Congratulations to Joy Aceron and Government Watch (G-Watch) for launching the expanded version of their @allvoicescount research report as a book in the Philippines #accountability x.com/gwatch_ph/stat…

Great report but the language used is part of the problem. Open Data can't "impact", "bring about" or "improve" anything. As a rule a technology should not be followed by a verb in a sentence. Doing so mislocates agency. ictworks.org/the-evidence-t…

Including the 134 publications in the Making All Voices Count collection: opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handl… Nearly a year after the programme ended, still getting around 3,000 downloads every month #openaccessweek2018

CTIN launches South Africa’s first civic tech database The database is for those who are curious about the civic tech industry, the ongoing civic tech initiatives and to make the platforms easily accessible from a central location bit.ly/2Ffe1Gm

Will you be in Lisbon for The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference April 18-19, 2018? Registration open until April 17th tictec.mysociety.org/2018 speakers include Jonathan Fox, Duncan Edwards, IDS' Rosie McGee on lessons from MakingAllVoicesCount

New MakingAllVoicesCount real-time platform transmits information to prepare families for earthquakes, floods & typhoons. Learn more: goo.gl/xSZNxC #USAIDTransforms #ict4d USAID Bureau for Asia @USAID_Manila Frei Sangil

We need to be assessing not the technical efficacy of civic tech but rather the extent to which its use impacts on the underlying problems of governance. Rosie McGee and Duncan Edwards talking about MakingAllVoicesCount at #TICTec makingallvoicescount.org/publication/ap… #ict4d

‘Would you allow your children’s education to be based on facts from grant reports?’ - Duncan Edwards on civic tech impact measurement #tictec #mavc MakingAllVoicesCount

Supporting innovation & the use of technologies in #accountability initiatives: programmatic lessons from MakingAllVoicesCount makingallvoicescount.org/publication/su… cc: Nicole Anand #TICTec2018

14 key messages on the roles technologies can play in enabling citizen voice and accountable and responsive governance makingallvoicescount.org/publication/ap… #tictec18 #tictec #civictech #accountability

#tictec #opengov #ict4d x.com/duncan_edw/sta…

Civic Tech field needs more action research that secures the active participation and builds the agency of marginalised citizens ~ Rosie McGee Institute of Development Studies speaking at #TicTec conference #ict4d

Interactive Radio has Potential to Serve Rural Citizens. New research by Farm Radio & MakingAllVoicesCount assesses the "Listening Post" program model which addresses the concerns of farmers thru #radio and #mobile. #ICT4D USAID Digital bit.ly/2qT7kB2

Pleased & proud to show a short film - made during our participatory visual research with community care workers - at the #REACH2018 ethics wshop in Oxford this week. Made possible thru MakingAllVoicesCount #accountability Duncan Edwards Felix Bivens Thanks Cai Heath for all your help!

Weekend Reading: it's #OpenGovWeek, why not browse through our first #OpenAccess IDSBulletin on Opening Governance - contributors incl Jonathan Fox Tiago C. Peixoto Duncan Edwards Cidi Otieno Indra de Lanerolle Emiliano Treré bulletin.ids.ac.uk/idsbo/issue/vi… … John Gaventa Zaza Curran Jeff Thindwa

Great to see our 2017 research summary on taking scale into account in transparency & accountability initiatives translated into Spanish by ARC - also @arc-au.bsky.social #opengov #accountability x.com/AcctResearchCt…