POLICY BRIEF: "Co-Designing for Actionable and Accountable Data in the Tonle Sap Basin, Cambodia"

Publication: CSDS and Oxfam Mekong Water Governance Program Policy Brief

Publication date: December 2024

Authors: Carl Middleton and Mech Sreylakh

Download the policy brief here.

Between October 2023 and August 2024, Oxfam’s Mekong Water Governance Program and the Center for Social Development Studies undertook an action research project applying a design thinking process in Kampong Phluk village and Bak Prea village located in the Tonle Sap flood plains in Cambodia. The project aimed to identify access to water data solutions that respond to community needs and context, including ensuring inclusion across sub-groups. This policy brief shows the benefits of design thinking as a bottom-up process for development practitioners to work with communities to co-define challenges and co-create solutions that are actionable, inclusive, and trusted. 

Citation: Middleton, C. and Mech, S. (2024). Co-Designing for Actionable and Accountable Data in the Tonle Sap Basin, Cambodia. Center for Social Development Studies and Oxfam Mekong Water Governance Program: Bangkok and Phnom Penh