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UN-REDD+ l Valuable breakthrough in Indonesia’s efforts towards improved REDD+ governance
16 May 2013 | asia pacific, data collection, forest governance, ogc, pga, un-reddAfter two years of extensive consultation and involvement from civil society actors, academia and the Government of Indonesia, the Participatory Governance Assessment for REDD+ (PGA) was launched in...
Forthcoming l Guidance on Forest Governance Data Collection with relevance for the PGAs l UN-REDD
07 December 2012 | data collection, forest governance, pga, un-reddA small expert group, including national experts from Ecuador and Viet Nam, will meet on 28-29th November in Brussels to discuss the content of the forthcoming guidance on forest governance data...
Forest Governance Data Collection Meeting l Rome 2012
04 July 2012 | data collection, forest governance, governance assessment, governance data, un-reddInternational and national experts met in Rome on 6-7 June, 2012 to share their experiences of collecting forest governance data in more than 10 developing countries. The expert meeting identified...
New benchmarking tool helps universities grade themselves | Voices & Views: Middle East & North Africa
09 March 2012 | benchmarking, data collection, education, initiative, scorecard, world bankArab World Higher Education Ministers have endorsed a screening card tool to benchmark university governance across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Developed by a higher education program at...
Mobile Mapping for Rapid Field Assessment of Health Infrastructure in Indonesia (MobileActive.org, 4 Oct 2010)
04 October 2010 | asia pacific, data collection, health, indonesia, initiative, local, mapping, technologyThe rural population of eastern Indonesia generally has limited access to health services due to rugged topography, poor roads and limited health resources. Moreover, there are no comprehensive...
Senegal and Indonesia: South-South cross-fertilization on data collection methods
30 September 2010 | data collection, indonesia, senegal, south-south, undp-supported, workshopIn Senegal, the first National Programme for Good Governance (which ended in 2007) suffered from a lack of coordination amongst governance actors, and from the absence of a monitoring framework to...
FYR Macedonia kicks off data collection on social inclusion in health and education
30 September 2010 | assessment methodology, data collection, education, fyr macedonia, health, mdg, undp-supportedThe Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYRM) has just released its third People-centered Analysis (PCA) Report, which continues to examine social inclusion trends. This third report has a...
Blogpost: Outcome Measurement" the Central Role of Surveys (PFM Results Blog, 17 Aug 2010)
18 August 2010 | blogpost, data collection, methodology, public finance, surveyMy last piece discussed the great progress which has been made in outcome measurement over recent decades. This has been hugely important in providing a better information base for performance...
Uganda: Citizen Hotline Launched Ahead of Elections (NDI, 11 Aug 2010)
11 August 2010 | citizen monitoring, commentary, data, data collection, elections, social accountability, web resourceDuring 2006 elections in Uganda, international observers and domestic monitors reported significant violations of electoral law and protocol, including disenfranchisement of voters, counting and...
New Indicators Measure Justice System Performance in Liberia and Haiti (Vera, 8 June 2010)
09 June 2010 | data collection, fragility, indicators, justiceIn June 2008, our International Indicators Group began a joint project with the United Nations to develop ways to empirically measure the strengths and weaknesses of a nation’s law enforcement,...