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.

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.

"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.

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.

On limitations: Lessons learnt and lessons not learnt from history

This research aimed to understand victims’ perceptions of justice and reconciliation in Cambodia and the influence of their inclusion in the transitional justice process. 

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.

Image credits Waste is pervasive. Its omnipresence in urban Phnom Penh is undeniable. It’s there. On the streets, in the corners, in the backyards of ownerless properties – in the waste pickers’ pushcarts and the Cintri workers’ hands. Its visibility robs the city’s breath. But its pulse still goes through its vein. The vein which has been erected and hand-built by mainly women waste pickers who constantly collect recyclable waste pieces while looping around the city. These people collect what they find to be sellable and reusable. These people basically make keep the city clean.

I have been online harassed countless of times. It's not only because I'm outspoken, but also because I'm a woman. I believe that many women have similar experience online simply because they are women. I have received harassment messages as well as unsolicited genital pictures and pornography.