Tech for accountability - DPME CBM Workshop

1. Advancing citizen-based monitoring
Introduction to tech for accountability
September 2016
Adi Eyal
Photo Credit: Tom Stoddart

2. We use technology and data to help
people make informed decisions that
drive social change.
Photo Credit: Darryn van der Walt

3. http://capetownbudgetproject.org.za/

4. http://capetownbudgetproject.org.za/

5. http://capetownbudgetproject.org.za/

6. http://capetownbudgetproject.org.za/

7. http://capetownbudgetproject.org.za/
Action
Information
Tell me what I need to know
Context
Help me understand the data
How can I use this information?

8. http://muni.compliancetracker.org.za/

9. http://muni.compliancetracker.org.za/

10. http://muni.compliancetracker.org.za/

11. http://ismaps.org.za/

12. http://ismaps.org.za/

13. http://ismaps.org.za/

14. http://ismaps.org.za/

15. http://ismaps.org.za/

16. http://ismaps.org.za/ http://ismaps.org.za/

18. http://www.wazimap.co.za

19. http://cbm.code4sa.org/
Citizen-based monitoring using mobile technology

20. http://cbm.code4sa.org/
Citizen-based monitoring using mobile technology
Vodafone 858
Android 2.2
3G, GPS, 2MP Camera, FM Radio
Costs just over $100*
* price in 2011

21. http://cbm.code4sa.org/
Citizen-based monitoring using mobile technology

22. Citizen-based monitoring using mobile technology
Medicine Stockouts

23. http://cbm.code4sa.org/
Citizen-based monitoring using mobile technology

27. Using data to find cheaper medicines
http://mpr.code4sa.org

28. Using data to find cheaper medicines
http://mpr.code4sa.org

29. Using data to find cheaper medicines
http://mpr.code4sa.org

30. Using data to find cheaper medicines
http://mpr.code4sa.org

31. “… It very quickly became a must-use website for me. I
work in a mixed-income neighbourhood and being able to
figure out what works for my patients' budgets is
extremely helpful – there is no point in prescribing
medicine that the patient cannot afford to buy” - Family
Doctor

32. Vote for the budget
http://vote4thebudget.org.za

33. Where
does your
Tax
money
go?
http://code4sa.org/taxclock/

34. http://code4sa.org/taxclock/

35. http://code4sa.org/taxclock/

38. How much should you pay your domestic worker?
http://www.living-wage.co.za

39. Where do you live? How much do you pay?
http://www.living-wage.co.za

40. Where do you live? How much do you pay?
http://www.living-wage.co.za

41. http://www.living-wage.co.za
http://openbylaws.org.za

42. http://pmg.org.za

43. http://pmg.org.za

44. http://pa.org.za

45. http://pa.org.zahttp://pa.org.za

46. http://pa.org.zahttp://pa.org.za

47. Accountability Cookbook
Youth in my community need safe spaces. What
should I do?
1. Contact my ward councillor?
2. Make a submission to the municipal budget?
3. Attend sub-council meetings?
- What are the processes that exist for me to improve
service delivery?
- What are my rights?
- What information is available?
- Are there other organisations working in this space?

48. Accountability Cookbook
What are my rights?

49. Accountability Cookbook
What information is available?

50. Accountability Cookbook
What actions can I take?

51. Accountability Cookbook
Who can I learn from?

52. ● There are many great open source technology
tools out there to use
● Technology facilitates - it doesn’t solve problems.
Helps with scaling
●
● Citizen technology should be a partnership - not a
supplier relationship
● Data and stories go hand-in-hand, cannot have
one without the other
● Thoughts around the accountability cookbook
Take home message

53. Contact us
Email: info@code4sa.org
Twitter: @code4sa
Web: http://www.code4sa.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/code4sa/