Citizen Empowerment: New Technology Gives a Voice to the Voiceless - ODISummit 2015

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Using Data to Amplify

Marginalised VoicesLoren Treisman, PhD

Executive: Indigo Trust


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We fund projects and organisations in sub-aharan!frica that "everage the po#er of mobi"e and #ebtechno"ogies, to foster active, informed citi$ens andaccountab"e institutions%


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Take Home Messages

• &iti$ens and civi" societ' can use data to ho"d authorities to

account

• Loca" "eve" data is needed

• Data needs to be trans"ated into meaningfu" information

• The transformative potentia" of Information Techno"og' bettera""o#s peop"e to access, share and create information

• (n-the-ground #or) is #hat rea""' create changes% Data he"ps%

• Loca" so"utions are often more successfu"

• &onstructive engagement #ith authorities #or)s best


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Than)s for "isteningLoren Treisman, PhD

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