Indigenous Community Support Organisation

March 17, 2010

Community Empowerment Project is aimed to support Indigenous Peoples Working Group or Indigenous Rights Active Member (IPWG/IRAM), community leaders and indigenous communities in 15 provinces (Rattanakiri, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng, Kratie, Kg.cham, Kg.thom, Phreah Vihea, Siem Reap, Odormeanchey, Banteaymeanchey, Battambang, Pursat, Kg.speu, Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong) in order to build their capacities, institutional and advocacy [...]

Community Media Project

March 17, 2010

Organizational development goal of Indigenous Community Support Organization set up within strategic planning (2010-2012) stated will be working for “ To support the development of IP advocacy and development structures from grass-roots to international level through intensification and diversification of community initiatives and ownership” through strategic objective II “ To improve and strengthen in partnership [...]

Village Organizing Project

March 18, 2010

The village organizing project aims at improving land tenure security of indigenous communities in Cambodia through the promotion of community identity, legal entity and collective land registration, which is now being implemented in 4 districts of Ratanakiri province (Ochum, Lumphat, Oyadav and Bokeo) with total 17 communes and 33 villages and totally 21,001 indigenous people [...]

Distric Intergradation Project

November 26, 2011

ICSO has development objective to support the development of advocacy and structure for community development from grass root to national and international levels through intensification and diversification the community initiative and ownership. To achieve this development objective, Ratanakiri- ICSO Program, of village organizing project, will helps facilitating and coordinating in the village-level organization through the [...]

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Indigenous People In Cambodia

March 17, 2010 Indigenous People

Cambodia’s recent history of genocide, war, massive migration, and forced resettlement has led to a situation where reliable demographic and ethnographic information is not available. The 1998 Cambodian Population Census identified 17 different indigenous groups. Based on spoken language, the census estimated the indigenous population at about 101,000 people or 0.9 percent of the then [...]

O Chum district

March 17, 2010 District_O Chum

O’Chum district is located just to the north of the provincial capital, Ban Lung. The territory is still quite preserved, even if in the last few years land grabbing and illegal land sales have increased. O’Chum is predominantly inhabited by Kreung and Tampuan people. The district has a long tradition of involvement in Natural Resources [...]

Bor Keo District

March 17, 2010 District_Bor Keo

Borkeo district is located between the provincial capital, Ban Lung, and O Yadav district. It is home of mainly Tampuan people. Its productive soils and its accessibility from the main roads, has meant that Borkeo has been a target for gross exploitation with many negative impacts natural resources. The district is targeted by land grabbing, [...]

Lumphat district

March 17, 2010 District_Lumphat

Lumphat district is located to the south of the provincial capital, Ban Lung and extends down toward the Srepok River. Lumphat has a mix of ethnics groups, including Tampuan, Brao and Lao. One part of the district became a national protected area, less subject to land grabbing, but the process has been not negotiated with [...]

O Yadav district

March 17, 2010 District_O Yadav

O Yadav district borders Vietnam and is predominantly inhabited by Jarai people.. The border between Cambodia and Vietnam, as many other colonial borders, didn’t take into consideration the Jarai people distribution and has divided their community into separated nationalities. Despite that, and not without difficulties, Jarai maintain family, clan and cultural links across the border. [...]

Mondulkiri

March 17, 2010 Mondulkiri

Mundulkiri program implementation was officially launched in May 2009 with the support from PYD, a new partner of ICSO. The purpose of this program extension is to initiate the provincial office operation to connect and link the IP and NGO networks within the existing provinces as well as the national level for supporting IP community [...]