The NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGOF) organized its first quarterly membership meeting in 2024, which took place on 23 April 2024 at the Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh. The purpose of the meeting is to: Present the quarterly progress and strategic plan 2024-2030 of the NGO Forum on Cambodia. Introduce development strategies and plans for environmental impact management of the Royal Government and other development partners. Strengthen the network or technical working group of civil society organizations and identify problems or priority activities of each network or working group. In addition to sharing its progress, including discussions on priorities and defining joint activities of each network, the NGO Forum on Cambodia also facilitated the sharing information on national policies, including experiences in natural resource management to member organizations to develop joint implementation plans to address development and resource management challenges. Please be informed that His Excellency Khvay Atitya, Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Environment, shared the Circular Strategy on Environment 2023-2028, while Mr. James Bampton, Interim Conservation Director, WWF Cambodia shared the roadmap for civil society participation on National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP).  The meeting was attended by 66 participants representing member organizations.

On 15 December 2023, the NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGOF) organized its 2023 Annual Members Meeting , focusing on “Multi-stakeholder Engagement for Resilient and Inclusive Society – METRI”. The objectives of this meeting are as follows: election of new Management Committee members of the NGOF, updates on internal reforms, celebration of key achievements of the NGOF and sharing the latest version of the New Strategic Plan for 2024-2030 or called MERTI 2030. All members and networks of NGOF celebrated the achievements of the NGOF as well as discussed, clearly understood endorsed and appreciated the new strategic plan 2024-2030 or METRI 2030. Members in attendance also elected new Management Members and approved key areas for bylaws amendment. On behalf of the staff and management team of the NGO Forum on Cambodia, we would like to express our heartfelt thank all the member organizations, networks, and partners for their attendance in this 2023 Annual Meeting and the NGOF mandate so far and beyond.

On 19th December 2022, the NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGOF) organized the 18th Donors and Partners Meeting at NGOF’s office. This meeting was chair by Ms. They Bone, member of the NGOF Management Committee/Governing Board and Country Director of Finn Church Aid. The objective of this meeting: 1. Presented key outcomes and impact achieved from the action plan 2022 and challenges and lesson learnt 2. Presented on budget expenditure for 2022 and budget plan for 2023 and challenges in financial management. 3. Discussed on lesson learnt and key challenges of the NGOF in the year and contributes or feedback of partner to address those key challenges, NGOF’s Direction and Action Plan 2023

The Annual Network Reflection 2022 Meeting (ANR) was held on the 21st November 2022. The meeting was held for half-day from 13:30 to 17:00 with a tough schedule as shown in the Agenda. The meeting was held back-to-back with the Annual General Meeting, which was proceeded in the morning of the day. The meeting was held in DK Meeting Centre, Phnom Penh, with 38 participants (11 females) actively participating. Some other important participants participated from long-distance, by Zoom. Ms. Cheav Sivkheng, NGOF, was the meeting master ceremony. At the beginning of the day, she invited delegates to chair the event. They are: • Mrs. Pry Phally Phuong, Head of Management Committee of the NGOF; and Executive Director of BCV • Dr. Tek Vannara, Executive Director, NGOF • Mr. Som Chetana, Finance Unit Manager, the NGOF To start the event, Ms. Sivkheng briefly provided objectives of the meeting. While all delegates and the participants were settled, Ms. Sivkheng, Master Ceremony, NGOF, facilitated the meeting in accordance with the proposed AGM Agenda. First of all, she invited all the participants to pay respect to the music of the National Anthem. Having taken the floor, Mr. Bunthoeurn paid respects to all the chairpersons and participants. He briefly gave background of the research and findings. Also, he informed the meeting about the donor of the research, Luxemburg Hanoi Office. Mr. Bunthoeurn informed the meeting that there were participants from in-person and online. He also mentioned that there are lots of applicable findings from the study that the participants could take advantages of the study. Nevertheless, he invited Mr. Sometr for detailing of the study. The key speaker, the consultant, provided the results of the study in Climate Change Impacts on Tonle Sap tributaries and Livelihoods of the people of the areas. His presentation followed by interestingly important questions and comments from the participants. The study, then, was officially announced the acceptance and could be officially referenced, if any. It is posted on the NGOF website for the publics. For closing session, while the meeting had gone over the day, time schedule, Dr. Tek Vannara provided short notes of his speech. He thanked all the speakers and questions making the event very active. He, then, declared the meeting closed with the wishes of healthy and success.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held annually. For 2022, the AGM fell on the 21st November 2022. The meeting was held for half-day from 8:30 to 16:00 with a tough schedule as shown in the Agenda. The meeting was held in DK Meeting Centre, Phnom Penh, with 47 (13 females) participants actively participating (Annex 2). Some other important participants participated from long-distance, by Zoom. Ms. Cheav Sivkheng, NGOF, was the meeting master ceremony. At the beginning of the day, she invited delegates to chair the event. They are: • Mrs. Pry Phally Phuong, Head of Management Committee of the NGOF; and Executive Director of BCV • Dr. Tek Vannara, Executive Director, NGOF • Mr. Som Chetana, Finance Unit Manager, the NGOF • Mr. Pheap Sophea, Manager of NATGO, the NGOF To start the event, Ms. Sivkheng briefly provided objectives of the meeting. While all delegates and the participants were settled, Ms. Sivkheng, Master Ceremony, NGOF, facilitated the meeting in accordance with the proposed Agenda. First of all, she invited all the participants to pay respect to the music of the National Anthem. Dr. Tek Vannara, Executive Director, NGOF, summarized achievements made by the NGOF of the year 2022, and he broadly admired all collaboration among the stakeholders. He declared that the NGOF is for all. So, everyone is encouraged to actively participate in the NGOF mandates for future successes. The three key speakers, from the NGOF, MOP, and consultant provided their comprehensive presentations followed by interestingly important questions and comments from the participants. After presentations made by the invited three speakers, there were lots of clarifications and active discussions among the participants. Dr. Vannara briefly summarized (wrapped up): • The Annual General Meeting was welcomed and opened speech by Mrs. Pry; • Updates of the NGOF, by Dr. Tek Vannara, on the progresses of the last year, • Mr. Som Chetana, the NGOF, informed the total of budget spent in the year 2022 by the NGOF activities; • Election of new Member Committee: three people will start their roles from the 21 November 2022 till the next two years. The Reserved candidate will automatically take the roles if any elected candidate resigned • Presentations of the MOP and the consultant; • The NGOF and relevant ministries collaborated to work on CSGD implementation and will report to UN; • In the afternoon, the meeting worked on the study on CC and Q&A. The study report will be on the NGOF website from the 21st November 2022. He encouraged the participants to look at it for future references. He underlined that the sustainability of the Tonle Sap would sustain many other sectors including tourism. He declared the AGM closed with the wishes of healthy and success to the participants.