Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Phnom Penh Office

"A MILLION YEAR" by young Cambodian film maker Danech San won ARTE short film award

Heinrich Boell Stiftung happily supported the trip of the young Cambodian film maker Danech San to join the Hamburg Film Festival in Germany. She was awarded the prestigious ARTE short film award. Congrats! It’s well deserved.

The Cambodian Marine Mammal Conservation Project

In September 2017, Non-Governmental Organisation Marine Conservation Cambodia launched the Cambodian Marine Mammal Conservation Project (CMMCP), the first long-term marine mammal research program in the coastal waters of Kep province, Cambodia. CMMCP aims to support the conservation of Kep’s population of Irrawaddy dolphins through collecting missing baseline data that can be used to create tailored dolphin conservation legislation in the Kep region. This 2018 report highlights the progress of the project.

On our way to Siem Reap: too much rubbish in the midst of beautiful nature. Really sad. More rubbish collecting action like that of some youth in Siem Reap needed.

Female Dance Theatre

On 22nd and 24th July 2018 hbs Cambodia invited the all-female dance company New Cambodian Artists for performances at the National Museum. The amazing dance pieces dealt with topics such as domestic violence, growing up, sadness and happiness, and the American bombing of Cambodian territory during the Indochina war.
Follow the great dance company on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewCambodianArtists/

Dreaming Together

Public talk on gender politics in Asia

In light of the International Women’s Day, the Heinrich Boell Foundation Cambodia organized a talk titled “Doing Gender – Aspects of Gender and LGBTIQ Politics in Asia”.

Latest publication

Multiple Facets of Parenting in Cambodia: A Case of Siem Reap

This research paper explored the various ways in which Cambodian parents seek to fulfil the development needs of their children.

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Resource Governance

Some sort of garbage problem in Kep

Obviously Kep got some sort of garbage problem that might affect the health of people and animals but will also have consequences for the tourism industry. The hbs initiative of cleaning the beach is only a short term solution. It would be better not to pollute environment in the first place.

Report of the World Bank Conference Land and Poverty from 25th to 29th of March 2019

"The World Bank has learned from the criticism and mistakes of the past decades. The kick-off event "Land in the World Bank's new Environmental and Social Framework" at the World Bank Conference Land and Poverty focused several times on the World Bank's purifcation and the reasons for the failure of international development aid by donor countries.

By Alexander Marx

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Gender Democracy

Signing the new Memorandum of Understanding with Ministry of Environment

Signing the new Memorandum of Understanding with Ministry of Environment on future cooperation in the field of Sustainable Cities. It was mentioned that in order to promote sustainability of cities all parts of population must be included in planning and implementation: young and old, men and women, rich and poor.

MoA Signing Ceremony On a Translation Project

Heinrich Böll Stiftung is happy to continue the fruitful cooperation with the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Faculty of Humanities. The upcoming joint project will provide a translation of German philosophers into Khmer language.

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