Acting Locally, Understanding Globally: Scaling Up Community

Collected Data in Developing Cities

Development Workshop

Presented to:

Experiences & Policies of Opening and Sharing Data

by

Kamal D’NigelSanta Fe – 22/November/2014

Context• Angola – after 30+ years of war there’s now a need for

change and for the peoples voices to be heard• There’s an international push and pressure for the

government to meet certain criteria as they join the international community and try and get more funds into the country

• Post-war environment with a weak state administration

• In Angola since 1981, Development Workshop works with communities and the government in the sectors of land tenure, housing, water supply and poverty reduction to bring about change

Projects

1. Voices of Citizens for Urban Change

2. GSMA Mobil Water Monitoring

“Voices of Citizens for Urban Change”• Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation• Promote change in the way of influencing public policies

• Vision of success:

• successfully influence the adoption of more inclusive public planning processes in Luanda focusing on equity and quality in basic service provision for the poor by 2015

How Do We Provide Voices• Using Participatory monitoring based on MDG guidelines• Create focus groups based on influential individuals –

include head of communities, youth organisations, women

• Train them on how to collect data using a set of questions that can be collected over time

• Create a forum for the focus groups and local government to meet to discuss issues

• Create online municipal profiles to provide information to all

• Blog site for people give opinions and use of social media• Community newspaper

How Do We Provide Voices• Online area profiles

• summarizes data gathered in the area• The atlas includes information about development issues and profiles the

people and programs that are working to improve basic services• Local organizations can also use the advocacy poster to communicate the

information in the atlas to residents – hang this poster in a creché, health centre, market, or community centre.

How Do We Provide Voices• Atlas example 1

How Do We Provide Voices• Atlas example 2

How Do We Provide Voices• Poster

GSMA Mobil Water Monitoring• Project brought forward

• as the country awaits the “Water for All” program to meet it’s goal of reaching two-thirds of the population with piped water

• Currently upgrading water distribution centres

• Building new reservoirs• Average price of water sits at 70 – 90 Kwanza (US

cents) from private tankers (think of this in relation to at least 50% of the population living on $2 a day)

GSMA Mobil Water Monitoring

GSMA Mobil Water Monitoring• Using local knowledge to locate the closest community

“working” tabs/standpost (100m)• Using ODK & Android tablets to map the location of each

standpost

GSMA Mobil Water Monitoring

WHAT DOES THIS LEAD TO:•Community water associations are formed

• Provides them with management skills

• Strong sense of ownership• Provide them with training on basic repairs

•Currently each tap/standpost has a manager equipped with a mobile phone for reporting issues•Manager collects 5 kwanza (US cents) – compared to 70 – 90 Kwanza (US cents) from tankers

GSMA Mobil Water Monitoring

• Real-time feed using mobile phones• Report breakdowns• Report on access and quality of water

MAP + SMS = FUTURE

SEND SMS TO “69998” to report situation of standposts in your area “SMS IS FREE”

MAP + SMS = FUTURE• Live feed data linked to other datasets for further analysis

and hypothesis on community participation and sustainability of waterposts• Household Surveys

• Engineering Assessments from EPAL

• Interviews with Water Committees• Interviews with community leaders

SUMMARY• Opening and sharing data

• DW believes in providing open data and sharing data•Empowers the local communities to have a voice•Get them involved from the onset•Use the youth as they are catalysts for the future

• Partnership with the government•In the past difficult•New commissioner wants change•Be open to discussions•Make sure there is dialogue between government and local communities

•SISTEMA NACIONAL DE INFORMAÇÃO"TERRITORIAL

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