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BLOG |January 17, 2018 |Cleaning house — Experimental evidence on improving citizen engagement in…

Measuring the effect of civic leadership training
BLOG |December 13, 2017 |Supporting local learning and adaptation – Unpacking the effectiveness of…

What do adaptive processes look like in practice?
BLOG |December 12, 2017 |Time enough to learn? Seeking the conditions for actionable learning

What's needed for learning and adaptation in tech for transparency…
BLOG |December 6, 2017 |Learning to Make All Voices Count – lessons for OGP,…

Applying locally-owned, adaptive approaches to governance reform
NEWS |December 6, 2017 |Making All Voices Count awarded 2017 Market Research Society President’s…
EVENT |December 5, 2017 |MAVC Director gives keynote address on social accountability at Citizen…

Dr Tembo's speech, which will be looking at "The rise…
BLOG |November 22, 2017 |What does it take to make research used and useful?…

Sharing evidence in usable ways
BLOG |November 22, 2017 |Learning to Make All Voices Count

Localising the Open Government Partnership
NEWS |November 22, 2017 |Greater than the sum of its parts: impact of the…

Learning together about different aspects of collective work in South…
BLOG |November 21, 2017 |Class divisions in technology access

Mobile ownership, class divisions and new digital inequalities
NEWS |November 16, 2017 |Trac FM: Increasing effectiveness and government response to CSO campaigns…

Generating data through radio polls to demand transparency and accountability
NEWS |November 16, 2017 |MOPA: How an app generates data that help clean-up Maputo

Improving Maputo's waste collection through participatory monitoring
NEWS |November 15, 2017 |LENGGO: Public budget tracking holds Kenyan county governments to account

Amplifying citizen voices in budget-making processes
BLOG |November 14, 2017 |Citizen accountability in a time of Facebook

Tech-enabled accountability in historical context
BLOG |November 13, 2017 |Adaptiveness through ‘simplest tools and practices’

Putting adaptiveness into practice
NEWS |November 8, 2017 |Call for session proposals: RightsCon Toronto 2018

The world’s "leading event on human rights in the digital…
BLOG |November 7, 2017 |The effects of tech-driven accountability approaches on power, politics and…

Reflections on the most effective pathways to citizen engagement and…
NEWS |November 3, 2017 |Balangay wins People’s Award at Global Innovation Week 2017

An open cloud information system helps risk prone communities in…
BLOG |October 24, 2017 |Using what we know: How to ensure tech projects meet…

Lessons from MAVC on making tech effective
NEWS |October 23, 2017 |Oil Journey: Following the money from oil revenue to improve…

Revealing to Ghanaians how much money the government makes from…
BLOG |October 23, 2017 |Are you doing what’s needed to get the state to…

Three challenges from Making All Voices Count research on responsive…
NEWS |October 20, 2017 |TIMBY: Evidence-based reporting of environmental crimes in Liberia

Mixing solid data gathering and creative storytelling for accountability
NEWS |October 18, 2017 |Game My Village: Improving and inspiring village participatory planning in…

Building relationships of trust and transparency between villagers and local…
EVENT |October 11, 2017 |Making All Voices Count Learning Event in Indonesia

Learning from Indonesia's #tech4gov programmes
EVENT |October 11, 2017 |Adapting for Change – Making All Voices Count Learning Event…

A forum on innovations for better governance
EVENT |October 11, 2017 |Working with local government – Making All Voices Count Event…

How complex is it to make tech for governance really…
EVENT |October 11, 2017 |Know your context – Making All Voices Count Learning Event…

Discussing the importance of mapping your context in #tech4gov
EVENT |October 11, 2017 |Making All Voices Count Kenya close-out event

What have we learned from Making All Voices Count projects…
NEWS |October 10, 2017 |Research, Evidence and Learning Newsletter – October 2017
BLOG |October 9, 2017 |Anjali Nayar: A storyteller that innovates for social change

Making the collection and sharing of data easy so communities…
EVENT |October 6, 2017 |What data do we want? Understanding demands for open data

What kind of open data do civil society organisations actually…
BLOG |October 4, 2017 |Antya Widita: The social innovator using open data for positive…

Using open data to create opportunities for citizens to collectively…
EVENT |October 4, 2017 |Appropriating Technology for Accountability

Lessons from Making All Voices Count
BLOG |September 28, 2017 |Czarina Medina-Guce: The social innovator proving that #opengov works

Insights from a social innovator on troubleshooting national governance platforms…
EVENT |September 22, 2017 |Global Innovation Week 2017

Ensuring that innovation in development helps people progress beyond assistance
BLOG |September 21, 2017 |Frei Sangil: The social innovator behind Balangay in the Philippines

Learn and get inspired from one of the youngest social…
BLOG |September 21, 2017 |Why development needs innovation scouts

The challenges of funding technology innovation in the development sector…
EVENT |September 19, 2017 |Civic Tech Innovation Network Meeting in South Africa

Learning together through the Making All Voices Count Community of…
NEWS |September 19, 2017 |Research, Evidence and Learning Newsletter – September 2017
EVENT |September 18, 2017 |Webinar: What does tech deliver for citizen voice and accountability…

Citizen voice, technology and accountability in health systems
NEWS |September 13, 2017 |Buntwani 2017: Learning from tech-enabled initiatives that #LeaveNoOneBehind
BLOG |September 13, 2017 |Fear of being a cybercriminal vs. freedom online: Insights from…

Putting Tanzania's Cybercrimes Act in the spotlight
BLOG |September 6, 2017 |‘Winning’ the elections using tech4gov: Are voters willing to buy…

Using technology to gauge Pakistan's public opinion in real-time
NEWS |August 29, 2017 |Research, Evidence and Learning Newsletter – August 2017
BLOG |August 22, 2017 |Practitioner reflections on the diffusion and adaptation of participatory budgeting…

Lessons in participatory budgeting from Indonesia
BLOG |August 17, 2017 |Chronicling the expansion and contraction of participatory budgeting in Asia…

How has participatory budgeting been adapted to different contexts of…
EVENT |July 31, 2017 |GPSA Global Partners Forum 2017

Global summit on social accountability for development
BLOG |July 20, 2017 |Women’s votes matter: unpacking gender politics in a Pakistani mega-city

How political parties do - or don't - aggregate women's…
NEWS |July 18, 2017 |Research, Evidence and Learning Newsletter – July 2017
EVENT |July 17, 2017 |Internet Governance Forum 2017: Shape Your Digital Future

Exchanging information and sharing good practices on public policy issues…
EVENT |July 17, 2017 |Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF)

Advancing Internet governance development in the Asia Pacific region
EVENT |July 14, 2017 |“First, Do No Harm” — Privacy, Data Security, and the…

Treating citizen data with the respect it deserves
BLOG |July 12, 2017 |Practitioner reflections on digital technologies and citizen participation in the…

Why are digital and social divides still hindering citizen participation…
BLOG |July 6, 2017 |Learning to make the political personal, and other lessons from…

The challenge of engaging with local contexts for OGP implementation
BLOG |July 6, 2017 |Understanding how to learn in Liberia

What matters in doing research for accountability?
BLOG |July 5, 2017 |Peer learning on tech-enabled approaches to citizen participation in the…

Generating evidence-based guidance from practitioners on digital technology and citizen…
BLOG |July 3, 2017 |Insights that will last: making innovation projects count

Ways to make lessons learned endure beyond the innovation project…
BLOG |June 29, 2017 |In search of productive local councillor-civil society engagement in South…

What makes a responsive councillor? Understanding local elected leaders
NEWS |June 28, 2017 |Research, Evidence and Learning Newsletter – June 2017
BLOG |June 20, 2017 |Tech innovation hubs: A way forward towards policy engagement and…

How could tech innovation hubs contribute to a more vibrant…
BLOG |June 20, 2017 |Learning from tech use in the development sector

How do international development organisations use ICT solutions in their…
BLOG |June 14, 2017 |More accountable systems for tackling sexual abuse and rape in…

Combating child sexual abuse and gender-based violence in Liberia
EVENT |June 8, 2017 |Webinar: ICT-mediated citizen engagement: Voice or Chatter?

Shaping governance through citizen engagement with ICTs
BLOG |June 7, 2017 |Ratings and responsiveness in South Africa: Site visits with Yowzit

Beyond reviews of services to deeper engagement for government responsiveness
BLOG |June 1, 2017 |The story of two tech platforms

Yowzit and UX reflect, learn and share stories of their…
NEWS |May 30, 2017 |Research, Evidence and Learning Newsletter – May 2017

Tech-enabled approaches to accountable governance: three event reports
EVENT |May 30, 2017 |Information, innovation and feedback in Pakistan

Learning from MAVC projects in Pakistan
BLOG |May 24, 2017 |Looking back on Map Kibera

Learning about the impact of interactive community mapping
BLOG |May 24, 2017 |A bottom-up initiative empowering grassroots communities in Indonesia

Transforming Indonesian cities to be more livable, sustainable, and adaptable…
EVENT |May 23, 2017 |5th Global Conference on Transparency Research

Scholarly research on governmental transparency
BLOG |May 23, 2017 |Youth in Action: How Jakarta can say “No” to disaster

Increasing young citizens’ awareness of the potential danger should a…
EVENT |May 22, 2017 |Data Investigation Camp

Using data for evidence-based campaigning
BLOG |May 22, 2017 |Open Cities: Firefighting at your fingertips in Indonesia

Helping the Jakarta Fire Department improve their public service delivery
BLOG |May 18, 2017 |Engage, incubate and collaborate: How we innovate and help make…

Opening up opportunities for citizens and civil society to influence…
EVENT |May 9, 2017 |The State of Accountability Conference

Widening the possibility of global knowledge sharing on the state…
EVENT |May 9, 2017 |Tech4PRI practitioner learning event

Sharing learning on ICTs for citizen engagement in the Philippines
EVENT |May 2, 2017 |Stockholm Internet Forum 2017

Access, power and gender - how open and secure internet…
NEWS |May 2, 2017 |Research, Evidence and Learning Newsletter – April 2017

New research: Peer learning for accountability; citizen-generated data; social accountability…
BLOG |May 2, 2017 |Digital technologies exclude

Dynamics of digital exclusion in the Philippines
EVENT |April 27, 2017 |Feedback Summit 2017

Exploring feedback loops as tools for building responsive, democratic and…
EVENT |April 25, 2017 |Webinar: Is capacity development worth it?

Understanding the benefits of capacity development
BLOG |April 19, 2017 |How to work with government teams

Trust-building precedes problem-solving while you observe, observe, observe
NEWS |April 6, 2017 |Balangay: A mobile app for disseminating disaster information in Philippines

Local government adopts a mobile app to reduce vulnerability to…
NEWS |April 6, 2017 |Bits & Bytes: technology and innovation in Tanzania
BLOG |April 5, 2017 |Voice in the Indian context: furthering accountability

Paradoxes of democratic accountability in a digital age
EVENT |April 4, 2017 |Revisiting tools and platforms for accountability in emergencies in the…

Validating research on accountability in emergencies
EVENT |March 31, 2017 |Africa Open Data Conference 2017

Creating regional attention and global awareness of open data use…
EVENT |March 31, 2017 |ICT4D Conference 2017

Harnessing the power of data for the Sustainable Development Goals
EVENT |March 28, 2017 |How does civic tech help make change happen?

Learning on pathways to change in accountable governance from four…
BLOG |March 28, 2017 |Whose voice really counts? Machine politics and citizen voice aggregation…

Political parties and citizen voice aggregation in urban Pakistan
BLOG |March 21, 2017 |Citizen-generated data in the information ecosystem

Exploring links for sustainable development
EVENT |March 12, 2017 |The change we want: How do technologies help make it…

Learning about how change happens from Making All Voices Count…
EVENT |March 12, 2017 |Workshop: Tech hubs and citizen engagement in policy-making

Have tech hubs had an impact on how citizens engage…
BLOG |March 8, 2017 |Rating post-rape services as a tool for accountability to rape…

Developing an app for rating post-rape services in South Africa
BLOG |March 7, 2017 |Learning to Make All Voices Count: Pursuing openness through iterative…

Structured, iterative approaches to programming for open government champions
BLOG |February 28, 2017 |Technology and transformed governance in Indonesia

Increasing citizen participation in government decision-making
BLOG |February 22, 2017 |Political language and political action: An OGP lesson for South…

Where now for engaging the OGP in South Africa?
BLOG |February 20, 2017 |A people’s movement reflects and adapts to move forward

Action research, adaptive learning and participatory video to challenge rights…
EVENT |February 9, 2017 |Panel discussion: Open government in the Philippines – prospects and…

The sustainabilty of government-led reforms in light of the political…