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From: Ronald Ojino <
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To: Grace Githaiga <
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Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] Call for research proposals: exploring the emerging impacts of open data in developing countries
Thanks Grace,
I believe that this will be a great startng point for Isoc_ke research.
On this note, we at
isoc _ke interested in research shd begin
discussions in earnest. Lets share links n journals related to this
topic n come up with a winning proposal.
On va les gens.
Best regards,
Ronald.
On 7/12/12, Grace Githaiga <
ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> ListersThis may be of interest to some of you.
> RgdsGG
>
>
> Call for research proposals: exploring the emerging impacts of open data in
> developing countries
>
> Open data has become a hot topic around the world. Open data initiatives,
> from governments and grassroots groups are emerging in a wide range of
> settings. But what impacts do they have? And how can they lead to greater
> transparency and accountability, efficiency and innovation, and greater
> social inclusion? That's what the
www.opendataresearch.org
research network
> is planning to explore.
> The Web Foundation and International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are
> inviting research proposals that address current gaps in the evidence base
> underlying the implementation of open data initiatives in the developing
> world, and to inform policy and practice in a range of different settings.
> Research partners will be invited to form part of an international research
> network that will be established over the course of 2013.
>
>
> The project will fund a series of detailed case studies that examine the
> emerging impacts of specific on-going open data initiatives that address key
> development themes. Cases could look at:
> Open data in local and national budgeting processesOpen data for legislation
> processes and elections
> Open data in judicial systems
> Open data for smarter cities
> Open
data for the delivery of privately provided public services
> Open data for the regulation of markets (e.g. extractive industries)
> Open data for the welfare and empowerment of marginalized groups and
> communities (e.g. data for small farmers)
> Open data and international development
> The call for proposals sets out full details of what we are looking for in
> the case studies, and the process for application.
> As a result of this call, we expect to issue a series of grants ranging from
> USD$25,000 to USD$75,000. It is expected that smaller grants will focus on
> small, single-country or local initiative cases, and larger grants can
> include a wider range of activities such as multi-country comparisons of
> open data about a particular governance domain (e.g. budget, cities,
> extractive industries), technical assistance to on-going initiatives and/or
>
significant engagement with relevant policy dialogues. The duration of each
> project will not exceed 12 months, with projects expected to start in early
> 2012.
>
>
> The closing date for the call is 10th September 2012.
>
> Download the call:
> - Call for proposals (HTML)
>
> - Call for proposals (Word, Docx)
> - Call for proposals (Open Office Document)
>
> - Call for proposals (PDF)
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