Using data and technology to bridge between citizens and government. Case studies from South Africa.

1. Civic engagement
Providing tools to increase interactions between
citizens and local governments.
October 2016
Adi Eyal
Photo Credit: Tom Stoddart
@soapsudtycoon
@code4saThese slides can be found here:
http://bit.ly/code4sa-mpa

2. We use technology and data to help
bridge the gap between citizens and
government
Photo Credit: Darryn van der Walt

3. Information is power

4. What should your medicines cost?
http://mpr.code4sa.org

5. http://mpr.code4sa.org
What should your medicines cost?

6. http://mpr.code4sa.org

9. … 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

10. Khayelitsha
30kms from Cape Town CBD
Photo Credit: Social Justice Coalition

11. Partners not adversaries
146,000 households in 437 informal settlement pockets in Cape
Town. Many were established before democracy but are still not
recognised as permanent and their residents lack occupation
rights and security of tenure.

12. We need an honest
conversation

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

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

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

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

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

18. Water is life
Sanitation is dignity

21. Photo Credit: Social Justice Coalition

22. Photo Credit: Social Justice Coalition

23. Photo Credit: Social Justice Coalition

24. Photo Credit: Social Justice Coalition

25. Photo Credit: Social Justice Coalition

27. What about the
data illiterate?

29. Photo credit: Kim Harrisberg

30. How can cities reach out?

31. http://municipalmoney.gov.za

32. http://municipalmoney.gov.za

33. http://capetownbudgetproject.org.za/

34. http://vote4thebudget.org.za

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

38. http://opengazettes.org.za

39. http://opengazettes.org.za

40. http://opengazettes.org.za

41. http://pmg.org.za

42. http://pmg.org.za

43. Take home messages
We need more data; but open government
is more than transparency
Data is an important language for dialogue -
but it shouldn’t dehumanise
Citizens should be empowered to take
responsibility

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