Announcements

The application form for State of the Map 2018 grants and scholarships is now open.OpenStreetMap is a world map of many people and places. And we want you all there for our upcoming State of the Map conference in Milan. Thanks to the generosity of ...

The Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) in collaboration with SEI has published its ASEAN Fifth State of the Environment Report, which shows environmental challenges growing in number and complexity. – Studies predict a 4.8°C rise in mean annual temperature and a mean 70cm rise in sea ...

The 5th GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting will be held from 30 January to 1 February 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The formal EMM-5 meeting of ministers will be on 1 February and preceded by 2 days of side events on 30 and 31 January.The overall theme ...

Networking Night: “Tech For Good” is a chance for techies, developers, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and startups to make connections while sharing their latest social technology innovations in Cambodia’s growing tech scene.GUEST SPEAKERS:– Sovan Srun, Co-Founder and CEO of Edemy– Panhavuth Chan Heng, Technical Lead in ...

The 149th GRIPS Forum “Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): A New Way of Cooperation and its Contributors” will open on January 22, 2018 in Tokyo.Mr. Noritada Morita, Former Director-General of Asian Development Bank, is speaker of the forum. Registration for the forum is available by 17:00 on 21 ...

We, Thai Mekong People’s Network from Eight Provinces, declare our position from the Dialogue with Datang (Lao) Pak Beng Hydropower Co. Ltd. We demand an integrated assessment of the Mekong dam cascade, including Xayaburi, Sanakham, Pak Beng and Don Sahong Dams. We support a Dialogue ...

Disasters have multiple impacts e.g., losses of lives, devastating impacts on infrastructure, damage to ecosystems and undermining development. On top of this, climate change is expected to aggravate existing disaster risks in many regions of the world. There is a need for increased awareness amongst ...

Mekong Institute (MI) is opening application for the Mekong Institute Young Scholars (MIYS) Program which aims to develop the human resource capacity of public institutions involved in the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) development and cooperation initiative by providing a structured learning opportunity and hands-on experience to ...

RECOFTC is currently seeking a Senior Program Officer: People, Forests and Climate Change to support RECOFTC in its final year of the 2013 – 2018 Strategic Plan. The focus will be on the implementation and consolidation of the People, Forests and Climate Change (PFCC) program ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on January 8 launched a photo contest on Instagram to showcase the development progress in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and demonstrate how a focus on increased regional cooperation and integration can improve people’s lives.The online photo contest, which will be ...