CCJ Launches Journalists' Writing Contest on "Rural Development"

The KAS-partner Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) in collaboration with Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Cambodia launches the "Journalists' Writing Contest" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The contest, which focuses thematically on rural development, aims to encourage Cambodian journalists to write comprehensive and professional news stories on rural development. LWF Cambodia is sponsoring the contest. Please find the official press release attached.

Journalist Training Course

KAS-partner CCJ and IJF start a five day training course from June 9 to educate 22 Cambodian journalists in techniques and skills of writing and reporting. The training will be held by Ms Margaret Freaney, an experienced journalist from the United States and founding academic director of the Caucasus School of Journalism in Georgia. Please find the official press release attached.

"Victim and Witness Protection" Police Officer Training

Press Release

The Khmer Institute of Democracy Phnom Penh accommodates the final closing ceremony for Cambodian police officers trained on Victim and Witness Protection on April 8th. The police training has been co-funded by the EU and the KAF. The police officers were trained on VWP laws and practices. The respective press release is available here…

Town and Regional Planning

Good Practice Report

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation cooperates with the DED in a pilot project promoting decentralization and administrative reform. The contribution of the DED experts concentrates on the strengthening of planning authorities and on general administration matters. A Good-Practice-Report by the DED’s sector coordinator Ralf Syman, is available in the German language only.

International Parliamentary Cooperation

Prof. Dr. Horst Posdorf, MEP, held a lecture about the role of parliamentarians in foreign politics and international organizations devoted to parliamentary cooperation. The program was held at the Cambodian National Assembly, at the Senate and at the International Relations Institute (IRIC). The lecture can be downloaded here…

"Power, Money, Values and the Public Good - What Politics Is and What It Should Be"

Lecture held by H.E. Prof. Dr. Horst Posdorf MEP during the alumni meeting of KAS scholars in Phnom Penh

The lecture on “Power, money, values and the public good – What politics is and what it should be” was held during the alumni meeting of former KAF scholars at the office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Phnom Penh on December 11, 2007. The text of the speech can be downloaded in English.

Human Rights and the Respect of Law at the Local Level

Decentralization and Deconcentration Policy and the Representation of Communal Interests In Parliament

To commemorate the international Human Rights Day on December 10 the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAF) Cambodia hosted together with the Senate a seminar on “Human Rights and the Respect of Law at the Local Level - Decentralization and Deconcentration Policy and the Representation of Communal Interests In Parliament. The seminar highlighted the effect of the Cambodian decentralization policy on the rule of law.

Cooperation Between ASEAN an the EU

by Prof. Dr. Horst Posdorf, MEP

This lecture about "Cooperation Between ASEAN an the EU" was held by Prof. Dr. Horst Posdorf, MEP, at the International Relations Institute of Cambodia (IRIC) at December 7.

“Media Laws – The Media and the Law: A Difficult Relationship”

International Conference of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) from November 16.-17., 2007 in Siem Reap, Cambodia

The rule of law and the media projects of the KAF regional office Singapore together with the KAF country office Cambodia held an International Conference on “Media Laws – The Media and the Law: A Difficult Relationship” from November 16.-17., 2007 in Siem Reap. Journalists, jurists and media experts from Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, the Philippines and Germany took part.

Cooperation Between Cambodian Journalists Strengthened

Club of Cambodian Journalists plans to intensify the cooperation between the 17 journalists' associations in Cambodia

On October 18 and 19, 2007 the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation hosted a workshop on the concepts of journalists’ associations, journalists’ trade unions and press councils. Ms. Frauke Ancker, Secretary General of the Bavarian Journalists Association of Germany, was one of the speakers.