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Business chambers merge with Eurocham
- 20 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Investment
- ADW / business / CCFC / Dominique Catry / Eric Mousset / EU / EU Member States / Eurocham / Eurocham Chairman / Europe / European Chamber of Commerce / European Union aid / French Cambodia Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia / French Chamber president / French chambers of commerce / German Business Group / German Chamber president / German chambers of commerce / Jean-Francois Cautain / Sofitel / Tassilo Brinzer
The French and German chambers of commerce have both merged into the larger European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia in order to gain combined strength and be more effective as an interface between European business and the Cambodian government. The agreement is set to be formalised ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062066376/Business/business-chambers-merge-with-eurocham.html
Trade Deal Threat Still On Table
- 20 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Exports / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Sugar / Trade
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The European union’s executive arm has responded to its parliamentarians’ concerns over rights abuses stemming from Cambodia’s economic land concessions, maintaining that, should the need arise, it “will be ready” to withdraw from its preferential trade agreements with the Kingdom. In a joint letter to concerned ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052065716/National/trade-deal-threat-still-on-table.html
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
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Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
EU fund of over $4.5 mln in Cambodia
- 11 March 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / European Union aid / Human rights / Social development
- Adhoc / Advocacy and Policy Institute / Ambassador Jean-François Cautain / Banteay Meanchey / CCFD / Comité Catholique Contre la Faim et pour le Développement / EU / European Union aid / IBJ / International Bridges to Justice / Jean-Francois Cautain / Kampong Chhnang / Kampong Speu / Kampong Thom / kratie / Land rights / legal aids / Oxfam GB / poverty rate / RGC / Rights & Development Association / Royal Government of Cambodia
The European Union in efforts to reduce the poverty rate and secure a free society has awarded $4.5 mln to four projects. These projects will work to improve justice, natural resources, land rights, and build the capabilities of local authorities. Four projects were selected among ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ODhhZmVjNmU1OTd
Hun Sen and EU Ambassador Talk Elections, Land Reform
- 20 February 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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The European Union’s ambassador to Cambodia raised issues of judicial reform, land reform and the upcoming national elections in a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday morning. The European Commission’s directorate-general for trade is currently reviewing a report by the U.N.’s human rights envoy ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-and-eu-ambassador-talk-elections-land-reform-11009/
EU Ambassador Says Listen to Envoy's Advice
- 11 December 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
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The European Union’s ambassador to Cambodia yesterday urged the government to heed the advice of the U.N.’s visiting human rights envoy, who has come under increasing rebuke from officials for his unflattering reports. Addressing a crowd of about 3,000, mostly garment factory workers, at Phnom Penh’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-ambassador-says-listen-to-envoys-advice-6582/