Piloting Accountability Systems for Humanitarian Aid in Somalia
Project overview
Enhancing horizontal and downward accountability in the context of remote management through the use of open source applications/software.
Countries
Somalia
Organisations
Danish Refugee Council
Partners
UNICEF through the CDRD project (Community-Driven Recovery and Development)
Area of funding
Humanitarian Innovation
Grant amount
99985
Start date
06
January
2011
End date
06
November
2012
Project length (in months)
22.3
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Focus areas
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Topics
Accountability and participation
Status
Closed
Project solution
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Summary
Enhancing horizontal and downward accountability in the context of remote management through the use of open source applications/software.
WHAT IS THE HUMANITARIAN NEED?
- Improving accountability in the context of remote management
- Enabling meaningful beneficiary participation
- Strengthen the demand-side of local level governance and community-based organisations
WHAT IS THE INNOVATIVE SOLUTION?
Utilising a suite of technologies – mobile telephony, internet, on-line communities and social media, geo-mapping – to foster beneficiary participation in development and humanitarian interventions, by encouraging beneficiaries to “express their demands, aspirations, engaging in the process of formulation of humanitarian interventions, planning, monitoring and evaluation”.
Added Value: enhancing the efficiency of third party monitoring, used in the context of remote management, by adding peer monitoring and beneficiary monitoring.
WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES?
Wider availably of data and information about humanitarian interventions in remote managed contexts
- Encourage a culture of accountability and transparency
- Enhancing the demand side of local governance
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