Meeting with H.E Mr. Christian Berger. German Ambassador to Cambodia (February 25, 2021)

Phnom Penh: With the high permission of His Excellency the Chairman of the Cambodia National Mekong Committee (CNMC), H.E. Mr. Te Navuth, Permanent Vice-Chairman of CNMC, led the colleagues including Excellences, Secretary General, Advisor, Deputy Secretary General and Directors of the relevant specialized Departments of CNMC General Secretariat for a Meeting with H.E Mr. Christian Berger. German Ambassador to Cambodia and his colleagues to continue discussions on the ways to strengthen sustainability considerations within the Mekong River Commission (MRC), which was discussed earlier at the politicy-level consultation on development cooperation between Cambodia and Germany for 2020 held on September 30, 2020 at the Council for Development of Cambodia. During the Meeting, the two sides discussed the Mekong challenges, including climate change, floods and droughts, declining water levels in the Mekong River, as well as in the Tonle Sap Lake due to the development of hydropower...

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Notification On Water Release Schedule From Srepok 4 Reservoir to the lower area of Srepok River from 01-15 March 2021.

Notification On Water Release Schedule From Srepok 4 Reservoir to the lower area of Srepok River from 01-15 March 2021....

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Minister Provided The Sanitizing Materials, Including Masks, Medical Gloves, Hand Sanitizer Alcohol, Infrared Thermometer (February 24, 2021)

Phnom Penh: H.E Mr. Lim Kean Hor, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology and Chairman of Cambodia National Mekong Committee provided the sanitizing materials, including masks, medical gloves, hand sanitizer alcohol, infrared thermometer, to all the Leadership and Officials of Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Cambodia National Mekong Committee and Tonle Sap Authority for third time, in order for them to use in their daily work, aiming at joining actively with the Royal Government in the prevention and control of Covid-19 pandemic, requiring the higher attention in complying fully with the preventive measures “3 Do and 3 don’t Do” for the recent 20 February Community Event. Leadership and Officials of Cambodia National Mekong Committee have been actively joining with the Royal Government in “Preventing and Controlling Covid-19”....

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Training Workshop On The Application Of Decision Support Systems (DSS), Discuss On Information Management Systems (IMS) (February 23-25, 2021)

Kampong Cham: HE Watt Botkosal, Deputy Secretary General of the Cambodia National Mekong Committee (CNMC) and the Manager of the Component 2 of the Mekong Integrated Water Resource Management Project Phase 3 led the training workshop on the application of Decision Support Systems (DSS), discuss on Information Management Systems (IMS) and the Basin Planning Tool (BPT). The workshop was participated by officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, the General Secretariat of the CNMC, the DHI team and the Project Management Unit. The main objectives of the workshop were to 1) continue to study, understand, discuss and consult on the use of DSS; 2) discuss the IMS and the Basin planning tool by comparing the structure provided earlier; and 3) promote a better understanding of the use of DSS. These tools will be an important element in institutional capacity building and serve as a basis for further studying and analyzing using scientific data for river basi...

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Consultation With Dr. Kerstin Bark, Team Leader Of The German GIZ Advisor (February 22, 2021)

Phnom Penh: H.E. Mr. So Sophort, Secretary General of Cambodia National Mekong Committee, led a working group of the CNMC General Secretariat including His Excellences Deputy Secretary General, Advisor and Directors of Technical Departments via Video Conference in consultation with Dr. Kerstin Bark, Team Leader of the German GIZ Advisor, Falk Momber from the GIZ Headquarters as well as Dr. Bertrand Meinier and his GIZ team based at the MRC Secretariat and Regional Flood and Drought Management Center in Phnom Penh. The Meeting focused on concept note and lessons learned from the implementation of related projects funded by GIZ, Germany and the identification of priority activities that will continue to support by GIZ to the MRC member countries in the new MRC Strategic Plan 2021-2025. The new project being funded by the German government through the GIZ, aims to strengthen the MRC's effectiveness in addressing development challenges in the Lower Mekong Basin on hydropower,...

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