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Method: Community Based Monitoring

Sep 3 '17

Author:
Scott Fletcher
Community- or citizen-based monitoring is a generic term for citizen oversight of public services. Also known as participatory monitoring, CBM is ideally led by the local population and involves both oversight and reporting of service quality, efficiency, and efficacy.
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Method: Adhocracy (Software)

Jul 29 '17

Author:
Scott Fletcher
Adhocracy is an open source software tool modelled after the decentralized "Liquid Democracy" method of collaborative governance.
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Method: Audience Response Systems (ARS)

Apr 17 '17

Author:
Scott Fletcher
Audience response systems (ARS) are a kind of information and communications technology used in deliberative contexts to gather participant feedback using wired or wireless digital devices.
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Method: The Gadaa System of the Oromo People

Apr 9 '17

Author:
Zelalem Tesfaye Sirna
The Gadaa system is an indigenous egalitarian democratic system being practiced among the Oromo nation of East Africa for the last six hundred years. Among other structural elements of Gadaa system is its legislative body commonly known as Gadaa General Assembly. The assembly takes place under a sycamore tree -...
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Method: GROOTS Kenya Local-to-Local (L2L) Dialogues

Nov 24 '16

Author:
Adebisi David Alade
Local-to-Local Dialogues are used by Grassroots Organisations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS Kenya), to empower and giving a voice to marginalized demographics such as women.
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