Believe it or not, more than 90 kilometers of Thailand’s coast has been eroding.Believe it or not, 1 in 3 of the coast that is eroded is caused by the construction of sea wall and offshore breakwater.Believe it or not, the construction of sea wall ...

Digital Government Development Agency (Public Organization) published the platform “Thailand Government Spending” to reveal information related to tax revenues, budgets, and procurement in the public sector. Please visit here for more detail. ...

Thailand Knowledge Park or TK park invites young people aged 16-23 to participate in training to practice writing skills through guidance from well-known writers and professional media. By submitting work on the topic ‘Why have a writer’ in a short story, interview or article, no ...

ADB’s Trade Finance Program (TFP) will have its first Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Financial Sector and Trade Finance Conference on 18-19 January 2018 at Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.Delegates from ADB member countries of Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, ...

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) will hold its second Regional Stakeholder Forum on the hydropower development at Pak Beng in northern Laos. The forum will be held on May 5, 2017 in Vientiane. The MRC has called for public comment on the consultation process for ...

The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is seeking indigenous applicants for a newly open position for a section head of their regional secretariat in Chiang Mai, Thailand.The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is a regional organisation founded in 1988 by indigenous peoples’ movements and established ...

Internet society will host their Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Development Dialogue conference at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok on October 3 and 4, 2016.Read the full announcement below and find out more at their website.—The Asia-Pacific is the largest and most diverse region of the ...

The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) has launched a new five-year, EU-supported project ‘Voices for Mekong Forests’ (V4MF) in Phnom Penh, aiming to “strengthen the voices of non-state actors (NSA), including civil society, Indigenous Peoples and local community groups, to improve forest governance, sustainable ...

This health impact assessment framework serves as a guide to manage health risks and impacts in economic zones of the Greater Mekong Region and address transboundary issues associated with human migration. More details ...

Open Development Initiative partners SERVIR-Mekong are seeking experienced candidates for a key position in their team. Please see below for their call for applications, and see their website for more detail on how to apply.The Science and Data Lead is the principal technical expert in ...

SUMERNET is inviting research organizations and other relevant institutions to submit expressions of interest (EOIs) on works that help to understand how can we sustainably use and manage groundwater resources while reducing water insecurity for all in the Mekong Region. These works will granted under ...

The 2017 UNESCO publication “Knowing our lands and resources: Indigenous and local knowledge and practices related to biodiversity and ecosystem services in Asia” includes chapters from Thailand (“Forests, communities and ecosystems: A case study of the Huay Hin Lad Nai community”) and Vietnam (“Status of ...

The Asia Pacific Youth Exchange (APYE), kicking off on July 17 and running until July 30, 2017 is still accepting applications for this year’s event.  The APYE seeks to increase youth participation and understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals across the Asia Pacific region, with ...

Open-access journal Water is calling for papers and contributions for an upcoming special issue covering the Water-Energy-Food nexus in the Greater Mekong Subregion. See below for the call in full, or over at their site.—Dear Colleagues,The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is a prime exemplar of the ...

Oxfam’s Mekong Regional Water Governance Program (MRWGP) is looking for a Consultancy team to conduct the Final Evaluation of the Inclusion Project.  Interested teams should send tenders through our recruitment website at here by September 25st 2018 at 5pm Cambodia time. ...

Deadlines have been extended for Mekong Business Initiative’s MATCh innovation accelerator. MATCh, Mekong Agri Tech Challenge, is seeking mature startups aspiring to enter new markets and budding startups with agritech solutions and products. The Greater Mekong Sub Region is rich in natural resources and ripe with opportunities to make your launch successful.  The startup accelerator track is accepting ...

Rapid urbanization in Asia and the Pacific, along with the region’s unsustainable consumption and production practices and extractive economy, is intensifying risks and vulnerabilities, contributing to resource scarcity and depletion of biodiversity and ecosystems services. Of all resources, energy, water and food/land are the most ...

The publication of the G8 Open Data Charter, among other global initiatives, has further underlined the value of opening government data. The re-use of Public Sector Information has been on Europe’s agenda for over a decade now. Beyond adopting legislation, accessibility to data must continue ...

This week a regional workshop, hosted by Mekong Region Land Governance, will explore the challenges of large-scale agricultural investments to suggest solutions supportive of sustainable and pro-poor development, as well as economic growth.[] The workshop will bring together about 100 representatives from government, private sector, research ...