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Development and Partnership in Action (DPA), which supports and facilitates the Extractive Industry Social and Environmental Impact (EISEI) network, organised a launching workshop for the report on “Current Trends for Mining Related Social and Environmental Impacts in Cambodia”.
This workshop was held on 30 December 2011, at the Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh with 138 participants (47 women) who came from civil societies, government, independent laboratory departments, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, students, journalists and EISEI network members. It was also attended by members of the community who experienced impact from the extractive industry in Oddor Mean Chey, Banteay Meanchey, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear, Ratanakiri and Mondulkri province. The objectives of the workshop were to share information from the report and provide an opportunity for all participants to discuss other mechanisms and strategic plans as well as to encourage mining activities to become more responsible and for the report to be used for future advocacy work.
Mr. Mam Sambath, Executive Director of DPA and the Chairman of EISEI’s steering committee said “This study is a great achievement for the EISEI network. The report can be used as a key document to raise awareness and improve the knowledge of stakeholders, including the government, network members, funding partners and the general public, so they can be more aware of benefits and impacts from development plan on extractive industry in Cambodia.
“I really appreciate that DPA worked with the EISEI network in preparing this report as it can help raise public awareness about mining activities,” said Mr. Dach Serei, deputy of Department of Monitoring and Environmental Impact Assessment of Ministry of Environment. “It also provides an opportunity to gather new ideas, comments and deepens awareness on the development work of the extractive industry in Cambodia in contributing to reduce poverty in accordance with the rectangular strategy phase 2 of the Royal Government of Cambodia.”
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