ODC joins the 2018 Cambodia Outlook Conference
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“We want Cambodia to be a high-income country by 2050,” PM Hun Sen affirmed the ambitiouS proSpect of Cambodia’S economy at the 2018 Cambodia Outlook Conference which Open Development Cambodia attended. The conference took place on ThurSday, 15 March 2018 at the Hotel Sofitel Phnom SS='cambodia-color'>...
Innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC)
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Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is pleased to announce that we will take part in the implementation of the Innovations for social Accountability in Cambodia (IsAC) project after receiving a 5-year cooperative agreement as an IsAC sub-awardee. IsAC is a five-year (2019-2024) project funded by the ss='cambodia-color'>...
City Defends Boeng Kak Project, Attacks Critics
The filling of Boeng Kak lake and the eviction of thousands of residents was necessary to root out the “prostitutes and terrorists” that were drawn to the area’s once-popular tourist zone, the Phnom Penh Municipality said in a statement yesterday. In a statement posted to its ss='cambodia-color'>...
Four Dead in Cambodia Garment Strike
A weeklong strike by Cambodian garment workers turned deadly Friday as police shot and killed at least four people and wounded several others in an attempt to break up a protest for higher wages. The violence came after weeks of escalating political and labor unrest marked ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chun Han Wong and Sun Narin
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304325004579297511167310046
What does the future hold?
Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kay Kimsong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/analysis-and-op-ed/what-does-future-hold
Statement: Suspend development projects destroying the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands
On 27 July 2020, the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), Cambodian Youth Network (CYN), Equitable Cambodia (EC) and sahmakum Teang Tnaut (sTT) jointly issued a report revealing human rights abuses and environmental devastation as private developments threaten to flood ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
Implementation of the self-declaration system of labor inspection through the automatic system
On 24 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the implementation of the self-declaration system of labor inspection through the automatic system.Refer to the Labor Law and Proclamation No. 358 dated 30 December 2021 on the implementation of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Scholarship opportunity in higher education
The Prayuters Library Program is delighted to announce a scholarship opportunity for Grade 12 students in Preah Vihear province. The application opens for students holding a high school diploma or an equivalent certificate for pursuing a bachelor’s degree. Additionally, students who did not pass the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia Organization
SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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SDG 9 focuSeS on the development of SuStainable and reSilient infraStructure and induStrieS, including Small-Scale enterpriSeS. It encourageS Scientific reSearch and the upgrade of the technological capabilitieS of induStrieS. AcceSS to information and communicationS technology and affordable Internet acceSS are included. The goal haS 5 SS='cambodia-color'>...
Biodiversity
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Biodiversity or Biological Resources: Various organisms in the same or different species and living organisms of all levels and sources, including land, marine and freshwater ecosystems, and the ecological relationships in which these ecosystems exist.63 Biodiversity is essential for most of the resources used by ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
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Goal 16’s full title is “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.” It has a monitoring framework of 12 targets (2 around means of implementation) and 23 indicators. Transition ss='cambodia-color'>...
Forest protection support
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Cambodia is struggling to safeguard its forests while preserving economic growth since many people make a living via farming, logging, and other activities that might lead to deforestation. Almost 80% of Cambodians living in rural regions rely on forests for survival. On the other hand, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Executive
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The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) represents the executive wing of government. It is responsible for implementing laws and directing general affairs of the state in accordance with policy programs and state planning approved by parliament (the National Assembly and senate). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rivers and lakes
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Tonle Sap lake reflectionS. Photo from MariuSz Kluzniak. Uploaded on 1 January 2012. LicenSed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0DeSpite Severe droughtS Striking the country frequently, Cambodia poSSeSSeS SubStantial water reSourceS, moStly contained in the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap great lake and river. The lake SS='cambodia-color'>...
National Bank of Cambodia
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The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) was established through the Law on the organization and conduct of the National Bank of Cambodia in 1996.211 NBC is the nation’s central bank, whose mission is to determine and direct the monetary policy in order to maintain price ss='cambodia-color'>...
Investment governance in Cambodia: A window of opportunity
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Cambodia’s new investment law could open the way for more inclusive, sustainable investment. In a series of virtual meetings, stakeholders from across Cambodia came together to assess the challenges and opportunities arising from that law and investment governance generally. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Forest cover analysis (1973 - 2014)
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Depicts the bar graphs that analyses Cambodia's forest cover change and forest cover distribution from 1973-2014 on a national and provincial level. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Agricultural commodities, processing and products
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Farmers harvest corn from their farms, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank/Chhor sokunthea, taken on 17 July 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Key agricultural commodities and products include rice, rubber, corn (maize), vegetables and fruit, and cassava (tapioca). More than 90 percent of Cambodia’s agricultural exports 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 series workshops each of which takes three days. This series workshop aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on geographic information system and using open-source GIs ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia
ODC Meets Open Knowledge Festival 2014
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ODC Design Team Leader, Huy Eng, was supported by the OKFestival Foundation to attend the Open Knowledge Festival 2014, which took place July 15–17 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The event was held at the Kulturbrauerei, an aesthetically beautiful piece of architecture originally built and operated ss='cambodia-color'>...