On the Map: Ndop, Okola and Pitoa
Forget that show “Off the Map.” Real live on the map is way more interesting. Last July via the Youth Empowerment through Arts and Media project, we did some GPS and Open Street Map (OSM) training...
View ArticleFuture proofing the VAC Benin project
This is a second guest post by Paul Goodman who is supporting Plan Benin to solidify their SMS Reporting and Tracking of Violence against Children (VAC) project. More on the overall project and process...
View ArticleA participatory digital mapping workshop with Plan Kenya
This is a guest post by Jamie Lundine. Jamie is a health geographer who works with Map Kibera in Kenya. We first met about a year ago when Plan began thinking about using digital mapping as an element...
View ArticleYouth-led digital mapping in Kwale County
This is a guest post/cross post from Jamie Lundine who works with Map Kibera. The original is posted on Jamie’s blog Health Geography. The Youth Empowerment through Technology Arts and Media (YETAM)...
View ArticleDigital mapping and governance: the stories behind the maps
This is a guest post from Jamie Lundine, who has been collaborating with Plan Kenya to support digital mapping and governance programming in Kwale and Mathare. Throughout October and November 2011,...
View ArticleChildren’s participation in preventing violence against children (VAC)
This is a guest post by Alana Kapell. Alana has recently joined the Office of the Special Representative on Violence against Children as the children’s participation expert. As part of her work to...
View ArticleWomen and Girls on the Map
This post is copied from an email that my colleague Kelly Hawrylyshyn sent to me. Kelly works on disaster risk reduction (DRR) with Plan UK. If you work on DRR and gender, go on, get yourself on the...
View Article16 thoughts on open government and community and economic development
This past Monday I had the opportunity to join Engineers without Borders (EWB) in Calgary, Canada, at their Annual Policy Forum on Global Development to discuss “How can open government contribute to...
View ArticleThe ethics of participatory digital mapping with communities
The February 5 Technology Salon in New York City asked “What are the ethics in participatory digital mapping?” Judging by the packed Salon and long waiting list, many of us are struggling with these...
View ArticleICT4Gov without ‘local gov?’ Shortcomings for youth engagement
This is a guest post by Daniella Ben-Attar (@dbenattar) who consults for international development agencies, NGOs and corporations on areas relating to youth participation, governance, municipal...
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