The NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGOF) is hosting a two-day National Consultative Workshop on the Draft Law on Environment Impact Assessment on 29-30 April 2013 at Imperial Garden Hotel, today to seek for more input from NGOs working on environment issue where representative from 55 NGOs working on Environment and from Climate Change Network attended. As it was announced, the 181 pages draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) law would be discussed by the Parliament soon therefore the consultation will help the government to make the law acceptable by all parties.
Speaking during on the opening of the consultation, Mr. Chhith Sam Ath, Executive Director of NGOF, highlighted that the draft law needs to be comprehensively discussed among all stakeholders not only the environmental but also the social impact to make sure the law will benefit all people and he acknowledged that the participation from NGOs would produce very sound and productive comments for the government to take into account.