Science and technology

I recently had the opportunity to attend the 7th Community Network Exchange Asia Pacific 2023, a conference that brought together experts, practitioners, and advocates of community networks from across the region and beyond. The theme of the conference was “Connecting Indigenous and Mountain Communities”, and ...

The ODC team is excited to share highlights from the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2023, where Open Development Cambodia’s team members (ODC), and advisory committee members of the Youth Internet Governance Forum Cambodia 2023 were in attendance. This significant event took place at Kyoto International ...

The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA 2023) was scheduled for five days from 24-28 July 2023 at Hotel President, Seoul, South Korea. The APIGA originally started in 2016 with an aim to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to participate in Internet policy-making ...

The increasing utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools has had a huge impact on the livelihood of Cambodian people in what is often called the “Industrial Revolution 4.0”. Recognizing the inevitable evolution toward digital change, the Cambodian government has been preparing to digitalize ...

2023 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. Photo by Ricardo Rivera, taken on 05 April 2023. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.Open Development Cambodia’s team attended the 2022 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Forum is world’s largest gathering devoted to participatory ...

Picture from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication facebook page on 28 April 2023.From 25th April to 27th May 2023, The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications organized a series of workshops with the aim of providing capacity building to subnational government officers from all its ...

WordCamp Asia, which happened in Bangkok from February 17-19, 2023, was the first flagship WordCamp in Asia. So far, there have been three types of flagship WordCamp: US, Europe, and Centroamérica. As a member of the Cambodia ICT and Digital Forum (CamIDF), I attended this ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a training on “Data visualization and storytelling” on December 20-21 and 26, 2022, with 24 participants, including journalists, citizen journalists, indigenous youth journalists, journalism students, and CSOs. People with disabilities and LGBTQIA+ are encouraged to join. This training was divided ...

Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) is a useful spatial visualization and analysis tool that is becoming a viable alternative to more expensive software packages. It is also an open-source software package that relies on expert and user contributions worldwide. QGIS has many functions related to ...

The project Cambodian Civil Society Strengthening (CCSS), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the East-West Management Institute (EWMI), has been implemented by Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, Youth ...

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 ...

Following our meeting with the representatives of the South East Asia Prayer Center (SEAPC)  in Siem Reap, ODC and SEAPC have made the first step to establish potential cooperation. Just a few days after our first encounter, SEAPC sent two of their ICT staff to ...

On August 05 and 06, 2019 Open Development Cambodia together with Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) have successfully carried out a Training of Trainers (ToT) on Map Reading and Using in Kampong Chhnang Province. 26 teachers ...

In March 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) conducted an assessment workshop to collect inputs from high school teachers to understand the teachers’ knowledge and experience in map using and ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) was pleased to be part of the 7th edition of the Personal Democracy Forum Central & Eastern Europe (PDF CEE). The three-day event – under this year’s theme “In whom we trust” – was held on April 4-6 at the European ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) in collaboration with STAR Kampuchea and Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) arranged a workshop entitled “Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Public Services in Cambodia” under financial support by the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER) on 12 ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) have successfully conducted an Assessment Workshop on the Knowledge of Map Reading and Using among high school teachers on the 04th to 05th of March, ...

“When I first arrived in Cambodia, I was impressed of the digitization process here,” Dr. Daniel Schmücking remembers his first days in Phnom Penh, and continues: “I thought ‘how can I survive here?’ but then someone told me about PassApp.” The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) ...

Barcamp ASEAN 2017 took place on October 21-22, at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The principle of the camp is to bring and gathers together the participants in Cambodia and the regional for the open exchange of knowledge, skills, and experiences on how ...

Calculating​ CO2​ emission​ per​ participant​ to​ remind​ them​ about​ environmental​ responsibility​ and​ Seed​ Grant​ announcement​ for​ development​ project​ prototypes​ are​ some​ highlights​ for​ the​ very​ first​ day​ of​ Mekong​ ICT​ 2017.Try​ to​ offset​ CO2​ emissionParticipants​ from​ Mekong​ countries​ including​ 15​ members​ from​ Cambodia,​ 12​ from​ ...

Mekong ICT Camp is a bi-annual sub-regional workshop on innovation, citizenship, and technology. In a week-long series of activities, it brings stakeholders in the region to learn together how it possible to adapt different technologies to tackle the social and environmental issues in their own ...

ODC Executive Director was discussing ODC Khmer site with 12 participants.On May 30, 2014, ODC conducted a focus group discussion on ODC Khmer site. The objectives were to (1) present ODC Khmer site by exploring ODC’s data organization and website structure including illustration on how ...

Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup 24 (PPMM#24)You are invited to Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup 24 (PPMM#24).PPMM#24 is going to be held on February 28, 2012 which there will be a speaker from Open Development Cambodia (ODC), Senior Mapper Mean Naro. He will deliver a presentation on Introducing ...

ODC Editor Vongseng presenting ODC siteStudents attending ODC session         On February 15th, ODC Executive Director Thy Try and Editor Ly Vongseng, participated in BarCamp Kampot. As with previous BarCamp events, the conference in Kampot featured a host of presentations by IT professionals, businesses, NGOs and students ...