“We, the Heads of African States and Governments assembled in the City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Convinced that it is the inalienable right of all people to control their own destiny, Conscious of the fact that freedom, equality, justice and … Continue reading
I recently had the honour of attending a Legislative Openness Working Group meeting in Chile organised by the National Congress of Chile and the National Democratic Institute. The LOWG is one of the five working groups launched at the Open … Continue reading
Let’s not kid ourselves. Although many of us are still trying to figure out what the data revolution is and what it looks we know a few things about what it’s not. One of those things is that it is … Continue reading
Recently I lost a relative in what seemed to be a case of profit-first-service-later after he was turned away by a private hospital. He had been run over by a car and was now sent to the Kenyatta National Hospital … Continue reading
Those of us who have been involved in open data and the broader open government space may believe ourselves to be too sophisticated to believe the ‘build it and they will come’ approach will work with civic tech. However, for … Continue reading
There’s the open data crowd with their glitzy visualisations and apps. Then there’s the Freedom of Information folk with their policy briefs. There’s also the open government crowd and the citizen participation people and the open budgets groups and the … Continue reading
Peer reviews have been in existence for a very long time. The field of science has long used peer reviews to keep bad science in check and promote good science. On their own, peer reviews allow people at the same … Continue reading