Press Release
The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) will release its final findings on the 2013 National Elections during an open workshop at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at the Imperial Garden Villa & Hotel in Phnom Penh.
The findings are the culmination of a one-year project funded by SIDA, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and include information gathered from almost 700 citizens across Cambodia who participated in CCIM community forums.
Also Friday, CCIM will unveil its final investigative reports from a series of pieces on the election. The final reports focus on disputes over the right to vote and are titled: “Borey Keila communities lost their right to vote” and “Vietnamese illegal immigrants as part of Cambodia’s dispute on the 2013 National Elections.”
The workshop will culminate with direct recommendations to the National Election Committee (NEC) regarding election reforms. These recommendations will be debated during a roundtable discussion featuring representatives from: CNRP, the NEC, the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL), and the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC).
The workshop marks the end of CCIM’s SIDA-funded project, “Promoting Investigative and Independent Reporting to Improve the Electoral Process,” during which CCIM organized three conferences and six community forums to promote political debate. As part of the project, CCIM’s production house, the Voice of Democracy, produced six investigative reports and 15 radio broadcasts monitoring the NEC’s activities.
See a detailed agenda attached for more information on Friday’s workshop.
To confirm attendance, please contact:
Ms. Chan Somaly, CCIM Media Network Coordinator
Tel : +855 (0)60 419 888
Email : somaly.ng@vodhotnews.com
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Pa Ngoun Teang, CCIM Executive Director
Tel : +855 (0)60 409 999
Email : pnteang@vodhotnews.com
“Finding and recommendations from community forums and investigative reports on the election in Cambodia”
Date: Friday, 28 February, 2014
Time: 8:00-12:00PM
Place: Imperial Garden Villa & Hotel
Agenda
|
Time |
Description |
Responsible person |
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8: 00-8:30 |
Registration |
CCIM’s staff |
|
8:30-8:35 |
Reading agenda and national anthem |
Ms. Nop Linda |
|
8:35-8:40 |
Welcome remark and project debrief |
Mr. Pa Ngoun Teang, Executive Director (CCIM) |
|
8:40-8:55 |
Open Remark |
Representative of NEC |
|
8:55-10:00 |
-Presentation on recommendations from community forums and investigative reports -Questions and answers |
Mr. Nop Vy Head of Media division of CCIM
|
|
10:005-10:15 |
Coffee break |
CCIM’s staff |
|
10:15-11:45 |
Round table debate on finding, recommendations and propose resolution
|
Mr. Kem Ley Moderator |
|
11:45-12:00 |
Summary the results of the conference |
Mr. Pa Ngoun Teang, Executive Director (CCIM) |
|
12:00-12:15 |
Closing remark |
Representatives of Researching Committee on election reform
|
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12:15-13:30 |
Lunch |
CCIM’s staff |
The conference commission has right to keep any change depend on situation.
