29. Community data collection risks being
an extractive process.
Participation and empowerment are
still only buzzwords most of the time.
Key Lessons and Challenges
30. Donors favor silos, and duplication.
Volunteerism conflicts with local
economics
Key Lessons and Challenges
31. Mapping and technology are integral
programming themselves. They
support people to raise their voices,
not only as means to an end.
Trick: can you also get your M&E
data?
Key Lessons and Challenges
32. Transferring skills to community
members has the greatest impact; it
also takes the longest.
But it CAN be achieved with limited
resources with the right
commitment.
Key Lessons and Challenges
33. Why people participate
1) Already engaged in community affairs and
advocacy; hoping to draw attention to solve
problems
2) Interested in learning new (marketable) skills
and interest in technology
3) Concern with stigmatization of community -
local pride
Why people participate
34. - Strategic and planning advice for your
project
- Training in OpenStreetMap, Ushahidi,
techniques for citizen engagement and
feedback
- Build websites, targeted online platforms
- Partnership
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