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Vacancy l Technical Expert Support - International Conference: Citizen-led Assessments of Democracy- A Decade of Experiences from Around the World (Closing Date 29th April 2013)
11 April 2013 | citizen monitoring, democracy, idea int, vacancyAre you or somebody you know knowledgeable about citizen-led democracy assessments? IDEA has a great opportunity for you to help them collect experiences from the last decade. The Institute now...
Montenegro l Improving Municipal Governance and Service Delivery through Transparency in Kotor, Montenegro
25 February 2013 | capacity building, citizen monitoring, complaint and response mechanisms, europe, m&e, participatoryImproving governance at the local level through increased transparency, voice and better service delivery was the objective of a joint project between the Centre for Democratic Transition (CDT), a...
Nigeria l Cellular Citizenship
19 February 2013 | africa, basic service delivery, citizen monitoring, mapping, mdgs, mobile phones, open dataIn Nigeria, hundreds of government-hired enumerators armed with GPS-enabled smartphones have systematically been visiting schools, water points, and health facilities across the country. At each...
India l For RTE grievances dial 1
04 December 2012 | citizen monitoring, ict, india, mobile phones, public service deliveryAccountability Initiative An essential pre-requisite to any rights-based approach is the necessity of ensuring its enforceability. What does a citizen do in case their rights are violated or not...
Macedonian citizens can now give their feedback on the work of local government online
03 December 2012 | citizen monitoring, innovation, local governance, marcedonianFor the first time ever in this country, citizens can now use a free phone-number and an interactive website to give their feedback on the work of local government. By calling the new phone-line...
Blogpost: Accountability is Based on Relationships, but Data Helps Too | Exploring the interactions among public opinion, governance, and the public sphere
09 November 2012 | accountability strategy, blogpost, citizen monitoring, debate, ict, open data, service delivery"Imagine this: A health care worker or parent in a village, with a laptop or mobile device, can access development knowledge in real time through geocoding and geomapping. She can see which schools...
Blogpost: Questions from Paris on Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations
12 July 2012 | blogpost, citizen monitoring, commentary, event, parliament, pmos, web resource[...] While some organizations have been around for years, it is only recently that an international network of Internet-centric PMOs has begun to coalesce. I was struck by how many organizations...
Nigeria: Governors’ Score Card: Akpabio, Amaechi, Fashola are the outstanding governors
08 June 2012 | citizen monitoring, local governance, press coverage, scorecardWith the little expectation from the local government administrations, and a seeming far-away Federal Government, the bulk of expectations from the people fall on the 36 state governors of the...
Monitoring Government to Improve Its Performance: Peruvian Civil Society and Decentralization
27 April 2012 | budget, citizen monitoring, civ society, decentralisation, latin america, local governance, nat initiative, peruDecentralization is often seen as a necessary reform to advance democracy in a country. In Peru, decentralization involved the transfer of functions, skills, and decision-making capacity and autonomy...
Kazakhstan: Public Monitoring as Tool to Enhance Civil Society
24 April 2012 | cis, citizen monitoring, civ action, civ society, kazakhstan, web resourceInvolving people in the work of nongovernmental organizations, as well as broader social processes such as charity, monitoring, and budgetary planning, is among the priorities of the Civil Alliance...