Full coverage: Cambodia

19.06.2006 The World Bank has canceled more than seven million dollars in aid to Cambodia after finding evidence of fraud and corruption in three development projects.

06.06.2006 An US$800,000 grant will help increase access to upper secondary education for poor girls in Cambodia through the provision of residential facilities with media learning centers.

10.01.2006 Since 1994, Cambodia Mine/UXO Victim Information System (CMVIS) is intended to contribute to the protection of mine affected communities and provide the support to mine victim through the maintenance of a system for the collection, storage and dissemination of information relating to mine/UXO casualties in Cambodia.

15.07.2005 Within the framework of its mandate to promote the preservation of cultural heritage, UNESCO, in collaboration with Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), the HEART Trust/NTA and the Institute for the Connectivity of the Americas, (ICA), will hold a 5-day regional workshop on the Digitization of Cultural Heritage and Digital Libraries in Jamaica, July 18-22, 2005.

13.06.2005 19th - 24th June, 2005, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The 2nd Asian Regional Training on Local Language Computing aims to provide training on advanced concepts of Asian localisation.

13.06.2005 19th - 24th June, 2005, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The 2nd Asian Regional Training on Local Language Computing aims to provide training on advanced concepts of Asian localisation.

09.06.2005 19th - 24th June, 2005, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The 2nd Asian Regional Training on Local Language Computing aims to provide training on advanced concepts of Asian localisation.

04.10.2004 CambodiaÂ’s ethnic communities living in the countryÂ’s higher reaches are getting vital medicines from a small telemedicine project. The clinic, set up in the only hospital of CambodiaÂ’s Banlung province, uses the internet and other ICT tools for exchange of healthcare information and advice.

11.09.2003 UNESCO is providing extensive training to Cambodian teachers in the use of information and communication technologies. Teachers are expected to return to their colleges and impart the newly learned skills to both fellow teachers and students.

09.09.2003 Cambodia is preparing its first national information and communications technology (ICT) plan, with support from UNDP. Cambodia has made progress in satellite, mobile, fixed, and Internet connectivity since two decades of conflict ended in the early 1990s. But rural areas are still underserved and prices for Internet access are among in the highest in the region.

08.09.2003 UNESCO is providing extensive training to Cambodian teachers in the use of information and communication technologies. Teachers are expected to go back to their colleges and impart the newly-learned skills to both fellow teachers and students.

26.08.2003 A number of development organisations are finding smart ways to use technology to solve the world's most pressing socio-economic problems. The key for many of these initiatives is to focus on technologies appropriate for the capabilities of NGOs working in capital-poor but labour-rich developing countries.

04.08.2003 The alleged threat from Cambodia's information ministry to shut down FM 105 Sambok Khmum Radio (Beehive Radio) just before the national elections last week has alarmed human rights groups. The threat came on the grounds that the radio had re-broadcasted sections of the news from Radio Free Asia and Voice of America.

06.10.2002 A socially conscious IT start-up in Cambodia is creating new technology-related jobs for rural and disadvantaged people such as landmine and polio victims. Digital Divide Data offers a phased job creation programme beginning with data entry jobs to provide them income, education and confidence. Find out more and fund this project.

08.08.2002 A multilateral collaboration is proposing the development of ICT programmes that will address the growing problems and incidence of HIV/AIDS in the cross-border areas of the Greater Mekong Sub-region. A regional workshop and consultation recently undertook a situational analysis for the purpose. The Greater Mekong Sub-region constitutes Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.