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Listening and feedback mechanisms
This week I came across the “Feedback Mechanisms in International Assistance Organizations” report by CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, based on research undertaken by the Listening Project and...
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New technology and good governance
Civil society has been working for years on participation, transparency, accountability and governance issues. Plenty of newer initiatives (small and large) look at new technologies as a core tool in...
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How can ICTs improve the lives of children and youth living in cities?
At the global level, a very small percentage of development funding goes to urban spaces, yet hard-hitting issues impact many of the urban poor: lack of tenure, lack of legality of land, informal...
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Children’s participation in preventing violence against children (VAC)
This is a guest post by Alana Kapell. Alana has recently joined the Office of the Special Representative on Violence against Children as the children’s participation expert. As part of her work to...
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Governance is *so* not boring.
I’ve been told that mention of the term ‘governance’ makes people want to immediately roll over and fall asleep, and that I’m a big weirdo for being interested in it. But I promise you governance is...
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16 thoughts on open government and community and economic development
This past Monday I had the opportunity to join Engineers without Borders (EWB) in Calgary, Canada, at their Annual Policy Forum on Global Development to discuss “How can open government contribute to...
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Open data, open government and critical consciousness
Here’s a recap of my panel talk at the Engineers Without Borders, Canada, Annual Policy Forum. (A summary of the wider discussions on Open Government and Community and Economic Development at the Forum...
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Ethics and risk in open development
This post was originally published on the Open Knowledge Foundation blog. A core theme that the Open Development track covered at September’s Open Knowledge Conference was Ethics and Risk in Open...
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ICT4Gov without ‘local gov?’ Shortcomings for youth engagement
This is a guest post by Daniella Ben-Attar (@dbenattar) who consults for international development agencies, NGOs and corporations on areas relating to youth participation, governance, municipal...
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Pros and cons of technology for public consultation
The July 7th Technology Salon in New York City focused on the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Public Consultation. Our lead discussants were Tiago Peixoto, Team Lead, World...
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