A presentation given to Making All Voices Count (MAVC) to highlight some of the recent initiatives Symph has taken on with the Government of the Philippines and Open Data

2. “We believe that passionate people
working together will change the
world for the better."

3. The vision of the Geostore was to
allow citizens to collect geotagged
data (photos and tracks) and upload
them to a web platform that would
allow greater transparency.

4. Ownership is crucial for platforms to
have a chance towards success. The
CoA Citizen Participatory Audit
became the vehicle.

5. Geotagging can be done easily with
Android devices.

6. CoA’s Audits are private until
published and getting the general
population involved is still a
challenge.

7. The OpenRoads Geostore will create
an open version of the platform for
use by other government agencies
and the general public.

8. Change is Hard.

10. “We believe that passionate people
working together will change the
world for the better."