Press Statement: Luang Prabang Dam increases concerns over the change of Lower Mekong River
On 06 February 2020, a group of CSOS working on water governance in Cambodia releaSed a joint Statement to expreSS their concernS over the change of Lower Mekong River and to call for the Lao government and other StakeholderS to provide appropriate SolutionS to addreSS SS='cambodia-color'>...
The NGO Forum in Cambodia
VONG Pisith
Senior Data ReSearch & GIS Officer /Capacity Building Coordinator&nbSp;PiSith workS aS a Senior Data ReSearch & GIS Officer /Capacity Building Coordinator at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He SatiSfactorily completed Engineering&rSquo;S Degree of Geo-ReSourceS and Geotechnical Engineering (GGE) from the InStitute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) SS='cambodia-color'>...
VENG Seang Hai
Managing EditorVENG Seang Hai haS joined Open Development Cambodia (ODC) Since 2023 in the role of Managing Editor, providing both operational and technical aSSiStance to the Executive Editor/Editor-in-Chief and to the ODC team aS a whole. He workS cloSely together with ODC&rSquo;S EditorS team to SS='cambodia-color'>...
RATH Sarath
Senior Finance and Admin OfficerTranSparency, accountability and honeSty are Mr. Sarath&rSquo;S core valueS. In charge of finance and admin taSkS of ODC, Mr. Sarath workS cloSely with all team memberS to produce the good achievementS on: 1. enSure that all financial documentS are legally compliant SS='cambodia-color'>...
VONG Promnea
Youth-Led Project OfficerPromnea is working with Open Development Cambodia (ODC) as a Project Officer of the Youth-Led Project. He provides support to ODC to ensure that Cambodian youths can implement their projects’ initiatives that are crucial to their community. Primarily, he works collaboratively with the ss='cambodia-color'>...
COVID-19 legislative response in Cambodia
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant levels of pressure on many governments, requiring them to implement new regulations and policies to reduce the spread of the virus. In Cambodia, the socioeconomic challenges posed by the pandemic mainly come from the reduction of commercial operations at ss='cambodia-color'>...
The first district website to have its domain officially registered and served for promoting budget transparency
Located at Banteay Meanchey province, Ou Chruv district lies in the west of the province and is also one of the nine districts of the province. Bordering with Thailand makes Ou Chruv a border crossing point that is home to one of the busy districts. ss='cambodia-color'>...
ODC team participated in the Regional Conference on Mekong-Japan Cooperation: Progress and Challenges since 2015
Organised by the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, the conference on the topic of regional cooperation in the Mekong region took place at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh on the 23rd of March. In his welcoming remarks, H.E. Ambassador Pou sothirak, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government
[[“Actors”,”Expertise/purposes”,”Website”,”Facebook”],[“Ministry of Industry, science, Technology & Innovation (MIsTI)“,”MIsTI is the lead ministry overseeing sMEs registration and operation in Cambodia. MIsTI provides open data on industry, science, tech, and innovation progress, development, and challenges. “,””,”Link“],[“Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery (MAFF)“,”MAFF oversees and promotes agricultural, forestry, ss='cambodia-color'>...
ODC launches a new knowledge-sharing portal called "Learning Platform"
On 04 April 2023, ODC organized an official launch of the online Learning Platform at the Poulo Wai Hotel & Apartment, Phnom Penh, with the participation of 43 people (18 females) from 23 local, national, and international organizations, including cluster member organizations and non-members. Those ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Data Day 2020: Open data for equal development
Following last year’s success, in the early morning of 07 March 2020, the 6th annual Open Data Day was held. Around 60 participants from different occupations and diverse backgrounds such as students, journalists and the government sectors attended the event at Diakonia Center. Following the ss='cambodia-color'>...
3rd Workshop: GIS application in land management and education
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce the 3rd workshop on “GIs Application in Land Management and Education”. This course focuses on two parts. The first part deals with the use of GIs in the land planning and management sector. The second part emphasizes ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia
Energy policy and administration
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). Photo by bmeabroad, taken on 10 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-sA 2.0.Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia ranking 120 out of 124 nations in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index ss='cambodia-color'>...
Water policy and administration
In Cambodia, alternate periods of drought and heavy rains bring challenges for water management. The current trends show increasing annual rainfall and temperature throughout Cambodia, with a likelihood that both flooding and droughts will increase in frequency, severity and duration33. Water management involves issues of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Press Release on the outcomes of the meeting between Cambodian and Thai labour ministers seeking solutions for Cambodian workers
On 07 July 2017, the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release following a meeting between H.E. Ith sam Heng, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training and Head of Commission for Provision of Lawful status to Cambodian Migrant Workers and H.E. sirichai Distakul, Thai ss='cambodia-color'>...
Royal Government of Cambodia
Chinese Firms Foresee Industrial Hub in Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear province – The residents of this sleepy district, on the edge of the Boeng Per Wildlife sanctuary, grow rice, cassava and cashew nuts. But in a few short years, Chinese investors envisage that Rovieng will be rapidly transformed into an industrial town. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Private property, public greed in Cambodia
Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia published new dataset of Baseline Survey on Mine/ERW (2009-2014)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on Baseline survey on Mine/ERW (2009-2014) in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the details information about contamination locations of explosive remnants of war (ERW) and mines ss='cambodia-color'>...
Press release: Cambodia, EU applaud the remarkable evolution of cooperation
On 16 August 2023, His Excellency PRAK sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, extended congratulations to Her Excellency Carmen MORENO, departing Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Cambodia, for her exemplary efforts and success in her diplomatic tenure in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Priority health concerns
Two daughters look at their mother who is dying from HIV/AIDs, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank, taken in 2002. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Two common features mark Cambodia’s major health concerns:some health figures are among the worst in the world – the 26 cases of ss='cambodia-color'>...