2010-03-04

The last week in February, the first workshop on climate change within Forum Syd's pilot project was conducted in Sihanoukille in Cambodia. Participants from ten local organisations took part in the four day long workshop, which was lead by a consultant with an expertise in climate change.

Cord, Danish Church Aid/Christian Aid (DCA/CA) and Forum Syd collaborate on an initiative aimed at building capacity among local Cambodian NGOs to address threats posed by climate change in Cambodia. The project supports local NGOs in developing program activities which can effectively respond to those threats.  

        

2010-01-26

On 26 January, we welcomed eight visitors from Laos to our office in Phnom Penh. We presented our work and discussed about how the civil society is organized in Cambodia. The visitors were here to learn about how civil society organizations can work together in networks and to bring some of the experiences back to Laos. Read more>>

Forum Syd is a Swedish Non-Governmental Organisation, which works with development cooperation on an International level. Forum Syd works with issues related to human rights and democratisation. The aim is to support and encourage organisations in the civil society to be strong and influential actors in development processes.

Forum Syd's Democracy and Human Rights Programme in Cambodia has 10 partner organisations. Forum Syd supports its partners with both funding and capacity building. All partner organisations are local NGOs, which work for democratic decision-making processes, human rights and access to natural resources in a sustainable manner.

Forum Syd's partners work on different levels to promote change and reform in the Cambodian society and the programme increases cooperation and networking among local, provincial and national partners.