Beyond Open Data: Leveraging Information and Collaboration to Illuminate Trends in Cambodia and Across the Lower Mekong Region Terry Parnell.

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Beyond Open Data: Leveraging Information and Collaboration to Illuminate Trends in Cambodia and Across the Lower Mekong Region Terry Parnell

Lower Mekong Basin: Why It Is Important? Country% Total Pop.Population Laos97%6 million Cambodia90%13 million Thailand37%23 million Vietnam20%18 million CDRI, 2008 Of the total LMB population: 40% live within a 15-kilometer corridor along the Mekong River 80% rely on the Mekong eco-system 47% - 80% of dietary protein from Mekong fisheries 70% are farmers; Mekong rice feeds 300 million people/year Stats do not include Myanmar TParnell, EWMI/ODC & ODM/March 2014

Open Data Projects TParnell, EWMI/)DC & ODM/March 2014

Background

Open Data Flow Data Sources: Government CSOs, NGOs reports News Media ODC: Editors, Researchers, Statisticians, Designers, Coders, Mappers, Volunteers, Consultants Open Data Tools: Visualizing data, providing objective and balanced overview of Cambodia’s development Users: Students, Researchers, Technocrats, NGOs, Journalists, Policy Makers, Businesses

INTERACTIVE MAPS

SPATIAL DATA HUB Access to health facilities Map Catalogue: 77 Maps (as of February 2014) Organized by ODC taxonomy Metadata File types: Image, spreadsheet, Shapefile, and more

CENSUS INFORMATION View Tuol Kouk Profile Online

DAILY SUMMARIES OF NEWS From diverse local and international sources

COMPENDIUM OF LAWS

DIGITAL LIBRARY

THEMATIC PAGES (EN)

THEMATIC PAGES (EN/KH)

Academia and NGOs: “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia,” Surya P. Subedhi – UNOHCHR (September 24, 2012)Report “Global Capital, Local Concessions: A Data-Driven Examination of Land Tenure Risk and Industrial Concessions in Emerging Market Economies,” Rights and Resources Institute, The Munden Project Ltd, 2013Global Capital, Local Concessions Journalists: “Dam Building Slows in Southeast Asia” – Wall Street JournalWall Street Journal “Think of Cambodia before you add sugar to your coffee” – The Guardian.The Guardian “As the Internet Raises Civic Voices In Cambodia, a Struggle Brews Over Net Control” – TechPresidentTechPresident “Development and Its Discontent” – International OpEd – The New York Time.The New York Time Bloggers Hatred of ‘the Other’: Cambodia, Racism and Ultra Nationalism, by Jeff Mudrick (November 05, 2013) - on Khmer440Khmer440 “Lies, Damn Lies and Maps” – Manago Map vs. Licadho MapManago Map TParnell, EWMI/March 2014

Cambodian Government Challenges ODC Forest Cover Numbers

OPEN DEVELOPMENT MEKONG

Features Regional level infrastructure development Energy, with a focus on hydropower Economic profiles allowing easy comparison of the region’s countries and various economic indicators Labor and migration issues Environmental concerns, especially forest cover and climate change. TParnell, EWMI/ODC & ODM/March 2014

Challenges Legal climate Data collection methodology and standards of publically available data Internet connectivity TParnell, EWMI/ODC & ODC/March 2014

Partnerships and Collaboration

Outreach and Promotion

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