Published on: 31/10/2013
The seminar, which was chaired by Triple-S's Ton Schouten, tackled the challenges and opportunities in using ICT for monitoring. It was convened by Akvo, IRC, RWSN, the UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI, WaterAid, Water For People, WIN and WSP.
A new briefing note capturing the event includes summaries of the key note addresses and case studies as well as a brief synthesis.
Contents:
- Opening keynotes from Ned Breslin, CEO of Water For People & Jaehyang So, Manager of the Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP), a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank
- Open data and accountability, Thomas Bjelkeman-Petterson, Co-founder and Co-Director of Akvo Foundation
- Why Open UN-Habitat had to happen, Pontus Westerberg,UN-Habitat, Project Manager for UN-Habitat’s open data and transparency initiative
- The challenges with open data, Ravi Narayanan, Adviser at Arghyam Foundation, India
- Mobile participation, Johan Hellström, PhD student at University of Stockholm
- Maji Voice in Nairobi, Kenya, Stephen Mbugua, Commercial Director, Nairobi Water, Kenya
- Video volunteers, Arundathi VishwanathandMargaret Joeji, India
- Using data for equity and sustainability, Vincent Casey, Technical Support Manager, WaterAid
- Informing mobilisation, planning and resource allocation in rural Ethiopia, Abera Endeshaw, Senior Policy Officer, WaterAid
- Rural piped water schemes monitoring in Senegal, Mali, Benin and Niger: Mwater, Fadel Ndaw, Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist,Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP)
The publication is available on the RWSN website through the link below.
