About Mekong ICT Camp

Background

The Mekong ICT Camp is a hands-on, biannual training workshop focused on Digital Information and Communications Technology (DICT). The ICT Camp was estabished in 2008 by Thai Fund Foundation aims to empower citizen media, NGOs, and influential stakeholders across the Mekong sub-region, including Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Our mission is to build Digital Information and Communications Technology (DICT) capacity for Non- non profit organisations and media practitioners. To date, the week-long camp has equipped over 350 participants with the help of more than 50 technologist expert speakers from around the globe.

Since its inception in Thailand in 2008, the camp has evolved through successful iterations in 2010, 2013, and 2015, with our most recent gathering held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, in 2017. While each camp features a unique theme and curriculum, the goal remains the same: fostering the Mekong ICT Network. This vibrant alumni community continues to drive innovation, active citizenship, and open technology for social change throughout the region.

Impact Survey

We strive to build our broad network and focus to create:

A Space in both physical and virtual sense, to foster collaborations among technologists, journalists, social activists, and public sector on the ground, making the best use of information communication technology (ICT) for social development.

An Engine to strengthen and enable networking between facilitators and practitioners who work or intend to work with ICT in their regular work to further share, teach and disseminate the required knowledge, skills and core practice.

A Center for promoting open source software, open data paradigm and creative commons knowledge.

A Catalyst for self-organizing activities and peer-to-peer coaching and training whereby participants, regardless of backgrounds, languages and level of skills, can engage to provide feedback, ask questions, collect information, and most importantly enhance mutual learning.