Agenda (Live Updates)

Concurrent Sub-Session 1-A

Trade, Growth and Economic Development

Moderator: Dr. Huot Pum, SECC of MEF

Impact of the Economic Downturn on Communities and Households in Cambodia

Ngo Sothath, CEA

Rapid Assessment of the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Cambodian Households and Vulnerable Workers

Kem Sothorn, CDRI

Microfinance for Poverty Alleviation?

Iran Ramage and Dr Patrick Searles, Domrei Research and Consulting

Questions and Discussion

Concurrent Sub-Session 1-B

Agriculture, Rural Development, Poverty, Food Security and Livelihoods 

Moderator: H.E. Sok Silo, CARD (to be confirmed)

Infrastructure Development and Poverty Reduction in Cambodia

Phim Runsinarith, Nagoya University

Cambodia’s Rural Communities and Social Capital Formation: Lessons Learned from Tram Kak District, Takeo Province

Ear Chariya, The University of Tokyo

Assessing China’s Impacts on Poverty Reduction in the GMS: Case of China’s Development Assistance in Cambodia

Ouch Chandarany,  CDRI

Questions and Discussion

Concurrent Sub-Session 1-C

Agriculture, Rural Development, Poverty, Food Security and Livelihoods 

Moderator: Tuos Sophorn, former ILO Coordinator (to be confirmed)

The Impact of Migration on Older Parents in Two Districts of Battambang Province: A Report on Preliminary Findings

Houn Kalyan and Khuon Chandore, CCC/ADI

Occupational Determination of Household Structure and Social Capital Among Urban Migrant Workers in Phnom Penh

John Pilgrim, Ly Vouch Long , Lee Haelin, Laurie Parsons,and  Sabina Lawreniuk, RUPP

Contemporary Labour Migration and Rural Social Change

Laurie Parsons, Ly Vouch Long, Haelin Lee, and  Sabina Lawreniuk, RUPP

Questions and Discussion

Concurrent Sub-Session 2-A

Trade, Growth and Economic Development

Moderator: Chan Sophal, CEA

Trade and Environmental Sustainability Study Focused on Rice, Cassava and Fish

Dr. Adam Fforde, CSES, VU

Social Enterprise and Sustainability for Local NGO’s: Learning from ‘Situated Practice’ in Cambodia

Ms. Isaac Lyne, Bradford University

The Impacts of Child Labour in the Informal Economy of Tourism on Children’s Education in Cambodia

Say Bunly, RUPP

Questions and Discussion

Concurrent Sub-Session 2-B

Agriculture, Rural Development, Poverty, Food Security and Livelihoods 

Moderator: Dr. Rebecca F. CATALLA, CDRI

Qualitative Rapid Assessment’s Valuable Lessons for Cambodia’s Development Interventions?

Dr Emmanuel Santoyo Rio, independent consultant

The Food and Economic Crises: Implications for Food Security and Agriculture in Cambodia

Lun Pide, CDRI

Armed Forces, Land Transfers and Deviance: A Study of Takhream Commune in Battambang Province

John Pilgrim and Ly Kimlong, RUPP

Questions and Discussion

Concurrent Sub-Session 2-C

Agriculture, Rural Development, Poverty, Food Security and Livelihoods 

Moderator: Hak Sochanny, CCC/ADI

Towards a Heterogeneous Understanding of Remittance Behaviours and Impacts:

Sabina Lawreniuk, Ly Vouch Long, Haelin Lee and Laurie Parsons, RUPP

The Importance of Instruction for Knowledge of Antiretroviral Treatment Among Older People in Banteay Meanchay Province

So Dane, CCC/ADI

Deoum Troung Pram Hath in Modern Cambodia

Oum Chanpanhara, GAD/C

Questions and Discussion

08:45-10:15

3-A

Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change

Moderator: Mrs. Kaing Khim, FiA

A System Dynamics Approach to Sustaining Fisheries Resources and Enhancing Benefits for the Poor: Case Study of Trapeang Rung Commune, Cambodia

Kong Rachana, Mea Fah Luang University, Thailand

Conflict and Collective Action in Tonle Sap Fisheries: Adapting Institutions to Support Community Livelihoods

So Sovannrith, CDRI

Settlement and Job Migration in a Context of Agrarian Change: Perspective from Battambang

Jean-Christophe Diepart, German Development Service (Cambodia)

Questions and Discussion

08:45-10:15

3-B

Good Governance: Decentralisation and Deconcentration

Moderator: Kim Sean Somatra, CDRI

The Local Governance of Common Pool Resources: The Case of Irrigation Water in Cambodia

Chea Chou, CDRI

The Role of Linking Social Capital in the Governance of the Srepok River in Lumphat District, Ratanakiri Province

Il Oeur, CCC/ADI

Farmer Participation and the Success of Farmer-managed Irrigation Systems: A Case Study of the O-treng Farmer Water User-Community, Kompong Speu Province

Ros Bandeth, CDRI

Questions and Discussion

08:45-10:15

3-C

Social Landscape and Rural Livelihoods: Managing Complex Commons in Cambodia  

Moderator: Kate Frieson

Kim Nong, Research Practitioner and Researcher, and Deputy Director General, Project on Participatory Management of Coastal Resources, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia

Kim Sarin, Research Practitioner, Livelihoods in Protected Areas Research Project, Department of Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, Ministry of Environment

Sokh Heng, Research Team Leader and Director, Community Forestry Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries, Cambodia

Ly Vuthy, Research Team Leader and Deputy Director, Community Fisheries Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries, Cambodia

Questions and Discussion

4-A

Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change

Moderator: Seak Sophat, RUPP

Tenure Rights and Benefit Sharing Arrangement for Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD): Case Study of a Pilot Project in Cambodia

Donal Yeang and Dr Ingrid Visseren Hamakers, MOE

Understanding Public Perceptions of Climate Change in Cambodia

Miriam Burton, BBC WST

Costs and Benefits Analysis of Small Scale Jatropha Curcas Plantation in Cambodia

Chhinh Nyda, RUPP

Questions and Discussion

4-B

Good Governance: Decentralisation and Deconcentration

Moderator: So Sokbunthoeun, CDRI

The Urban Agenda: Towards an Innovative Urban Development Framework for Cambodia

H Detlef Kammeier and Dr Tep Makathy, AIT

Natural Disasters, Decentralisation and Deconcentration, Aid and their Impact on Poverty in Cambodia 2007-2009

Ny Boret, NCDD Secretarial and Dr Sophal Ear, US Naval Postgraduate School

NGO Self-regulation in Cambodia: Leading the Way in the Region

Vicente Salas, CCC

Questions and Discussion

4-C

Participatory Action Research

Moderator: Dr. Meas Nee, VFI Cambodia

Participatory Action Research: Building Local Capacity to Response to Emerging Community Issues

Hak Sochanny, CCC/ADI

Mobilising Young Adults for Safe Migration in Moung Reussey District, Battambang Province

Seung Sariem, CCC/ADI and Y Guech Lim, Krom Aphiwat Phum (KAWP)

Mobilising Indigenous People in the Co-management of Protected Areas

within Virak Chey National Park in Taveng District, Ratanakiri Province

Phean Sabeun, Preu Bunthoeun and Poueng Vannak, Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP)

Questions and Discussion