Success stories from seed grant innovation awardees of the 5th Mekong ICT Camp 2017
One of the highlights of last year’s edition of the 5th Mekong ICT Camp 2017 hosted by Open Development Cambodia was the “seed Grant Innovative Award”, endowed with 3,000$ for each of the five awarded teams. About half a year after the grant receivers were ss='cambodia-color'>...
Gravel and limestone
Raw gravel, photo by touch and see, taken on March 26, 2014. Licensed under: CC BY-sA 2.0since 2010, Cambodia has seen increasing production of cement, crushed stone, sand and gravel in response to the country’s booming construction sector. Approved investment in the construction industry in ss='cambodia-color'>...
National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
Cambodia’s national parks (or ‘natural parks’) and wildlife preserves were established under the 1993 Royal Decree on the Protection of Natural Areas. Although other areas have been added subsequently, there is currently no officially available list of all protected areas and their boundaries. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Expropriation
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Land Law of 2001 both guarantee an individual’s right to property protection. Though part of the Government’s policy framework since 2002, not until 2010 did a legal framework exist to govern the process by which the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Celebrating the World Statistics Day 2020!
October 20th 2020 marks the third World statistics Day, a day that brings together communities around the globe to celebrate and reiterate the importance of statistics. Through its Resolution 69/282, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly established the celebration of The World statistics Day every ss='cambodia-color'>...
Law making process
The law-making process is about making and enacting new laws or revising existing laws.In the Kingdom of Cambodia, three institutions can initiate the law-making process: any member of the National Assembly, any member of the senate and the prime minister. 17 Most of the texts ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Data Day 2020: You are invited!
The Open Data Day is a global event that brings together enthusiastic citizens in open data, seeking to connect and apply open public data to build solutions to social issues. 2020 marks the tenth year that Open Data communities all over the world celebrate this ss='cambodia-color'>...
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 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Gemstone mining
There is no large-scale industrial mining of gems in Cambodia, and few full-time miners. Most people involved in looking for gemstones fit it around other work – typically farm work – and mostly do it without licenses. As with artisanal mining, miners are often very ss='cambodia-color'>...
Land tenure and land titling funding
World Bank Headquarters, 2013: World Bank/IMF spring Meetings. Photo by simone D. McCourte, World Bank, taken on 16 April 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Funding data on development and assistance to land tenure and titling issues presents an incomplete and conflicting picture. Though various sources exist ss='cambodia-color'>...
Afar but not apart, ICT as the solutions to work and communicate from home!
Obviously, COVID-19 has forced many people’s lives to a certain degree as the fear of its spreading compels the government to take strict measures and fellow citizens are advised to abide by. At ODC, working from home appears to be an alternative and Information and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Planning
About the PartnershipIn 2019, Cambodia, for the first time, is presenting the Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (UNHLPF) in July in New York City. The Ministry of Planning (MoP) takes the lead in this country-driven process of the review ss='cambodia-color'>...
Infrastructure
A national road in Cambodia. Photo by Pat Scullion, taken on 2 April 2010 under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0InfraStructure deScribeS the built aSSetS that allow a country to function, Such aS roadS, railwayS, portS, airportS, communication SyStemS, electricity and drinking water diStribution networkS. The MiniStry of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration
In the World Risk Index for 2020, Cambodia was ranked as the 16th most vulnerable country in the world out of 181 countries listed.175 Global climate changes and ongoing disasters such as storms, floods and droughts are big challenges partly because of a lack of ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
One of the key goals of the 2030 Agenda is to “decouple economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation”.229 sustainable consumption and production involves promotion of resource and energy efficiency as well as reduction of economic, social and environmental costs. These are intended to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Carbon trading and other Payments for Ecological Services (PES)
Forest view. Photo by Open Development Cambodia, taken on 05 December 2021. Under license CC BY-sA 4.0.Cambodia is covered with forest, accounting for around 13.1 million hectares in 1973, and it is had fallen to 8.7 million hectares in 2014.258 However, based on the Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 5 Gender equality
The SuStainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) iS initiated to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girlS”. The global SDG 5 conSiStS of 9 targetS (3 targetS aS meanS of implementation) and 14 indicatorS. The objectiveS of SDG 5 are expreSSed in termS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Anti-corruption
Anti-Corruption Unit, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 9 January 2014. Licensed under CC BY-sA 2.0In the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International, released in January 2017, Cambodia ranked 156th out of 176 countries.362 Cambodia has the lowest score of all ss='cambodia-color'>...
Legal aid providers
Legal aid is provided either by the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC), internationally funded Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and public interest law firms. A special legal team under the supervision of the Prime Minister, aiming to assist impoverished women, particularly those in prison, ss='cambodia-color'>...
