5. Make the most of documentation
http://www.achpr.org/mechanisms/cpta/torture-db/
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6. How do we do it: DEMIR
• Definition: we always start out with a needs
assessment, where we meet with the partner and
define together what needs to be done.
• Exploration: then we spend some weeks exploring
what are the best options: what kind of website or
database, what technology, what developers.
• Modelling: then we make a proposal, with
deliverables, timeline, project team, and budget.
• Implementation: then we implement the project.
• Review: we then review the results, extract good
practices, learn from mistakes and adapt our model
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7. What follows: SMAIL
• Satisfaction: Are the beneficiaries satisfied with our work, both tangible
results and relationship experience? Quality, timeliness, attentiveness,
relevance?
• Mastery: Have new information handling skills and techniques been
mainstreamed into the practices of the organisation, as measured 6
months after the end of the project?
• Autonomy: Has the organisation taken additional ICT initiatives, on its
own steam, to apply the learning acquired during the project?
• Impact: has the project led to tangible benefits for the beneficiary?
Increased efficiency, effectiveness and performance? Better advocacy
reach or ability to produce knowledge? Better services to their
beneficiaries? Unplanned benefits like increased funding?
• Learning: What can we extract from this project in terms of substantive
knowledge or tools that can be re-used on subsequent projects and
shared with our network? What mistakes did we make? How can we
improve our project management process and organisational change
management methodologies?
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8. What we are aiming for
• Empower those who are defending human
rights with appropriate ICT tools and skills.
• Human rights case law is available and well-
accessible.
• Develop an advocacy voice on substantial
issues on the intersection of ICT, information
science and human rights.
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9. Looking ahead - your questions?
Looking ahead
Photo from a meeting in Oslo 1982, a few months before HURIDOCS was
founded. The vision they had back then – to create an organisation that
supports the information systems of human rights organisations – inspires
us in our daily work.
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10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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