prich Wildlife sanctuary and srepok Wildlife sanctuary) to the map layer of Management zones of natural protected areas in Cambodia in both Khmer and English. You can find the dataset in various format such as ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia published a new dataset and new map layer of land cover from 2012-2016
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has added a new dataset and new interactive map layer of land cover in Cambodia from 2012-2016 in Cambodia in both Khmer and English. You can find document in various format such as GeoTIFF and JPEG.=> Please click here to access ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia has updated the dataset and map layer of Community protected areas (2006-2019)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has updated the dataset and map layer of Community protected areas (2006-2019) in Cambodia by adding another 13 community protected areas in both Khmer and English. You can find the dataset in various format such as sHP, KML, GeoJsON, CsV and JPEG.=> ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia published a new dataset and new map layer of Community protected areas (2006-2017)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has added a new dataset and new interactive map layer of Community protected areas (2006-2017) in Cambodia in both Khmer and English. You can find the dataset in various format such as sHP, KML, GeoJsON, CsV and JPEG.=> Please click here ss='cambodia-color'>...
Development of mega-airport continues, despite opposition by locals
Families who have to make way for Phnom Penh’s new mega airport are refusing to relocate to land set aside for them, and are demanding more monetary compensation for what they’re being forced to vacate. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/development-of-mega-airport-continues-despite-opposition-by-locals/
Garment sector minimum wage to Rise to $200 a month in 2023
The minimum wage for workers in Cambodia’s billion-dollar garment sector will rise to $200 a month next year, a $6 raise that unions said was insufficient while employers raised concerns about profits and regional competitiveness. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Matt Surrusco
https://cambojanews.com/garment-sector-minimum-wage-to-rise-to-200-a-month-in-2023/
With vague details, pro-government unions accuse labor groups of inciting members to form new union
some 200 unions and federations have accused two prominent independent labor organizations of inciting its members to leave and establish a new union. The claim was denied by one of organizations, which said it has never trained members of any of the signatories — many ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/with-vague-details-pro-government-unions-accuse-labor-groups-of-inciting-members-to-form-new-union/
Model secondary schools embrace digital education
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and sport has initiated a campaign to elevate the standard of model schools by implementing digital education for students in selected secondary schools in Phnom Penh. The initiative aims to enhance student achievement and is set to expand across the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/model-secondary-schools-embrace-digital-education
Cassava
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Cassava is a significant contributor to the agricultural sector in Cambodia. The planting, harvesting, processing and export of cassava provides jobs and livelihoods for thousands of Cambodians. Cassava is a significant cash crop for Cambodian farmers.1 Cassava production in Cambodia has increased substantially since 2006. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Empowering Cambodia through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data: insights from the human-centered AI adoption conference at ASEAN COSTI-85
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On Monday, June 3, 2024, ODC attended an afternoon conference titled “Enabling Environment for a Human-Centered Adoption of AI in AsEAN” at the sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Resort in siem Reap, Cambodia. The conference was a side event of the larger 85th meeting of the AsEAN ss='cambodia-color'>...
ODC presents at the Bantheay Meanchey BarCamp
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Participants are having group photo after the presentation.On May 25-26, 2018 the ODC team joined the Banteay Meanchey BarCamp. Being the second BarCamp conference organised in 2018, and the first time the event was taken place at the Meanchey University of the Banteay Meanchey province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Data literacy training for social accountability
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From 10 to 13 May 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a four-day data literacy training focused on local members of the press at the Polou Wai hotel, focused on the topic of Data Literacy for social Accountability. It was the first press-specific data literacy ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministries and other national bodies
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Nearly all of the ministries were established in 1995. A few ministries were only recently created in the post-2013 national election by a separation of one ministry into two. There are 28 government ministries and secretariats, and many national bodies. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Extractive industries
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Extractive industries include mining and mineral sectors, natural gas and oil exploration, petroleum refineries, and quarrying for construction resources such as sand, stone, and gravel. Cambodia’s extractive resources have gone largely untapped, while these resources are geographically identifiable. French and Chinese geologists have been indicated ss='cambodia-color'>...
A collaborative training workshop for citizen journalists on ‘News report writing on public service delivery’
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Open Development Cambodia in collaboration with the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) hosted a two-day training workshop in siem Reap. On 28 February and 1 March, 16 citizen journalists from across the country learned to write stories covering public services in their communities. ODC ss='cambodia-color'>...
Contact
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Legal aid
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Under Cambodia’s Constitution, all Khmer citizens have equal status before the law, regardless of wealth or station.113 This promotes a political principle called the rule of law,114 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'>...