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Feb 27, 20232 min

Social accountability amid crisis: Factors affecting citizen participation during Covid

This blog post briefs the findings of the research I conducted for my master's thesis. My research aimed to understand what factors...

Jan 31, 20238 min

Theoretical perspectives underpinning Citizen Science and Community-Based Monitoring

Despite the differences, community based monitoring and citizen science share several common characteristics. This blog post departs from...

Dec 22, 202211 min

The Crowd-Mapping of Community-based Monitoring and Citizen Science initiatives

This blog post presents the finding of Communitor's Crowd-Mapping of Community-based Monitoring and Citizen Science initiatives in the...

Nov 14, 20224 min

A proposal for a community-based monitoring program in education in Peruvian public schools

Increasingly, information and communications technologies (ICTs) are more critical to enhancing the effectiveness of community-based...

Sep 20, 20226 min

Are open government local commitments community-based?

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” ― John F. Kennedy Open government and community-based...

Jul 13, 20222 min

Determinants of citizen participation in community scorecards for primary healthcare services

Citizen participation is a critical component of any Community Based Monitoring (CBM) intervention thus, it is important to understand...

Jun 27, 20229 min

Open government and community-based monitoring: mutual learnings to improve local governance

After five years of working experience in the open government promotion in Ecuador and learning about community-based monitoring at the...

Jun 13, 20226 min

Community Based Monitoring Theory: Guiding and blinding

This blog post analyzes the intellectual roots of Community-based Monitoring concept and reflects on their implications. Several months...

Apr 1, 20226 min

Citizen Science and Community-based Monitoring: Identical twins, siblings or …?

In this blog post, I propose a new perspective to distinguish between Citizen Science and Community-based Monitoring interventions....