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Monitoring and Evaluation should be about Open Data

May 28, 2013

Essentially, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is about learning and finding out what is or is not working in a project or programme set-up. An effective M&E system facilitates tracking this. However, setting up an M&E system to attain this objective … Continue reading →

Posted in Gov 2.0, ICT for Development

Getting data used

June 4, 2012

In late 2003, when I was looking for content and services for the telecentres (or ICT Kiosks) in Orissa-India, one of the things that kept on coming up in discussions within our team was, ensuring their usage. And that meant, … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Design, Gov 2.0, ICT, Open Data, Website

Designing NISR website

May 29, 2012

I do realise that designing a website is a complex job! And this realisation was reinforced recently – when I embarked on creating the new website of the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). Being the national statistics office … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Design, Gov 2.0, ICT, Website

Open Data – Rwanda

September 28, 2011

In July 2010, I was invited to be the Advisor in the reference group for the ‘Open Data Study’ – commissioned by the Transparency & Accountability Initiative, c/o Open Society Foundation, UK. Under the initiative, apart from a report on Open Data Study, two … Continue reading →

Posted in Gov 2.0, Open Data

Knownet

June 22, 2011

Recently we launched the new version of the Knowledge Management portal in NISR named ‘Knownet’. It has evolved from – an almost year-old version of the portal and builds upon the feedback and suggestions from the staff. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Knowledge Management, Uncategorized

Something interesting is happening with ‘data’!

July 21, 2010

Not long ago, I had shared an announcement with my colleagues in the national statistics office (NSO) that I’m currently working with, “Data.WorldBank.org Launched Today on Drupal”. In that announcement, more than the ‘Data’ part, I was excited for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gov 2.0, ICT4D

eGovernment Interoperability

June 18, 2010

While working on developing the Lanka Interoperability Framework (LIFe) – an eGovernment Interoperability Framework (eGIF) for Sri Lanka – the opportunity to teach at the oldest University in Sri Lanka was God sent! Though, it was for a very short … Continue reading →

Posted in e-Government, eGIF

Understanding Interoperability through Mobile Phones

June 16, 2010

Mobile phones demonstrate the concept of interoperability very easily, especially – the lack of it – on the handset side. From a services perspective, the presence of interoperability is quite evident. Calls or SMS services can be accessed from almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Interoperability

Putting Knowledge Management into Practice!

June 2, 2010

Knowledge Management is no more a fad. Many organizations now have a better understanding of it, particularly the benefits that can be derived. However, I have noticed that it is still perceived to be a complex practice to implement. There is … Continue reading →

Posted in e-Government, Knowledge Management

Government Interoperability Framework (GIF) and National Enterprise Architecture (NEA)

June 11, 2008

While working with the Interoperability Frameworks for e-government services at the country level, one theoretical issue I face is the debate on methodology for attaining interoperability in an e-government context. For some, it is the National Enterprise Architecture (NEA), and … Continue reading →

Posted in eGIF, Enterprise Architecture

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