Blogs

Measuring the effect of civic leadership training

What do adaptive processes look like in practice?

What's needed for learning and adaptation in tech for transparency…

Applying locally-owned, adaptive approaches to governance reform

Sharing evidence in usable ways

Localising the Open Government Partnership

Mobile ownership, class divisions and new digital inequalities

Tech-enabled accountability in historical context

Putting adaptiveness into practice

Reflections on the most effective pathways to citizen engagement and…

Lessons from MAVC on making tech effective

Three challenges from Making All Voices Count research on responsive…

Making the collection and sharing of data easy so communities…

Using open data to create opportunities for citizens to collectively…

Insights from a social innovator on troubleshooting national governance platforms…

Learn and get inspired from one of the youngest social…

The challenges of funding technology innovation in the development sector…

Putting Tanzania's Cybercrimes Act in the spotlight

Using technology to gauge Pakistan's public opinion in real-time

Lessons in participatory budgeting from Indonesia

How has participatory budgeting been adapted to different contexts of…

How political parties do - or don't - aggregate women's…

Why are digital and social divides still hindering citizen participation…

The challenge of engaging with local contexts for OGP implementation

What matters in doing research for accountability?

Generating evidence-based guidance from practitioners on digital technology and citizen…

Ways to make lessons learned endure beyond the innovation project…

What makes a responsive councillor? Understanding local elected leaders

How could tech innovation hubs contribute to a more vibrant…

How do international development organisations use ICT solutions in their…

Combating child sexual abuse and gender-based violence in Liberia

Beyond reviews of services to deeper engagement for government responsiveness

Yowzit and UX reflect, learn and share stories of their…

Learning about the impact of interactive community mapping

Transforming Indonesian cities to be more livable, sustainable, and adaptable…

Increasing young citizens’ awareness of the potential danger should a…

Helping the Jakarta Fire Department improve their public service delivery

Opening up opportunities for citizens and civil society to influence…

Dynamics of digital exclusion in the Philippines

Trust-building precedes problem-solving while you observe, observe, observe

Paradoxes of democratic accountability in a digital age

Political parties and citizen voice aggregation in urban Pakistan

Exploring links for sustainable development

Developing an app for rating post-rape services in South Africa

Structured, iterative approaches to programming for open government champions

Increasing citizen participation in government decision-making

Where now for engaging the OGP in South Africa?

Action research, adaptive learning and participatory video to challenge rights…

Transparency, participation and accountability initiatives in the changing political landscape…

Research on churches, community advocacy and government accountability in Uganda…

Looking beyond 'putting the information out there' for social accountability

Classifying African tech hubs as a step to understanding how…

Drivers and barriers to adaptation and learning in T4T&A

Exploring the support innovation hubs need to grow and thrive

How can we collaborate strategically with other actors to drive…

Incentives, impact and progress of the accountability agenda in Liberia

Why are tech hubs becoming isolated, and what can be…

Open data needs government departments to coordinate

Adaptive learning and progress towards open governance

What does adaptiveness contribute to the success of T4T&A initiatives?

Data journalists as infomediaries between open data projects and citizen…

Partnerships, persuasion and political knowledge to create social movements for…

Lessons from practice for accountable governance programming

Can open data make a difference for local government?

Conditions that shape ICT-mediated citizen engagement

Reflections on what's needed to enable active citizens

Potential of youth and smartphones to challenge political culture of…

Supporting citizens to learn journalism skills

Adaptive approaches to ensuring completion of bottom-up budgeting projects

Putting people before platforms for citizen engagement in local government…

The politics of accountability in Ghana

Challenges of including excluded citizens in local government decision-making

Four challenges in making social accountability effective for building citizen-state…

A Liberian community using tech to document the real cost…

How choices about tech impact the outcomes of transparency and…

Challenges of using tech to bring citizens and government together

Adaptive learning approaches to tech for development that leave no-one…

Four pointers to making change happen in tech for development

Three lessons from Pakistan for making tangible changes to service…

Why evidence is not at the centre of civic tech…

Implementing the bottom-up budgeting portal

A platform to trigger changes in attitude to women's participation…

How do voice and accountability initiatives select ICT tools?

Tension between inventing and adapting ICT accountability tools

Radio and SMS as channels to connect citizens to government…

How to make Kenya's county budget forums functional

Radio + ICTs to build a community and share information

Reflections on inclusion in open governance

Lessons from connecting youth audiences with political processes

Strong networks for evidence needed when policy reform champions leave

Room for argument and influence at the Open Government Partnership

Still a huge gulf between the tech haves and have-nots

Re-defining openness as a tool for change

Are Kenya’s e-government platforms increasing citizen engagement?

Using technology to report on water service issues

Methods for analysing data from ICT-based reporting

Are citizens using digital platforms to access public services?

When do governments listen and respond?

Innovation isn’t just about technology