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Opportunity l Join the e-Frame Network!
14 November 2012 | measurement, opportunity, web resource, well-beingNOW it is possible to join the European Network on Measuring Progress, hosted by Wikiprogress. The aim of the Network is to connect stakeholders, practitioners, researchers, civil society...
Time Distance Progress Chart of MDG implementation
20 September 2012 | mdgs, methodologies, methodology, statistics, visualisation, web resourceAnalysis of MDG implementation needs a clear distinction between the progress made in the world in the analysed period and still considerable delays in the implementation of the MDGs. Progress has...
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...
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...
Blogpost: Helping Politicians Keep Their Promises
16 April 2012 | blogpost, commentary, executive, latin america, parliament, performance review, technology, web resource[...] When I sat down with Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente Director Felipe Heusser last month to take a look at the new site called “From What Was Said to What Was Done“, my first question was: “is...
Opportunity: DevInfo Initiative Announces Call for DevInfo 7.0 Beta Testers
03 April 2012 | data-centric, database system, open access, software, web resource, web-applicationThe Global DevInfo Initiative remains on track to launch a new version of the DevInfo database system – DevInfo 7.0 – in mid-2012. DevInfo 7.0 will be a cross-browser compatible web application ...
UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education: A call to action
13 March 2012 | blogpost, children, education, gender, web resourceThe World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education comprises about 120 maps, charts and tables featuring a wide range of sex-disaggregated data and gender indicators produced by the UNESCO Institute...
Blogpost: Wikis and Online Information Aggregation Systems as a Model for Survey Research « Aaron Shaw's weblog
12 March 2012 | blogpost, methodology, survey, web resourceWikis and Online Information Aggregation Systems as a Model for Survey Research March 4, 2012 Matt Salganik and Karen Levy (both of the Princeton Sociology Department) recently released a...
Publicidad oficial en los estados « Mexico estatal
29 February 2012 | database, latin america, local governance, mexico, press release, undp-supported, web resourceEl día de hoy Fundar y Artículo XIX presentaron el Índice de acceso al gasto en Publicidad Oficial en los estados. El documento (disponible aquí) es, a la vez, un diagnóstico de los problemas aun...
IRC webinar – discussing the use of FLOW for monitoring WASH service delivery in Ghana « Gadgets for mobile
07 February 2012 | citizen monitoring, service delivery, technology, water, web resource, webinarOn Wednesday 1 February 2012, Marieke Adank аnd Nicolas Dickinson frοm IRC International Water аnd Sanitation Centre, shared thеіr experiences wіth thе monitoring οf water services іn three districts...