UN: invest in women
Cambodia needed to invest in women to aid its development and integration into the ASEAN economic community, United Nations Under Secretary-General Noeleen Heyzer said yesterday. Heyzer, executive secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific(ESCAP), met with Minister of Women’s Affairs Ing Kantha href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-invest-in-women/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082358228/Business/un-invest-in-cambodian-women.html
Strike may end if deal holds: union
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Workers who have been told they have been sacked for striking at the co-owned Tai Yang and Camwell factories will forget about their seniority bonuses – for now – if they are reinstated, unions and an advocacy group said yesterday. In an attempt to end one href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/strike-may-end-if-deal-holds-union/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Southeast Asia's solid economic growth rides over global woes
Southeast Asia is showing stronger signs of resilience to global turbulence than the rest of Asia as buoyant domestic spending offsets struggling exports, while low debt levels give governments more room than their cash-strapped counterparts in the West to deliver stimulus. On Thursday, the Philippines became href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/southeast-asias-solid-economic-growth-rides-over-global-woes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/uk-seasia-economy-idUKBRE85009U20120601
Cambodia's weekend elections will be the 'least fair' in history
Thousands of government and opposition supporters have hit the streets in Cambodia to drum up last minute support ahead of this Sunday’s election. Election monitors are fanning out across the country to ensure a free and fair vote. Koul Panha, Director of Comfrel Cambodia’s Committee for Free href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-weekend-elections-will-be-the-least-fair-in-history/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-26/an-cambodia-free-and-fair/4845154
Cambodian opposition power figure Mu Sochua relishes election fight
Outspoken female MP takes battle to Hun Sen’s ruling party as Cambodia goes to the polls. She is brave, eloquent and defiant in a country where government critics have been detained, imprisoned and sometimes killed for speaking out. Now Mu Sochua, Cambodia‘s leading female opposition MP, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-opposition-power-figure-mu-sochua-relishes-election-fight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/26/cambodian-opposition-mu-sochua-election
Unions skirmish using factory as 'battleground'
The setting is familiar – a garment factory in Kandal province that supplies Levi’s and Gap – and so is the number of people involved, but a strike that has raged at Yung Wah Industrial II factory since Monday has a twist: it’s worker versus worker and union versus href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unions-skirmish-using-factory-as-battleground/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Better worker food needed: Survey
A new study has determined that cost and space are the biggest constraints to setting up canteens in Cambodia’s garment factories. The findings were presented on Monday night at a cocktail party attended by Cambodia’s former ambassador to the US, Roland Eng, the Swedish Ambassador Anne href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/better-worker-food-needed-survey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012060656611/Business/better-worker-food-needed.html
ICT4 Social Advocacy Meeting
Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the core members of the ICT4D Cambodia Network, InSTEDD and the East West Management Institute (EWMI) held a half-day ICT4 Social Advocacy Network Meeting, funded by the SPIDER – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions, on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/ict4-social-advocacy-meeting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Farming’s primacy ‘hinders’
Cambodia’s economic productivity is in trouble, struggling with an inability to turn a youthful population into a skilled workforce and stunted by an over-reliance on agriculture, according to a new World Bank report. In Cambodia and Vietnam, diversification of labour from the farming sector contributed to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmings-primacy-hinders/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farming%E2%80%99s-primacy-%E2%80%98hinders%E2%80%99
Australian-commissioned analysis on expanding access to piped water through public-private partnerships
On 15 June 2021, Australia’s Chargé d’Affaires Mr Luke Arnold met H.E. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister at the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MISTI) to advance bilateral collaboration on access to clean piped water in Cambodia’s provinces. Mr Arnold presented the findings of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/australian-commissioned-analysis-on-expanding-access-to-piped-water-through-public-private-partnerships/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The Australian Embassy in Cambodia
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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-cambodia-eu-applaud-the-remarkable-evolution-of-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Call for SMEs and informal economies in Mondulkiri to participate in a full-day training
The Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is delighted to announce the opening of registration in a full-day training session scheduled for 22 February 2024 in Sen Monourom city, Mondulkiri province. This session marks the implementation of the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and SMEs in Cambodia href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/call-for-smes-and-informal-economies-in-mondulkiri-to-participate-in-a-full-day-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia Organization
Call for training participants: SMEs and informal economies in Kampot and Kep
Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is pleased to announce the opening of registration for a full-day training session scheduled for 3 May 2024 in Kampot City, Kampot Province. The training marks the implementation of the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and SMEs in Cambodia through Open href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/call-for-training-participants-smes-and-informal-economies-in-kampot-and-kep/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia Organization
Call for training participants: SMEs and informal economies in Siem Reap
Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is pleased to announce the opening of registration for a full-day training session scheduled for 6 June 2024 in Siem Reap city, Siem Reap province. The training marks the implementation of the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and SMEs in Cambodia href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/call-for-training-participants-smes-and-informal-economies-in-siem-reap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia Organization
Article Entry Searches
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Commune/Sangkat budget
Joint Accountability Action Plan (JAAP) meeting in Andoung Pou commune, Romeas Haek district, Svay Rieng province. Photo by Open Development Cambodia Team, taken on 26 June 2018. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0The budget of khan/municipality and commune/sangkat administrations is included under the budget of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/social-accountability/sub-national-administration-budgets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Data Day 2024 : Open data for sustainable and inclusive development for all
On the morning of 2 March 2024, the Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) organized and celebrated Open Data Day 2024 (ODD 2024) in Phnom Penh with the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through The Asia Foundation’s Ponlok Chomnes: Data and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/open-data-day-2024-open-data-for-sustainable-and-inclusive-development-for-all/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Health center
After the end of the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia’s entire health sector including the health system, health facilities and equipment were completely destroyed.24 Since the 1990s, the Royal Government of Cambodia has placed a strong emphasis on recovering and improving the country’s health sector. In href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/social-accountability/health-center/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Workshop on the dissemination of Khmer translation of the book "Personal Data: Political Persuasion"
On 2 October 2020, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) held a workshop on the Khmer translation of the book "Personal Data: Political Persuasion". The workshop aimed to support the dissemination of the Khmer translation of the book through the online platform. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/workshop-on-the-dissemination-of-khmer-translation-of-the-book-personal-data-political-persuasion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
