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BLOG |Time enough to learn? Seeking the conditions for actionable learningWhen you’re an NGO technologist, you discover that every…
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NEWS |Tech Pioneers & Open Data Gurus lend Voices to Global…Announcing the Global Innovation Competition Jury Making All Voices…
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NEWS |Practitioner Research & Learning Grants***UPDATE March 2016 *** The granting period for practitioner…
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BLOG |Why development needs innovation scoutsLocal priorities get overwritten (yet again, yet again, yet…
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NEWS |Oil Journey: Following the money from oil revenue to improve…The Oil Journey project effectively communicated with 321,000 people…
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BLOG |Tech innovation hubs: A way forward towards policy engagement and…Let’s start with the punchline from Results for Development’s…
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BLOG |Peer learning on tech-enabled approaches to citizen participation in the…We need new interventions … [which] make sure that…
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BLOG |Women’s votes matter: unpacking gender politics in a Pakistani mega-cityThe exercise of ‘her’ and ‘his’ right to vote…
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BLOG |Making women’s issues not women-only issues in KenyaMaking All Voices Count Programme Officers Mendi Njonjo and…
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BLOG |South Africa’s social welfare system: what happens to policy when…As part of Making All Voices Count’s research project…
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BLOG |Adopting an ‘open data state of mind’: reflections on data…Two weeks ago, hundreds of open data enthusiasts from…
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BLOG |Reflecting on adaptiveness in T4T&A initiativesCurrent calls for more adaptive approaches to development resonate…
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BLOG |Practitioner reflections on the diffusion and adaptation of participatory budgeting…Since its 1989 inception in Porto Alegre, Brazil, participatory…
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BLOG |Class divisions in technology accessMobile internet use in the Philippines is growing rapidly,…
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BLOG |Voice in the Indian context: furthering accountabilityIn India, the digital governance regime has brought with…
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BLOG |Why learning and adaptation are central to Making All Voices…Photo credit: Sala Lewis A few weeks ago,…
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NEWS |Making Online Spaces Safe for Women in PakistanIn April 2015, Making All Voices Count ran a…
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BLOG |The importance of governance in the post-2015 agendaAt the Global Conference on Communication for Development held…
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BLOG |With great responsibility comes… no power? Open data in local…At the International Open Data Conference this year, the…
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NEWS |LENGGO: Public budget tracking holds Kenyan county governments to accountThe County Budget Tracking Project used a combination of…
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BLOG |Practitioner reflections on digital technologies and citizen participation in the…Digital technology platforms that support citizen participation can increase…
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BLOG |What we’re learning about how organisations select ICT toolsTechnology is playing an increasingly prominent part in civil…
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BLOG |Chronicling the expansion and contraction of participatory budgeting in Asia…The adoption of participatory budgeting in different cities and…
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BLOG |Mind the gap: bridging the divide between tech hubs and…There is an artificial divide between civic tech hubs…
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NEWS |Unpacking Making All Voices Count’s Research & Evidence StrategyA unique feature of Making All Voices Count is…
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BLOG |Using what we know: How to ensure tech projects meet…Over the last four years, Making All Voices Count…
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NEWS |Game My Village: Improving and inspiring village participatory planning in…In Indonesia, we witnessed that the collaboration between village…
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NEWS |7 new Practitioner Research & Learning Grants bridging the divide…In June 2015, Making All Voices Count called for…
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BLOG |Testing the waters: How ICT reporting improves rural water suppliesOver the last 12 months, WaterAid, Itad and IRC…
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BLOG |Youth in Action: How Jakarta can say “No” to disasterOur Innovating for Open Cities project, supported by Making…
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BLOG |Accountable governance inside out and outside inIn our eagerness to be constructive, we who work…
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BLOG |A people’s movement reflects and adapts to move forwardIn 2010, after two decades of civil society campaigning,…
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BLOG |e-Government Platforms in Kenya – Evidence of Change, or ‘Politics…Researcher Nyambura Salome asks whether Kenya’s new e-government platforms…
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BLOG |Whose voice really counts? Machine politics and citizen voice aggregation…A central feature of democracy is that political parties…
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BLOG |Cleaning house — Experimental evidence on improving citizen engagement in…At a barangay assembly (town hall meeting), ‘Carmen’, a…
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NEWS |Solutions to Boost Government Responsiveness & EffectivenessMaking All Voices Count is proud to announce the…
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BLOG |Engage, incubate and collaborate: How we innovate and help make…When we first started our Innovating for Open Cities…
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NEWS |MOPA: How an app generates data that help clean-up MaputoIn Mozambique’s capital Maputo, the Monitoria Participativa Maputo (MOPA)…
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BLOG |Disengaged South African youth? 10,000 members of VIP say otherwiseLivity Africa‘s new initiative Voting is Power (VIP) Debate…
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NEWS |New Voices in Indonesia’s Open Government JourneyAs a founding member of the Open Government Partnership,…
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BLOG |Bridging the gap: Churches and communities engaging for accountable governanceThis week, I was invited to speak on a…
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BLOG |Opening governance with a new generation in LiberiaThis week, as the Open Government Partnership holds its…
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BLOG |Antya Widita: The social innovator using open data for positive…In 2016-2017, the Open Data Lab in Jakarta implemented…
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NEWS |Making All Voices Count’s Global Innovation Competition Semi-finalistsOur Global Innovation Competition, launched at the Open Government…
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NEWS |Balangay: A mobile app for disseminating disaster information in PhilippinesPeople living in the Philippines are frequently exposed to…
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BLOG |Open Cities: Firefighting at your fingertips in IndonesiaThe hype around “Smart Cities” has influenced discussions on…
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BLOG |Reflections from the Global Voices Media Summit 2015Last week in the Philippines, at the Global Voices…
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BLOG |From ‘feedback loops’ to ‘responsive governance’Making All Voices Count’s Research and Evidence Component last…
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BLOG |Can social accountability bridge the chasms between states and citizens?In his welcoming remarks at the GPSA Global Partners…
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BLOG |Can citizens really engage with government actors in Ghana –…What are the opportunities and challenges of citizen participation…
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BLOG |Let’s get verticalWhenever we talk of reform or transformation, we implicitly…
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BLOG |Making open knowledge count at OK FestivalResearch & Evidence Programme Manager Duncan Edwards explains why…
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NEWS |Data Driven Decisions: Connecting Women With Health Services in PakistanBahawalpur Service Delivery Unit (BSDU) proves there is appetite…
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BLOG |Turkana County: A reality checkCommunity leaders in Turkana County, Kenya hold a meeting…
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BLOG |Part 2: Understanding the conditions for fostering the right kind…Making All Voices Count’s Research and Evidence Programme Manager…
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BLOG |Research, evidence and ethics in ‘civic tech’ – a call…Last week’s TICTeC Conference in Barcelona, organised by mySociety,…
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BLOG |Exploring tech innovation hubsAs part of a research project funded by Making…
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NEWS |The Global Innovation Competition Week 2015In September 2014, we put out a call for…
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BLOG |Citizen-generated data in the information ecosystemThe call for a data revolution by the UN…
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BLOG |The effects of tech-driven accountability approaches on power, politics and…Making All Voices Count has supported a number of…
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NEWS |Making All Voices Count Learning & Inspiration EventMaking All Voices Count aims to find new ways…
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PUBLICATION |Complaining to improve governance: four stories of complaint-handling systems in…Since joining the Open Government Partnership in 2011, the…
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BLOG |How, when and why do governments respond to citizens?One of the most challenging issues faced by organisations…
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BLOG |Design thinking and freedom of information in LiberiaTwo weeks ago, iLab_Liberia, mySociety and Stanford “Public Works”…
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BLOG |Supporting land rights for South Africa’s farm workersEarlier this month, Programme Officer Precious Greeley and her…
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BLOG |Digital technologies excludeThis month I have been in the Philippines researching…
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BLOG |Voice or chatter: towards new meanings of citizen engagementEven in July, a time when the monsoons offers…
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NEWS |The Global Innovation Competition: Lessons Learned & Looking AheadThe Global Innovation Competition (GIC) is a central part…
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BLOG |Layers of learningAs practitioners and researchers, it is our learning that…
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PUBLICATION |What data do we want? Understanding demands for open data…Many governments, international agencies and civil society organisations (CSOs)…
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BLOG |Learning to Make All Voices Count across the world: six…Michael Moses, Director of Advocacy and Programmes at Global…
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BLOG |Open government: Top-down needs bottom-upThe following is a think piece from Making All…
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BLOG |Rating post-rape services as a tool for accountability to rape…Today is International Women’s Day. In South Africa, women’s…
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NEWS |TIMBY: Evidence-based reporting of environmental crimes in LiberiaWorking with Liberian citizens, This Is My Backyard (TIMBY)…
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BLOG |Political language and political action: An OGP lesson for South…A few days ago, Gabriella Razzano from the Open…
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BLOG |How do ICTs improve access to water services?Over the past twelve months WaterAid, Itad and IRC…
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NEWS |Trac FM: Increasing effectiveness and government response to CSO campaigns…In Uganda, Trac FM has established the methodology of…
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PUBLICATION |Women and the right of access to information in Bangladesh:…A new study from the Carter Center examines women’s…
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BLOG |Are ‘small’ stories the key to making sense of big…Last month, on the sidelines of the ICT4D conference…
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BLOG |Learning from tech use in the development sectorThe Indian city of Hyderabad was venue for the…
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EVENT |3rd International Open Data Conference 2015: Enabling the Data RevolutionCome and explore a wide variety of open data…
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PROJECT |How public are public reporting tools?
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BLOG |In search of productive local councillor-civil society engagement in South…Was it crazy to pursue a research project that…
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PUBLICATION |Accountability in health systems and the potential of mHealthThe rapid spread of ICTs – and of mobile…
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BLOG |How to work with government teamsCitizens have fast-increasing access to tools that enable them…
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BLOG |Understanding how to learn in LiberiaRecently, we concluded a Making All Voices Count Practitioner…
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EVENT |What data do we want? Understanding demands for open dataPlease join Civic Tech Innovation Network for a workshop…
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PUBLICATION |Indonesia’s Village Law: enabler or constraint for more accountable governance?Village underdevelopment is considered a major contributor to Indonesia’s…
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PROJECT |Citizen-generated data in the information ecosystem and sustainable development
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NEWS |Seven New Research Grants to Understand What Works in Technology…What works, what doesn’t, and how in using technology…
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BLOG |Learning to Make All Voices Count: Pursuing openness through iterative…Recent events are sowing doubts about the longevity of…
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PUBLICATION |Building safe spaces to support young women’s participation in local…Barriers to young (especially unmarried) women’s participation in public…
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NEWS |Introducing the Global Innovation Competition JuryIntroducing the Global Innovation Competition Jury Members Featured below…
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BLOG |Innovation hubs: a journey of growth and discoveryInnovation hubs are spaces where new ideas come to…
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PUBLICATION |Women and the right of access to informationOver the last decade, there has been a growing…
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BLOG |Citizen voice post-2015: Stop asking the wrong questions and start…Chris Underwood, Director Country Programmes at Making All Voices…
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BLOG |Fear of being a cybercriminal vs. freedom online: Insights from…Are we cybercriminals without knowing it, or are we…
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BLOG |Bridging traditional and digital activism: re-thinking political participation“Digital activism can help formal forms of activism achieve…
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PUBLICATION |Shifting the spotlight: understanding crowdsourcing intermediaries in transparency and accountability…This report highlights the ideas and practices that underlie…