Latest updates
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The Launch of Ponlok Chomnes Program
23 August 2019
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Phnom Penh
The Ponlok Chomnes Program is officially launched on 29 August 2019. Ponlok Chomnes: Data and Dialogue for Development in Cambodia...
29
Aug
2019
Call for Expression of Interest: Core funding for Policy Research Institutes (PRIs) in Cambodia
23 August 2019
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Phnom Penh
The Asia Foundation will support four Policy Research Institutes for institutional and technical research capacity development. The four Policy Research...
29
Aug
2019
Call for Expressions of Interest: Emerging Research Fund (ROUND ONE) for Local Organizations
23 August 2019
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Phnom Penh
The Asia Foundation will select three local organizations each round to receive Emerging Research Fund to conduct discrete pieces of...
Latest publications
First Quarter Newsletter 2019
10 May 2019
During the first quarter of 2019, there have been a number of notable policy developments in Cambodia. In this edition,...
Fourth Quarter Newsletter 2018
11 January 2019
During the fourth quarter of 2018, a number of developments across the Cambodia’s ministries have been observed such as the...
Third Quarter Newsletter 2018
5 October 2018
Among many other developments at ministerial level during this quarter, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft discusses a plan to...
Recent reforms
Ministry of Justice
Judicial Administration Unit
The Ministry of Justice has recently created and implemented the Judicial Administration Unit in every court including municipal and provincial court, Appeal Court, and Supreme Court. The Judicial Administration Unit is intended to help lessen the work of prosecutors and...
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Ministry of Justice
100-day Campaign
The Committee for Legal and Judicial Reform conducts “100-day campaign to evaluate quality and efficiency of the courts” with municipal and provincial courts starting in June 2017. This campaign aims to update strategy, law reform program, and justice system to...
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Ministry of Justice
The launch of the smart phone app of Permanent Secretariat of the Committee for Legal and Judicial Reform
An app called "Permanent Secretariat" as well as the website (www.pscljr.gov.kh) have been made available on App store and Play store for the public from March 13th, 2017. The app contains laws, reports, and other information in relation to the...
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Ministry of Justice
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Between 2006 and 2010, the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Council on Legal and Judicial Reform, the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior with funding support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Spanish Agency for International...
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Ministry of Justice
Court Structure
a. The Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Courts adopted in 2014 had established specialized courts within the existing structure of the courts of first instance. These specialized courts include: civil court, criminal court, commercial court and labor...
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Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Pension Scheme
National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is planning to launch a pension scheme later this year(2017) for people working in private sector. The NSSF has studied and researched regulations, technical issues and the sustainability of finances. This scheme will reassure the...
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Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Pushing for fortnightly pay
To implement the article 116 of labor law, the ministry is pushing factories to pay their employees fortnightly. Doing so could prevent the case of factory owners escaping without paying employees, which resulting in worker protests to demand wages and...
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Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Improving services
MLVT is planning to establish One Window Service and an online system to facilitate the registration process in 2016
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