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Can ICT change how democracies function?
19 June 2013 | citizen engagement, democratic accountability, ict, podcast, political accountability, responsive governance, technologyICT provides new ways for governments and citizens to interact. Listen in on how technology is changing the way democracies function, and how to support political institutions (particularly in...
Launch l The Measure of America 2013–2014
19 June 2013 | data collection, hdi, north america, performance measurement, regional assessment, well-being, well-being measurementsIn the era of “big data,” it would seem that policymakers and regular people alike would have the information they need at their fingertips to understand their world and make it better. Unfortunately...
Blogpost l On the eve of a disappointing FOI law, Spanish civic organizations meet the challenge
18 June 2013 | blogpost, citizen monitoring, europe and cis, nat initiative, open government, public service deliveryCorruption is the second biggest concern for Spaniards, right after unemployment, according to quarterly polls.(...) The Spanish public bodies keep this information locked away from its citizens. ...
Blogpost l G8 countries must work harder to open up essential data
18 June 2013 | blogpost, g8, international obligations, open data, public dataOpen data and transparency will be one of the three main topics at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland next week. Today transparency campaigners released preview results from the global Open Data...
Blogpost l Serbian citizens take on corruption in the health sector
17 June 2013 | accountability, blogpost, citizen reporting, health sector, initiative, technologyIn Serbia, the health system is publicly financed from obligatory health insurance. It promises universal medical coverage for everyone. However, for many reasons, some physicians take bribes from...
First EU Gender Equality Index Reveals - the EU is only halfway towards gender equality
17 June 2013 | eu, europe, gender equality, gender sensitive data, regional indexHow can we move forward when half of us are being held back? The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is launching the first Gender Equality Index for the European Union. ‘The Gender...
Netherlands l Budget monitoring in an Amsterdam neighborhood
14 June 2013 | budget monitoring, europe and cis, ogp, open government, social participationThe Centre for Budget Monitoring and Citizen Participation (www.budgetmonitoring.nl) is a Dutch organization founded in December 2011. The foundation is the result of a co-operation between active...
Germany seeks formula for happiness
13 June 2013 | bhutan, europe and cis, gdp, happiness measures, indicators, well-being measurementsA parliamentary inquiry has concluded that quality of life can no longer be judged based on the country's economic performance alone. Now, the question is what other factors need to be considered...
Using household surveys to start a data revolution and tackle social inequality
13 June 2013 | data-revolution, household survey, online debate, post-2015, poverty, social progress, technologyThe post-2015 report calls for quality data to be made available to governments. While modern technologies are useful, do not neglect the workhorse of data collection – the household survey. Last...
Blogpost: Could Big Data provide alternative measures of poverty and welfare?
12 June 2013 | alternative measurements, big data, blogpost, data-revolution, inequality, mdgs, poverty, social progress, well-beingEmmanuel Letouzé is a PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley and a regular consultant for the UN and the OECD, currently serving as a Non-Resident Adviser at the International Peace Institute and an adviser on...