The survey of 240 participants in the Learning Alliance on Citizen Oversight received 90 responses. Most respondents were interested in topics related to incorporating citizen oversight of public service delivery and civil society oversight of government. The organizers will use feedback to adjust topics covered to focus on those most requested by participants related to shaping practices, promoting debate, and informing research and policy.

1. ella.practicalaction.org
Learning Alliance on Citizen
Oversight: Survey Results

2. Participation in survey
90 responses to the survey out of 240 participants in
the Learning Alliance of Citizen Oversight
37.5% of participation
We encourage participants to be active members in the
Learning Alliance. Your participation does matter!

3. Number of responses by regions
Southern Africa 21
Latin American and Caribbean 20
South Asia 19
West Africa 14
East Africa 8
North America and Europe 4
Central Africa 3
South East Asia 1
0 5 10 15 20 25
*Onlyregionswith at leastone response wereincluded

4. Number of responses by type of organization
Civil Society 67
Government 6
Other 5
Academic/Research 5
Private Sector 4
Donor 2
Media 1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

5. Information needed
Three most mentioned topics
Learning process
(exchange and discussion)
Online platform
Awards and visits

6. Do you think the themes covered will contribute
to your work and knowledge?
2, 2% 0%
Yes, all of them
47, 47% Yes, most of them
Only a few
51, 51%
No, none of them

7. The three topics participants are more interested in.
Three top themes Extremely interested %
Incorporating citizen´s oversight of service delivery 76 84
Civil society oversight of service delivery 74 82
Practical use of the right to information by civil society 72 80

8. The three topics participants are less interested in.
Three bottom themes Not interested %
Strategic litigation and court decisions as a means to enforce the right to information 7 8
Civil society participating in oversight with Supreme Audit Institutions and in conditional transfer programs 6 7
Disclosure of public officers´ personal assets 4 4

9. The five main topics not included in the
curriculum and suggested by participants.
9
8
8
7
7
6
5
5
4
4
3
2
1
0
Indigenous people´s Media and social Oversight of political Oversight of Congress
practices in oversight networks in oversight parties
practices

10. How do people plan to use the knowledge
gained in this Learning Alliance?
68
Help shape practices
61
Promote debate
55
Feed into research
54
Feed into policy
As an input for teaching 25
8
Other
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

11. There has been a good amount of feedback thrown by the
survey, thanks for your collaboration!
We are now certain that the topics we have planned to cover are of
interest of most participants. This gives us a green light to start this
Learning Alliance.
With your suggestions, we will make some adjustments to the
module outline to cover the topics you are more interested in.
It is encouraging for us to know that the learning alliance knowledge
will help shape practices, promote debate, and feed research and
policy making! We are happy to contribute to these goals.

12. We look forward to your
active engagement in the following
discussions!

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