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'>...

At the end of last month, on september 29th, Open Development Cambodia organized a training workshop to raise awareness on the access to public services information using ICT tools. Being a government body dedicated to improving public service delivery, representatives of the National Committee for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Phum Doung Bridge over the Tatai River. Photo by Robert Tyabji, taken on  9 December 2010. Licensed under  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Bilateral aid is assistance given by a government directly to the government of another country or to a local NGO. The Royal Government of Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...

Geographically, Cambodia is rich in rivers and water bodies. These water resources play an important role in economic and social development, particularly in agriculture, industry, environmental protection and tourism sectors. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The first outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in China in late 2019 and on 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).73 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global economy and the growing crisis ss='cambodia-color'>...

Defining and measuring forests is not an easy business. Definitions that initially sound very similar can turn out to have crucial differences. Understanding the terms is important for understanding forest use, forest cover, forest laws and policies and deforestation. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce the second Workshop: on Data Collection and Application of GIs. The workshop aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on conducting data collection with mobile application and using of GIs in natural resource management and disaster management with ss='cambodia-color'>...

Counting money. Photo by Aaron Gilson, taken on 5 April 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia re-opened for international trade in the 1980s, opened up to foreign investment in 1994, joined AsEAN in 1999, and became a member of the WTO in 2004. Its bilateral ss='cambodia-color'>...

You have found an interesting topic to write about? support your article with data! To learn more about data-driven journalism Open Development Cambodia, in cooperation with Cambodian Center for Independent Media, hosted the second two-day workshop for journalists and journalism students on May 24-25 2018. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Beginning in 2002, the World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada began a joint-program to promote land tenure security in Cambodia by providing financial and technical support to land titling efforts. Following the eviction of residents of the Boeung Kak Lake area of Phnom Penh due ss='cambodia-color'>...

Copper exploration is concentrated in Preah Vihear province in the northern part of Cambodia. The most active explorer is Australian-based Geopacific Resources, in collaboration with Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group. Geopacific Resources is working with Cambodian-based Royal Group at Kou sa, a 158 km2 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Renewable sources of energy include biofuels, solar, wind, tidal and geothermal energy. Fossil fuels such as petroleum or coal are not renewable. ss='cambodia-color'>...

StudentS gathering around 3D printed modelS at a conStruction expo in Phnom Penh. Photo by ARC Hub PNH, taken in December 2014. USed with permiSSion from ARC Hub PNH.Cambodia haS achieved conSiderable economic and Social progreSS in the laSt few decadeS, but the country doeS SS='cambodia-color'>...

A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) iS a defined area within a country that iS Subject to different lawS and regulationS than other areaS of the country. TheSe comprehenSive induStrial areaS provide preferential incentiveS to inveStorS and offer government import-export adminiStrative Support to facilitate trade. Though SS='cambodia-color'>...

List of public services provided by One Window service Office at Rotanak Mondol district hall in Battambang province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 February 2020. Licensed under CC BY-sA 4.0.Government services might be perceived as tools in pursuing the country’s development, and assuring ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of PlanningODC and the Ministry of Planning has formed a collaborative partnership with an effort to engage CsOs in and strengthen the implementation and review process of the country-specific goals of the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development.Read moreMinistry of Education, Youth and sportOpen ss='cambodia-color'>...

A monitoring group backed by the United Nations said it would begin to publicize garment factories’ compliance with worker rights and safety standards in Cambodia, a controversial program that its organizers say will be the world’s most extensive initiative to improve working conditions at plants. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

Defense Minister Tea Banh on Thursday said that truckloads of tanks and mounted rocket launchers seen by witnesses leaving the sihanoukville Autonomous Port in the direction of Phnom Penh would be used to protect the country in the case that someone “tries to destroy the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Protesters, including a band of angry monks, clashed with military and riot police on Thursday in Phnom Penh as authorities tried to prevent a local housing rights group from carrying out a rally against forced evictions. Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), a coalition of five local ss='cambodia-color'>...

In January, officials broke ground on the new $4 million headquarters for the Cambodia securities Exchange. situated along a northern stretch of Freedom Park, a short skip from Wat Phnom, the French colonial-era building is a suitable home for the two-year-old bourse, which now operates ss='cambodia-color'>...