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. 1 Most of the texts <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/law-making-process/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/forest-protection-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is one of the most biodiverse countries in Southeast asia. Biodiversity supports Cambodians ecologically, economically and culturally. It plays an important role in providing ecosystem services and economic development to achieve the Cambodian Millennium Development Goals including poverty reduction. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/environmental-and-biodiversity-protection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ODC Director Thy TryWe are happy to introduce Thy Try, Open Development Cambodia’s new director as of today. Try has been involved with ODC as a member of the advisory board since 2011. He previously coordinated a project of Development and Partnership in action (DPa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/introducing-odc-director-thy-try/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The judiciary is one of the three powers, together with the executive (the Government) and legislative (the National assembly and the Senate), that constitute the state. 59 Its role is to monitor the application of the law and punish its violation. This power is vested <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/judiciary-and-courts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police threatened workers and fired shots into the air as a dispute involving about 800 Cambodian workers at Phatthana Seafood Co Ltd in Thailand’s Songkhla province escalated yesterday, a workers’ representative said. Sok Sorng said “many police” had threatened workers with guns as more than 1,000 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/strikers-claim-shots-fired/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The mental health sector faces a sever lack of funding that could ultimately undermine Cambodia’s development and the governemnt’s own health care goals, concludes a new report by the human rights law center at Fordham University in New York. In a comparative study on Cambodia’s mental <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mental-health-sector-severely-underfunded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As two volunteers guided A mAn unsteAdy on his feet into A medicAl tent on the second dAy of A three-dAy pro-opposition demonstrAtion At Freedom PArk yesterdAy, ChAn Bun HAn instructed Another to get the pAtient A bottle of wAter After they lAid him on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/pArks-own-clevelAnd-clinic/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lAnd dispute in the cApitAl’s Tuol Kork district escAlAted further on FridAy when A group of “gAngsters” Allegedly threAtened the life of A humAn rights worker tAking video footAge for A documentAry on the conflict. “Six men pushed me off the site. One screAmed: ‘I <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/gAngsters-tArget-rights-worker/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The man police allege was behind a so-called secession plan in Kratie province &ndash; an accusation used to justify a crackdown in which a teenager was killed last week &ndash; plans to hold a press conference to defend himself in the next two days, his <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/accused-secessionist-in-kratie-to-meet-with-the-press/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The largest bank in Cambodia, acleda Bank Plc, has extended its mobile banking and payments service to consumers without an existing banking relationship of any kind, according to a press release by global technology provider Fiserv. Established in 2010, acleda Unity now reaches untapped consumer segments using <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banking-made-more-accessible/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A group of Phnom Penh-bAsed high-tech professionAls Are putting on the second AnnuAl StArtup Weekend CAmbodiA from June 22 to 24 At Yellow Tower, Across the Tonle SAp from the Riverside. DArren Jensen of Yoolk, A softwAre compAny thAt builds content, sAles And HR mAnAgement systems <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tech-stArt-up-pitches-sought/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Open Development Cambodia has launched on its second generation architecture. While the majority of content on the former site (www.opendevcam.net) have been updated and made available on this new platform, some information products are still being migrated.Please click here to access ODC Census data dashboard.Please <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/odc-launches-generation-website/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia on august 8 celebrated the 56th anniversary of the association of Southeast asian Nations (aSEaN), stressing once again the imperative of maintaining the bloc’s centrality and unity to deal with key challenges. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-underlines-aseans-centrality-unity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Pregnant women who sought antenatal care and delivery services at Siem Reap’s Kantha Bopha III Hospital increased by 35% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year.                         <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/its-crowded-at-kantha-bopha-iii/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prach Chan, chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC), flew to France yesterday evening with 10 senior officials to gain experience and learn about the electoral system to improve the electoral process in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-delegation-to-learn-about-french-polls-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite an effort by opposition groups to lobby the international community to refrain from sending observers, the National Election Committee (NEC) is confident that international observers will register before their deadline on July 19. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-expects-international-observers-to-register-before-deadline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) is seeking to make it easier for foreign firms to register as applicants for Qualified Investment Projects (QIP) in Cambodia through improvements to the online registration system. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-improves-qip-application-process-for-foreign-investors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Even though Cambodia has attracted more European investors, the number of their investment projects in the country is still small, said Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-seeks-more-investment-from-europe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three people in Cambodia were charged with the murder last week of a woman they believed to be a witch behind a spate of unexplained deaths in their community, according to a newspaper report on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/3-accused-of-killing-witch-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>